United Kingdom
Australia
pencil, watcolour and mixed media
A Painting by : Shree & Ami(my wife) / Wonderful Words by : Sally Omar Well this is a moment of a poor family waiting desperately together for their father who has still not returned after whole days work, where one kid is elder sister and standing behind another is younger son waiting and being impatient about their fathers uncertain returning issue back to their house. I specifically wanted to show their love, bond, respect, intimacy, curiocity, closeness, affection, feeling of insecurity, fear and a sense of worriedness, impatience and all sorts of wieard thoughts going on specially in the mind of the mother who desperately wants her husband to return back to home soon as its already too late and as both the children are hungry along with her, all of them waiting for their dad to acompany them at whatever food they have left with. Being mother of two little kids she cannot cry or show her sense of worry infront of kids but still she is infact so upset, so tensed and so curious for finding the reasons about not returning back of her husband till so late which she reflects throught her eyes and facial expressions along with managing her kids by giving them assurance that he will comeback soon. My wife Ami helped me a lot specially for bringing those waiting expressions on the face for which i will always be grateful to her unmatched artistic skills. / All the artwork is given a sepia tone with charcoal to show the feel of my theme desperate – await, which i think goes well with the moment of impatience…enjoy. And lastly a special thanks to Sally who did a marvellous job within no time giving a touch of liveliness to these waiting family with her wonderful words. A MOTHER WAITS IN DESPERATION / HER FAMILY IS VERY POOR / THERE IS VERY LITTLE TO EAT / WISHES THERE WAS MORE / SHE AND CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY / AS THEY WAIT / HE IS ALWAYS HOME ON TIME / TODAY HE IS LATE / WAITING WITH HER CHILDREN BY THE WINDOW / TO HIM HER THOUGHTS ARE SENT / SHE KEEPS WAITING / AND SHE LAMENTS WHERE IS MY HUSBAND….WHERE CAN HE BE / HE IS NEVER SO LATE / THE CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY / BUT WE MUST WAIT / THE FOOD IS SCARCE / NOT MUCH TO EAT / WHEN HE COMES HOME / WE WILL KISS AND GREET / I AM REALLY NERVOUS / I HOPE EVERYTHING IS GOOD / I WORRY EACH DAY / AS A WIFE SHOULD I MUST BE STRONG / I CANNOT LET MY CHILDREN SEE / HOW WORRIED I AM / WHERE CAN HE BE / HE’S NOT BEEN ACTING / LIKE EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT / I JUST PRAY / HE COMES HOME TONIGHT WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH / AND SEE HIM EACH DAY SO TIRED / THERE ARE TIMES HE COMES HOME / SO VERY WIRED / SOMETIMES HE’S ANGRY / AND I DON’T KNOW WHY / BUT I HOLD IN MY TEARS / I NEVER CRY MUM WHERE IS DAD / I’M REALLY HUNGRY / WE KEEP WAITING / WHERE CAN HE BE / DO YOU THINK HE STOPPED / AT THE STORE / TO BUY KHREE WE LIKE SO MUCH / LIKE HE DID BEFORE / THAT WOULD BE SO GOOD / WE LOVE WHEN WE GET SWEETS / DADDY LOVES US / SOMETIMES HE BUYS US TREATS MUM MY STOMACH / FEELS LIKE THERE IS A HOLE / I AM HUNGRY / AND FEEL OUT OF CONTROL / I WANT TO CRY / WHERE IS DAD / DO YOU THINK HE WILL COME HOME / DID I MAKE HIM MAD / DOES HE KNOW I LOVE HIM / DID I MAKE HIM SAD CHILDREN DON’T WORRY / MAYBE HE WORKED A LITTLE LATE / WE ARE STRONG / WE CAN WAIT / ALTHOUGH WE ARE HUNGRY / LET’S SAY A PRAYER / CLOSE YOUR EYES / AND HE WILL SOON BE HERE SILENTLY TO GOD SHE PRAYS / SO HER CHILDREN CAN’T HEAR / TO SEND HER HUSBAND SOON / SHE IS NOW LIVING IN FEAR / HER THOUGHTS ARE GOING WILD / WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE NEVER RETURNED / HER HEART IS HEAVY / HER SOUL IS BURNING KNOWING THAT HE LOVES THEM / AND THERE IS A TRUE BOND / SHE IS TERRIFIED / THAT HE HAS BEEN HARMED / SHAKING HER HEAD / SHE PRAYS WITH ALL HER HEART / THAT HE COME HOME / SHE AND HER CHILDREN ARE DESPERATE /
combination of three shots (tree and sunset, crows, cross) all merged in PS
500+ views FEATURED WORK…. ‘Domestic and Pedigree Cats’ group on the 23rd of April 2009 / ‘Paws and Claws’ group on the 9th of May 2009 / ‘Tabby time’ group on the 5th of June 2009
FEATURED WORK… Featured in the group ‘Domestic ad Pedigree Cats’ on the 12th of March 2009
FEATURED WORK…. ‘For the Love of Cats’ group March 23rd 2009 ‘Domestic and Pedigree Cats’ group on the 16th of July 2009 ‘Pets Are Us’ group on the 31st of July 2009
500+ views FEATURED WORK…. ‘Shapes and Patterns’ group on the 24th of April 2009 / ‘Art of Glass’ group on the 17th of june 2009 / ‘Abstract Realism’ group on the 17th of August 2009 / ‘Domestic Art’ group on the 30th of Septembe 2009 WON…. May avatar in the ‘Just Lines’ group.
