Temptation
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before the garden
by executedweeklyMama Earth birthed a bouncing baby boy, / And Father God named him Humanity.
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Show me again the rich, flattering sequence of your smile, / define its meaning. / Let me hear the soft, seductive pattern of your voice / at last, explain its keening. / Needing some reason for your presence / I stand in awe / before you at the very edge of understanding, / my heart and mind at war. Nick Carding As soon as I saw her, I called her Rafaela…she is beautiful and as inscrutable as the Mona Lisa and as secretive as are all the women in my portraits…it is an uncommon name and I have no idea why it came into my head, but I think it suits her…I can’t stop looking at her…what is she hiding? Watercolour on Arches Not Paper FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS.. / STRICTLY HUMAN FACES.. / BITS AND PIECES.. / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia / The Riddle / Illusion / The Wish / Virtue / The Party / The Beauty / The Star / The Night / The Temptation / The Quiet / The Plea / Le Maquillage
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Wild passionate Catherine is one of my favourite / heroines…who can say as she did, that she loved Heathcliff so much that she felt they were a single person…a love that turned out to destroy her and eventually him as well.. / An extraordinary novel from a member of what was essentially a reclusive but extremely talented family, Emily Bronte is considered to be the most brilliant of the three sisters…Wuthering Heights acclaimed fame as the most intense novel in the English language My interpretation of Catherine is in Watercolour on Arches Not Paper. / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia / The Riddle / Illusion / The Wish / Virtue / The Party / The Beauty / The Star / The Night / The Temptation / The Quiet / The Plea / Le Maquillage
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I’ve been thinking about our fortune / And Ive decided that we’re really not to blame / For the love thats deep inside us now / Is still the same / And the sounds we make together / Is the music to the story in your eyes / Its been shining down upon me now / I realize / Listen to the tide slowly turning / Wash all our heartaches away / Were part of the fire that is burning / And from the ashes we can build another day / But Im frightened for the children / That the life that we are living is in vain / And the sunshine weve been waiting for / Will turn to rain / When the final line is over / Its certain that the curtains gonna fall / I can hide inside your sweet sweet love / For ever more....The Story in Your Eyes MOODY BLUES / My most favourite group of all time, and I consider them to be the best of all time...the story is in her eyes… Watercolour on Arches Not Paper…the 25th portrait in 25 days….a few others from the series can be seen below… / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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New Features in the The Sisterhood
by Janis Zroback!http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/3…
/ The Story in Your Eyes I’ve been thinking about our fortune / And Ive decided that we’re really not to blame / For the love thats deep inside us now / Is still the same / And the sounds we make together / Is the music to the story in your eyes / Its been shining down upon me now / I realize. The Moody Blues / Here I Pray The angels come / on the dark wings of night, / it is of you they sing, / in and around and through / cauldron of dreams, / twisted shadows, / broken schemes, / tormenting night / darkening day, / dropped and abandoned / here I pray. s.k.lindeman Thank you so much
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New Feature...New Group..
by Janis ZrobackI just joined Strictly Human Faces I am so pleased, as I love Rafaela so much…this is her second feature !http://images-1.redbub…
I just joined Strictly Human Faces I am so pleased, as I love Rafaela so much…this is her second feature / Rafaela Show me again the rich, flattering sequence of your smile, / define its meaning. / Let me hear the soft, seductive pattern of your voice / at last, explain its keening. / Needing some reason for your presence / I stand in awe / before you at the very edge of understanding, / my heart and mind at war. Nick Carding Thank you so much
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Many birds and the beating of wings / Make a flinging reckless hum / In the early morning at the rocks / Above the blue pool / Where the gray shadows swim lazy. / In your blue eyes, O reckless child, / I saw today many little wild wishes, / Eager as the great morning....Margaret, by Carl Sandburg Watercolour on Archess Not Paper…a few from the series of 26 can be seen below… / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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“Sadie” is is the latest portrait in the “Significant Faces” collection…the name Sadie was very popular at the turn of the 20th century, however when I finished the painting and took a good long look at her I also saw Miss Lemon the efficient secretary to Hercule Poirot…in fact I almost called her Miss Lemon…but she is Sadie…Sadie from the 1920s Watercolour on Arches Not Paper / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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A New Feature in Creative Cards
by Janis Zroback!http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/3…
/ Sadie Thank you so much
