This is part of a series that I am working on. Called morning noon and evening. My thought is to have the same background image in 3 variations showing how one place can evolve and change moods. I have reasently created a second image / / Noon
Saraswati Hindu Goddess Of The Arts. Her four arms represent the four aspects of human personality: Learning, Mind, Intelect & Alertness. She is Wisdom, Fortune, Intelligence, Nourishment, Brilliance, Contentment, Splendour & Devotion. Symbolism: / White Pearls = represents the power of meditation and spirituality / Pot of Water = represents the creative mind and purificatory powers / A Veena (type of guitar) = represents her perfection of all arts and sciences / The Book is the sacred Vedas. She is associated with the colour white, the white lotus, white signifies purity of true knowledge.
I want to invoke emotion and excitement through my illustrations. Everyone should have someone or something they can relate to; I HOPE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN MY WORK!
Curtain call at the Moulin Rouge, this image captures the finale of a show at the Moulin Rouge. The image is a fusion of the Moulin Rouge Cabaret and the dancers of the Burlesque
Ink, pencil & watercolour on Fabriano Tiepolo paper.
Ink on paper illustration. A sad, pretty, awkward girl atop a cliff. The work inspired a gorgeous piece of writing by Nicole Ryan called Dangling Ankles
Ink on paper drawing
Sales of this Design? – 6 sales so far :) / / Shoes available at Zazzle ‘Asia Series’ card by Karin Taylor Here’s a painting close to my heart. I’ve done this one utilising ink, charcoal and acrylics, another sweet little asian girl in traditional japanese kimono enjoying the art of ikebana in a reverent pose on her knees
Sales of this Design? – 5 sales so far :) / / “Shoes available at Zazzle”http://www.zazzle.com/karin_taylor_zazzle ’’Asian Series’ card by Karin Taylor This dear little asian girl has stolen my heart! She’s so sweet and shy. She wears a traditional chinese costume with her feet slightly turned in. Flowers in her crazy ‘updo’ hair secured with a couple of chopsticks! Chinese Red Fan Girl stands before a warm glowing screen, patiently waiting for her little friend from Japan, ‘Little Blue Kimono’ to arrive. Chinese Red Fan Girl wears a pair of geta on her tootsies, a gift from ‘Little Blue’ The kanji symbols in the background on the screen translate into ‘One’s Dearest Wish’
/ Geisha Girl on a string AUD $20 contact the artist to order one custom made via bubblemail on red bubble or email karintaylor@exemail.com.au Sales of this Design? – 9 sales so far :) / ‘Asia Series’ card by Karin Taylor A more serious piece this time. A painting inspired by the art form of the Geisha. Her discipline and strength I admire. I have used ink, acrylic, charcoal and pastels to create Geisha Girl. The original painting is no longer available, but so glad she can come to you in the form of a greeting card. I hope you like her :D
mixed mediums: airbrush, acylic, colored pencil and charcoal
Sales of this Design? – 3 sales so far :) / / / Bosom Buddy is a mixed media production on canvas textured paper. / ink, pastel, acrylic, charcoal, pencil
/ / Winter Woolies also available as a shoe design at zazzle / / / Winter Woolies / A mixed media production on brown paper / using white acrylic gesso, pastels, charcoal, / NOW available printed on a tshirts too!! /
Sales of this TShirt ? – 2 sales so far :) / / Shoes available at Zazzle / Asian Spice Cards and Prints CLICK HERE / Asia Spice Framed Print ‘Asia Series’ card by Karin Taylor / a mixed media production on canvas textured paper / ink pastel acrylic and charcoal Here’s an adorable painting I’ve done utilising ink, charcoal and acrylics, a sweet little asian girl in a cute dress holding a basket of flowers behind her back
Mixed Media
The symbolism of this piece is quite rich, and in further researches I found out that I ended up making relations between all the representations without consciously being aware of it. The Chemistry is about inner alchemy and how the power of transformation manifests itself through Will. That’s basically my version of the ancient illustrations on alchemy in which we see a dragon-serpent “wrapping” a maiden. In my version, for artistical reasons, I decided not to draw the serpent involving the maiden’s body, but putting her closer to the background, and showing her body changing according to the colors of the environment – which are the colors of the four elements. The serpent is a representation of the unconscious forces of Will. The maiden raises from a pond (the beginning of all things, regeneration, new birth) that has been formerly muddy and still (the dark green color at the edges), and now is made clear by the power of fire (strength, courage, will, passion), or the dragon. A bunch of monarch butterflies