800+ views FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH…. ‘Ebony and Ivory’ group on the 15th sept 2008. / ‘The Woman Photographer’ group on the 16th feb 2009. / ‘The Art of Glass’ group on the 4th march 2009. / ‘Shapes and Patterns’ group on the 20th of August 2009 / ‘Shapes and Patterns’ group on the 16th of September 2009 / ‘Digital Photography’ group on the 20th of September 2009 / ‘Domestic Art – Home is where the Art is’ group on the 22nd of September 2009 / ‘Shapes and Patterns’ group on the 18th of November 2009 WON ‘Patterns in Black and White’ Challenge in the ‘Shapes and Patterns’ group on the 16th of September 2009. / WON ‘Shapes In High Key’ challenge in the ‘Shapes and Patterns’ group on the 17th of November 2009 (17 votes)
700+ views FEATURED WORK… ‘The Woman Photographer’ on the 8th of March 2009 / ‘All the Colours of the Rainbow’ group on the 16th of September 2009 / ‘Domestic Art – Home is where the Art is’ group on the 22nd of September 2009 / ‘Shapes and Pattern’ group on the 22nd of October 2009 WON…. Shapes In Stationery challenge on the 21st of October in the ‘Shapes and Patterns’ group. (16 votes)
FEATURED WORK….. ‘Rain Drops and Water Art’ group on the 18th of July 2009 ‘ARTISTS of RedBubble’ group on the 21st of September 2009
FEATURED WORK…. ‘Raindrops and Water Art’ group on the 5th of August 2009
This is a very close-up photograph of a C.D. with water droplets on it. It has had only slight manipulation (curves and +5 on saturation) plus slight cropping, and is ‘as is’ out of the camera. / I have a whole series of similar shots. Enjoy…... FEATURED WORK…. ‘Contrasting Perceptions’ group on the 14th of june 2009.
Fred and Sally enjoying life together.
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH…. ‘Selective Colouring’ group on the 28th jan 2009. / ’ Lost in Space [75% Negative space)’ group on the 16th feb 2009. / ‘Paws and Claws’ group on the 6th of May 2009
500+ views FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH…. / ‘Silhouettes’ group on the27th jan 2009. / ‘The Woman Photographer’ group on the 9th feb 2009. / ‘Dimensions’ group on the 5th of December 2009
Please click on image to view larger as it is SO MUCH MORE that just a pair of ears!!!!! Enjoy….. WON AVATAR CHALLENGE in ‘Black with a Hint of Colour’ group, 14th june 2009 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH… / ‘Black with a Hint of Colour’ group on the 3rd of feb 2009 / ‘Cats and Dogs’ group on the 2nd of July 2009 / ‘Dimensions’ group on the 15th of Spetember 2009
500+ views PHOTOGRAPH FEATURED ON REDBUBBLE HOMEPAGE 22ND AUGUST 2009 FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH IN…. ‘Cats and Dogs’ group on 12th feb 2009. ‘Domestic and Pedigree Cats’ group on 12th feb 2009. / (yes, TWO groups in one day!!) ‘Kittens’ group on the 20th of june 2009. Inside SOLO magazine Vol 6 (August 2009) this photograph is also available in black and white.
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.
FEATURED WORK…. ‘Accentuate the Eyes’ group on the 29th of July 2009 / ‘Cats and Dogs’ group on the 15th of August 2009 / ‘Animal Kingdom’ group on the 16th of October 2009 / ‘Pets Are Us’ group on the 3rd of December 2009 WON…. / White Cat challenge in the ‘Domestic and Pedigree Cats’ group on the 22nd of October 2009 (11 votes)
Macro of a CD with water droplet on it. small amount of editing in PS to crop in slightly and also cloning to get rid of a few distractions etc. Thats all!! enjoy…. FEATURED WORK…. ‘100%’ group on the 16th of August 2009 / ‘Raindrops’ group on the 24th of August 2009 / ‘Globes, Spheres and Curves’ group on the 2nd of September 2009 / ‘The Thing’ group on the 24th of October 2009
Fred leading his mate Sally out across the summer stubble. For Julie:-))
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