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Early morning by the beach. My profile / / /
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And now, for something completely different… Captain Charles Upham VC and Bar (September 21, 1908 – November 22, 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who earned the Victoria Cross twice during the Second World War: in Crete in May 1941, and at Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt, in July 1942. He was only the third person to receive the VC twice, the only person to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat soldier to receive the award twice. more / / New Zealand’s most highly decorated war hero. / / Charcoal, white conte crayon and graphic pen on brown paper. / / This was drawn from a famous 1941 photo taken of Charles Upham on the field – original photographer unknown. The original photo was used with the kind permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library of New Zealand. / /
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Just playing around with an old drawing :o)
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The beginning and end. Revelation of life’s short journey as a person enters the twilight of his years. A self-portrait. / Done in charcoal, pencil, gesso, ink and acrylic washes.
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Charcoal drawing and Apophysis overlays
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Charcoal drawing, photo and Apophysis overlays
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Charcoal drawing, scanned etching plate and peacock feathers
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“All the charm of all the Muses… / often flowering in a lonely word.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson Face: SD-stock http://sd-stock.deviantart.com/art/Spring-Wall-Hanging-63930447 / Textures: Hibbary http://hibbary.deviantart.com/art/paper-textures-75974801 / Brushes: Merrym http://merrym.deviantart.com / Swirls: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/941243 / Smoke: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/704194 / All else: My own photo stock ©2007-2008 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires / All of my artwork and photographs are © All Rights Reserved Worldwide. / My artwork and photos do not belong to the public domain.
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Property of St Kilda Baseball Club T-shirt Black/Grey/Charcoal/White
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This work has been selected to appear in an online art show thanks to the wonderful Sarah / woohoo!! over 1000 views, 50+comments and 3 sales!! yay!! / / Charcoal on Paper. approx 25cmX30cm. 2008 / I have done two of these so far. One was a gift for my cousin who is very supportive of my artwork, and the other was as part of a wedding gift for my nephew and his lovely wife. / see the t-shirt /
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Mix Media Bathing Beauty inspired by / movie star glamour Elizabeth Taylor /
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Lucy
by Karin TaylorMix Media Lucy / fun and posing at the beach!!! /
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Original Creation Date: May 5th, 2006 Meaning ‘antiquity’, I wanted this portrait to portray a sense of timelessness, yet also capture a somewhat haunting quality that I always find myself associating with the mid 1600’s. Charcoal on 90 lb paper, 16” x 20”, freehand. / Model: Tessa Beebe Original Sold: Victoria, BC Canada
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Model: Bubbler Brett Manning SYMBOLISM: From the Black Butterfly series, charcoal on mylar drafting film, with white backing paper 19×32” From a reference photo self-portrait by Redbubble friend Brett Manning, aka brettisagirl. The piece is inspired by Brett’s artistic “muses” (the butterflies) art, fashion, design, illustration, drawing, her Frankie, coffee, chocolate, her kitties, her puppies, and 60’s music, especially Bob Dylan. The butterflies are “ideas” that flutter around her head. The necklace is a nod to fashion, and to the lyric in Bob Dylan’s tune of the same name. “The World’s Biggest Necklace” is also from Egyptian mythology. There are eleven butterflies, symbolic for myself and my ten siblings. “Isis” lyrics by Bob Dylan: I married Isis on the fifth day of May, / But I could not hold on to her very long. So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away / For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong. I came to a high place of darkness and light. The dividing line ran through the center of town. I hitched up my pony to a post on the rise, / Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down. A man in the corner approached me for a match. I knew right away he was not ordinary. He said, “Are you lookin’ for somethin’ easy to catch?” / I said, “I got no money.” He said, “That ain’t necessary. / “ We set out that night for the cold in the North. I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word. I said, “Where are we goin’?” He said we’d be back by the fourth. I said, “That’s the best news that I’ve ever heard. / “ I was thinkin’ about turquoise, I was thinkin’ about gold, / I was thinkin’ about diamonds and the world’s biggest necklace. As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold, / I was thinkin’ about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless.