come out the pond. The butterfly is one of the symbols of the Gemini sign (Mercury) and the classical representation of regeneration and rebirth. The maiden’s hair turns first into green grass from which 3 lotus flowers (another symbol of rebirth) arise, and then into fire. The dragon’s head show itself among the profusion of hair. The four elements are clearly present, in images and colors: Fire (dragon’s head, the top of the picture, the color red), Earth (grass and leaves, the color green), Air (butterflies, the color yellow) and Water (the pond, the color blue). It’s part of our journey as human beings to face muddy waters throughout our life. But to remain stagnant in them is our choice. We all have the inner strength to being born again, to rebuild ourselves – we just need to accept the changes and look toward the future. We are the alchemists. colored pencil on bristol board / 17×8.5
The Scream is basically a piece about violence against women, a subject that really sensitizes me not only for being a woman, but also for being human and for dreaming and working for a better world based on respect and equality. I didn’t want a piece that was oppressing or showed only the pain of the violence or abuse. I wanted something dynamic, that could have a “voice”, that could help people to reflect about how to change things. The symbolism of the piece is quite simple and direct. There’s a dual figure in the center. She might be the same woman in two different attitudes, if you like. The red-haired one is scared and in pain. She holds her bleeding heart and wears a mask to keep herself hidden from judgment or other losses. She might be the one who was raped in a party after drinking too much, the one who was abused for a family member but preferred to hide in order to do not cause disturbances in the family, the one who was beaten for her husband but kept silent for fear of losing her children. She might be one of the Congo women. She might be me, or you. The black-haired woman doesn’t wear a mask. She is screaming – although sometimes I think that she is in fact singing. What she releases from within herself is a bird, red as life. Is the desire for freedom from a world conquered by force, not love. She screams her right to be treated as a human being instead of a second-class citizen, as a partner instead of a subordinate. Her right to express her own ideas and have their own attitudes without being demonized for them. There are also masks at the bottom, a pile of masks without faces behind them. They once belonged to women who decided to scream instead of keep silent and anonymous. That decided to stop pretending that that’s how the world is and there’s nothing that can be done to change it. But there’s so much one can do just by having a voice… And use it to demand respect for being human is urgent.
coloured pencil and pastel.
Vote for her in the lollypop challenge! ♥ created using a scanner, illustrator and photoshop. / inspired by tokyo street culture & fashion featured in the tee section of the featured gallery / in the group WOMANLY / and in beige is death see the original print version—-- which was created for a challenge over at the ♥ Lolita at Play ♥ group…
Watercolor and pencil on illustration board, / 10×8 / 2009 Model: Adhara Batul One of the Greek myths I adore the most, for its incredible strength, poetry and significance, is the myth of Persephone. In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of the underworld and of the Spring growth. Daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, she was abducted by Hades and taken to the land of the dead. By a determination of the Fates, she was forced to stay for two seasons each year after eating pomegranates seeds, thus becoming consort of Hades and queen of the underworld. This time I opted by depicting her sorrow and solitude after having the seeds, although there’s quite an air of resignation with her destiny.
Mixed Media (Watercolor, gouache, graphite and colored pencil) on board, / 9×12 / 2009 Model: Adhara Batul Illustration for a brief moment in the wonderful Tennyson’s poem “The Lady of Shalott”.
Sixth artwork in my new Wonderland series, based off of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” ”`Well!’ thought Alice to herself, `after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they’ll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!’ (Which was very likely true.) – “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” Original artwork measures approx. 12.5×19” and was created with oil pastels, colored pencils, metaliic silver pens, and marker. This is a scan of the image, so you can’t see the silver highlights on this piece (they look gray in the scan) through Alice’s hair and dress. View more of my artwork at www.lynnetteshelley.com
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