The Lost City 1

dopey, about 1 year ago

very nice use of color, but it dosen’t look like a place I want to visit!!!!!!!!

kathleen, about 1 year ago

This is awesome stuff, has to be my favourite so far, the layering is surreal and that orange makes me feel kind of isolated. at first I thought those vertical lines at the top were hippy beads, what a contrast I found that to be…

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thanks kathleen. Your comments are really appreciated. I’m just going with the flow at the moment and trying out digital art for the first time. But I guess that really fits in with my printmaking interest/background. I still much prefer to feel the paper, tools and surface I’m working with though.

kseriphyn, about 1 year ago

I love the richness of the red. This piece is a wonderful fantasy.

Helene Kippert, about 1 year ago

Love the colours and layering in this. Very impressive!

dopey, about 1 year ago

This is still my favorite of the lost city series, as it holds out much more mystery. It is surreal and full of unknowns. Dramatization of life and dreams, love it. The lone light is the ray of hope, drawing you in.

Jienn Heibloem, about 1 year ago

beautiful whirli – what program r u using- is it all painted or hand done or phot composites? tell me your secrets gal- spill heehee lol i love it even if u dont tell =

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Jienn, all of The Lost City series are done from my original digital photos and layered/manipulated in Photoshop. I’m so amazed at the response I’m getting because it’s my first effort at producing artwork like this in Photoshop. Learnt on a very early version of Photoshop about 13 years ago, but really only did basic layers,etc. Always planned to use it for touching up heaps of very old photos of my ancestors, but haven’t started that process yet.

Jienn Heibloem, about 1 year ago

your work is so beautiful, but it is your base photography where the difference is hun, you sure will agree that when you begin with sound and beautiful imagery as the photographic basis then its somewhat easier to make surrealism work…..whatya think????

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

It helps to have reasonable photographs to work from, but sometimes you can take the good bits and pieces from photos that haven’t necessarily worked on their own, and turn them into something special with layers of bits and pieces from other photos. I operate very much by “feel” rather than perfection. I’m flattered that you like my images Jienn, and flattered by all the comments I’m getting from other people. I’ve never been one to display my work in the past – it’s mostly hidden in map draws and in the shed. But here I can be anonymous….......

mawaho, about 1 year ago

I’d like to add my praise also for this piece of fascinating art. If this is one of your first pieces, I’m impressed. All the bits fit well together. The cobwebs look good.

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thanks mawaho.

rock, about 1 year ago

Growing up and reading many books there was always tales of the Lost Cities.

Wow , you have climbed into my imagination and brought to life the theatre of my mind..

Amazing De je Vous.

Ronald

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

A comment like this coming from you Ronald is extremely flattering. I admire your work so much.
Thank you, Ronald, and thanks to all the others who have left such wonderfully encouraging comments on this work.

kookylane, about 1 year ago

GASPS!!!! AMAZING!!!

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thanks kookylane. Your work is just sooo fabulous, so I’m delighted with your response to this.

FireRabbit, about 1 year ago

This is beautiful!

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

FireRabbit, my comment above to kookylane applies just as much to your work, and the comment you’ve made to my work. You are both so talented, and I’d appreciate any constructive criticism coming from your direction to my digital images.

Graeme Hindmarsh, about 1 year ago

Can’t believe I missed this – love the colours and the complex layering of natural and architectural elements. Brilliant!

Craig Shillington, about 1 year ago

Ditto Graeme there!!! Well done on the sale Whirli :D

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thank you Graeme and Craig. Graeme, it’s good to see your excellent work back on RedBubble!

Mel Brackstone, about 1 year ago

Whirlygig, this is absolutely wonderful, I can see why its been bought! Congratulations, and I hope its the start of many more sales for you!

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thanks Mel. I’m pretty excited about it, to say the least!

georgiegirl, about 1 year ago

This is a beautiful piece, Whirligig!! May it sell many more times (and all your other pieces too!!!)... I don’t remember seeing this when you uploaded it. I must have been sidetracked by something else (so easily done here in RB).

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thanks georgiegirl. I hope we all sell heaps of work!

PS. I wore my cat T-shirt on Mothers’ Day – everyone loved it!

Melissa Holcombe, about 1 year ago

Congrats on sale – this is a fabulous work.

Justin Aerni, about 1 year ago

Great composition !

Cathie Sherwood, about 1 year ago

Mystery abounds, secrets to be uncovered and ages gone by to honour or not…! love it

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thank you Justin. Comment much appreciated.

Cathie, what a lovely, poetic way you have of describing this work. I am honored and pleased.

Brett Squires, about 1 year ago

Hauntingly beautiful image. Combining elements of dreams and nightmares, menace and hope. Somehow I like it’s symmetry too. Excellent.