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I had the chance recently to visit the New England Aquarium with my daughter. They have a wonderful penguin exhibit there, with three different species. These are African penguins, the only species of penguin that breeds in Africa. Here, I have removed them from the indoor exhibit of fake rocks in a large pool to the more natural setting of a rocky South African shoreline. These birds are monogamous and listed as a vulnerable species. This drawing was done with charcoal and graphite on Strathmore smooth bristol paper. The original 9”x12” unframed drawing is available. 712 views as of 11/07/09
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Original Creation Date: December 8th, 2006 / Charcoal on 90 lb. paper, 16” x 22”, freehand. / Ref. Model: M. Gandolfi / Original Available For Purchase. Note me for pricing. Perseus was both the first of the Greek mythic heros as well as the slayer of Medusa. He helped establish the authority of Zeus and the twelve Olympians in mainland Greece. Somehow I always manage to find mythological roles for the pieces that strike me as surreal or regal or ‘classic’. To me, this is the boy the most talented Greek and Roman marble sculptors would battle for. His features are paramount. His soft, semi-curly hair is reminiscent of that possessed by the ‘beautiful gods’. He looks delicate yet determined, stoic and quietly courageous. To me, he’s a tenacious youth, blindly valiant as he stalks into Medusa’s lair only to surface with his bloody sword in one hand and a severed head of snakes in the other. And as a result of his valor he acquires a few of his victim’s most desirable traits—a head of wildly unruly hair and beauty enough to turn any onlooker to stone. Medusa’s death comes at the most inopportune time, for if she could only gaze at her rival she would go mad with infatuation.
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Charcoal on paper 8.5” X 10” / Used Adobe Photoshop for wallpaper and some highlights and color “The Mothman had been hiding in little Bartlebee’s closet decades before he had arrived. It had been feeding on old cardigans and teddybears…” This is just a funny scenario I thought up. Kinda random. I am developing a story around this picture.
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From the Black Butterfly series. Charcoal on mylar drafting film with white illustration board underlay, 24×30”. I started this 4 years ago, intending it to be an ink and watercolor wash piece. I never got up the nerve to finish it – it is quite large and I wasn’t very comfortable with watercolor. The references I used were photos of myself and my husband in our early 20’s. Symbolism: My husband is a musician, and the butterflies in the series are representative of the artist’s muse. All of the models for this series are artists from various disciplines (actress Marilyn Monroe is Aphrodite in one work). In this piece, the lilies and the intertwining branches are taken from works by Leonardo Da Vinci. The Celtic elements of triple spirals and knot work are symbolic of our three children, my Irish heritage, our intertwined lives and inspirations, and are also appropriate as a reminder of our journey to Ireland this past year.
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. my love, / i’m finally home… / i know you’ve been waiting… . the last of the series 12/12 . o3.27.2oo9 / charcoal on mi-teintes® pastel paper / digital / 9”x 12” . somewhere in between these two… [click] [click] i think… . . .
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This work was featured in the groups 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture and Out of the Past. Grace # 2 of 3 , Charcoal on Mylar film, 30×20” from the “Black Butterfly: The Muse” series. The 3 Graces: Aglaia (radiance) Euphrosyne (joy) Thalia (flowering) It was the poet Hesiod who named the Graces in his Theogony: “Then Eurynome, Ocean’s fair daughter, bore to Zeus the three Graces, all fair-cheeked, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and shapely Thalia; their alluring eyes glance from under their brows, and from their eyelids drips desire that unstrings the limbs.” From a reference photo by Rolling Stone magazine photographer Baron Wolman, groupie Sally Mann, San Francisco, Nov. 1968. (No relation to the photographer of the same name) Sally married Jefferson Airplane’s Spencer Dryden in 1970. Here is a quote from Baron about the groupies: “As concert promoter Bill Graham has given me all access to any of the concerts he produced, I spent quite a bit of time backstage with the bands, their roadies and their women. What fascinated me were the lengths to which the women, the groupies, went to prepare themselves for their backstage appearances. Because I also wanted an excuse to photograph them, I suggested to Jann they might make an interesting story. He agreed and Rolling Stone Magazine No. 27 became known as “the groupie issue.” It was widely promoted, read and commented upon, even turned into a book.” -Baron Wolman I saw these photos in an old book picked up at a resale shop. I fell in love with the groupies, and Baron was so gracious to allow me to use them for the drawings. The feminine effect of the references are enhanced with the flowers and butterflies. In this case, I decided to draw Sally holding the lilies, as she married soon after the photo was taken. It’s also about peace & love & hippie-ness, baby. :) While the rest of the models I’ve used in the series are in the arts themselves, I was intrigued with the idea of groupies – and their intrigue with rock & roll artists of the late 1960’s. It seems to me they were using their own bodies and persona as an art form to attract their artistic “muses.” I guess you could consider some of the works in my Black Butterfly series “Cover Tunes.” I believe the borrowed references are vital to the series to relate the idea of inspiration, and its relation to talent and celebrity. These “tunes” well deserve a stylish, honorable replay. Many thanks to the talented people who have loaned their vision of the muse to aid me in illustrating my ideas.
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Medium: Woodblock Print, Edition of 15 Only when there gone there gone currently on #8 of the edition 15 original woodblock prints. / Size: 49” x 50” / $500 Original signed piece buy it now www.krystalkuhn.com
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