Lyn Fabian, about 1 year ago

I love this work. What a great theme!

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thank you Brett and Lyn.

Vansk, about 1 year ago

nice one! makes me feel tense but hopeful.

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Your comment is appreciated Vansk. Thank you.

Janice Elanor ..., about 1 year ago

beautifully composed.

Steven Sandner, about 1 year ago

wow, thats really intense! i like the layers and how well they blend!

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment, JaniceElanor and Steven.

Mugsy, about 1 year ago

Awesome stuff!

jenfinger77, about 1 year ago

I love this. I had a similar idea, and I was looking to see how it had been handled by other people, and this is amazing! Love it.

Elaine van Dyk, about 1 year ago

Thanks Mugsy and jenfinger77.

Chris Willis, 11 months ago

Hey…Whirligig…this is fantastic art. I’m getting such a lot of inspiration from what you do. I’m still crawling around as far as computer graphics go….but it’s something that really gets my juices flowing…as does your work. Awesome stuff.

Elaine van Dyk, 11 months ago

I feel extremely honoured that someone like you should be getting inspiration from what I do! Thank you so much for that encouragement. Now I’ll really have to climb out of my slump and get on with trying to do something worthwhile.

Martin Derksema, 11 months ago

This ia amazing. I can see that you are a print maker. It looks like a vision. Or like spiritual architecture. Really unbelievable. The rhythm, the lining, the textures, the colours: it is a symphony of visual beauty. Great.

Tony Moore, 11 months ago

Great work, it takes great vision to get great results like this.
Thanks for your comments on CRITICISM. Hoping to add a second article on sun/mon with a cunning plan. Your words were thought out and are considered. Thanks

Elaine van Dyk, 11 months ago

FlyBoy, what a lovely, poetic comment!

Tony, I appreciate you stopping by to look at my portfolio, and your encouraging comment. I’ll be keeping an eye out for your second article.

marieancolie, 11 months ago

I admire people as you, able to make an art work with collage, different bits and pieces; turning them, mixing them… I am totally enable to do this, and I really love this kind of “manipulations”

Unfortunatelly I have no time to comment, no time to visit many portfolios.. but I appreciate something important :
- the intelligent comments on different blogs and discussions,
- the work you do,
- the personnality you seem to have.
Truly appreciated.

Elaine van Dyk, 11 months ago

Marie, you have really touched me so with your lovely comment that I now have tears in my eyes. Thank you so much for taking the time to say these very kind things. RedBubble really has a great community of people.

amber letham, 11 months ago

hey thanks for commenting on my work, this peice is one of my favorites its amazing, the way everything just seems to blend together especially the sunflowers, how do you do such spectacular work?

Lucindawind, 11 months ago

wow this is amazing ..!

Sorin Reck, 11 months ago

Wow! Absolutely beautiful

Helen Green, 11 months ago

Amazing piece of work

paul romanowski, 11 months ago

GOOD JOB,9.2

PennyEdwardes, 11 months ago

Haven’t looked at your folio for a while whirli, and I must say WOW!!! I love the cobbies in the corners, the red tones, everything! I must admit, I tend to have a few cobbies myself! Well done, keep up this brilliant work, you have alot of talent!

Tony Moore, 10 months ago

I think I like the archetectual structure to this one.
Well composed. I love it.

Biswajit Pandey, 10 months ago

Fabulous!, I love the entire series…...

Elaine van Dyk, 10 months ago

I’ve just realised, once again, that there are a whole lot of people I haven’t thanked here! Thank you all so much for your really lovely and supportive comments. I apologise wholeheartedly for not getting back to you sooner.

Rich Gale, 10 months ago

this is stunning work so creative very well done.
Thank you also for your comment on my work I was very pleased you like it so much.

oskeepops, 10 months ago

very impressive layering

AlienVisitor, 10 months ago

well we discover something new every day here on redbubble,having not being here before,its a pleasure to view.
the Lost City series are all great images,...now all you need is a story!!!!!

David.

Shauna Noble, 9 months ago

great image lots of depth and layers – love it

Jing3011, 9 months ago

Lots to see here. Intriguing.

Joe Mortelliti, 8 months ago

This has so much atmosphere, layers of interest…an amazing image created Whirligig.

Deri Dority, 6 months ago

Such an awesome image! I love the layers and fullness of this image!

Elaine van Dyk, 6 months ago

Thank you so much Deri.

And to all the others, thank you too. A very, very belated note of appreciation I know, but a very genuine one.

Lisa Bianchi, 4 months ago

This is so fantastic! Love it.

Elaine van Dyk in reply to Lisa Bianchi’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks Lisa. I appreciate your feedback.