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“Francesca da Rimini” was the the daughter of Guido da Polenta, lord of Ravenna….Dante made her a character in the Divine Comedy…throughout history, there have been numerous plays, operas, paintings and symphonies created in her name….I am also called Francesca and now I too have created a painting in her’s and my name... I must reiterate what I said at the beginning, that the portraits in this series are not meant to be taken at face value…they are not simply pictures of women’s faces, but represent aspects of life…that is, seasons, changes, ideas, thoughts and beliefs of mine and society as a whole…every image is planned very carefully with the eyes as the main focal point…colours of the skin, make-up, hair etc. are all significant…they all mean something…they all tell a story Watercolour on Arches Not Paper You came in out of the night / And there were flowers in your hand, / Now you will come out of a confusion of people, / Out of a turmoil of speech about you. I who have seen you amid the primal things / Was angry when they spoke your name / IN ordinary places. / I would that the cool waves might flow over my mind, / And that the world should dry as a dead leaf, / Or as a dandelion see-pod and be swept away, / So that I might find you again, / Alone. Francesca by Ezra Pound / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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“Flavia”, like all the women in my portraits, exemplifies Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman”...she is the 30th in the series, and I moved away slightly away from my usual style, portraying her a liitle more realistically…more like a photo, but still a undoubtedly a painting…as always it’s Watercolour on Arches Not Paper CLICK HERE VIEW VIDEO…CLICK IT TWICE Phenomenal woman, / That’s me. Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed. / I don’t shout or jump about / Or have to talk real loud. / When you see me passing / It ought to make you proud. / I say, / It’s in the click of my heels, / The bend of my hair, / the palm of my hand, / The need of my care, / ‘Cause I’m a woman / Phenomenally. / Phenomenal woman, / That’s me. excerpt…M Angelou… / / FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS / HAND DRAWN OR PAINTED ART OF HAPPINEES OR JOY / 1ON1..THE FINE ART OF PORTRAITURE / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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Another Feature...in The Sisterhood
by Janis Zroback!http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/3…
/ Francesca You came in out of the night / And there were flowers in your hand, / Now you will come out of a confusion of people, / Out of a turmoil of speech about you. / I who have seen you amid the primal things / Was angry when they spoke your name / IN ordinary places. / I would that the cool waves might flow over my mind, / And that the world should dry as a dead leaf, / Or as a dandelion see-pod and be swept away, / So that I might find you again, / Alone. Francesca by Ezra Pound Thank you so much
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There are so many layers to this painting, that I can’t even begin to discuss them all here…the main ideas behind it lie in a series of contrasts….Victorian melodrama, modern day and traditional “angels of mercy”, Leonard Cohen’s poetry, virtue vs. vice, 60s pop music, black v.s white, and the significance of names... / Those of you who were teens in the 60s or 70s, will probably recognize the allusion to the music which directly ties into the work of Charles Dickens and the title of the portrait.. / Flavia / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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Although all my portraits are painted wet in wet, for a more painterly look in “Maryrse”, I allowed the paint to move more freely on the paper, and left pencil lines in place.. Watercolour on Arches Not Paper / McGill / Flavia / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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A New Feature in First Things
by Janis Zroback!http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/3…
/ Maryryse Thank you so much Isa Rodrigues
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Lovely one, / just as on the cool stone / of the spring, the water / opens a wide flash of foam, / so is the smile of your face, / lovely one. Lovely one, / with delicate hands and slender feet / like a silver pony, / walking, flower of the world, / thus I see you, / lovely one. Lovely one, / with a nest of copper entangled / on your head, a nest / the color of dark honey / where my heart burns and rests, / lovely one. Lovely one, / your eyes are too big for your face, / your eyes are too big for the earth...excerpt Lovely One, by Pablo Neruda “Paola” is painted in watercolour on Clayboard, which notwithstanding the manufacturers claims, is even more difficult than watercolour on paper…the great advantage is that paint is easily removed but that also is it’s greatest drawback…still I ihave used it a number of times and plan to do it again / Maryrse / McGill / Flavia / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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I generally title my paintings on completion…they tell me, usually instantly what they should be called…for some reason the name Wisteria came to me as soon as this painting was finished…as is customary I went along with it…then lo and behold I found a poem that perfectly matched the image, which I had never seen before….you would swear it had been written for the painting…serendipity... a slight revisiting of the style of the first portraits in the series, where I included vivid colours and backgrounds.. Violet lavender drug / slipping beneath my skin, / shucking off the stale air / of too long shut in, / too long shut away / whispering to me / to breathe deep and be. The clothes fall away / till I stand like mother Eve / two bites before the apple. / Lips blush to rose, / and the tongue tastes / of sweet tart pomegranate, / while a wisp of wind / carries hair to frame my face. All I have been is pollen dusted, / oh the wisteria sweet / kissing deep, / till I feel the promise of fertile, / drooping fat on a vine / petals that promise nothing, / but hint at all. A month from honeysuckle still to come, / but I can taste the nights, / raise my eyes to the mantle of sky, / suddenly clad in the skin / of every moonlit woman, / and beckoning with my being / for you to dance beneath / the far flung sky / in the arms of a Wisteria Woman Lisa Shields FEATURED IN IPRESSIONIST ART / CREATIVE CARDS / PAINTED LADIES / Paola / Maryrse / McGill / Flavia / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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New Feature
by Janis Zroback!http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/3…
/ Wisteria Thank you so much Painted Ladies Group
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Featured in Dimensions
by Janis Zroback!http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/3…
/ Paola Lovely one, / with a nest of copper entangled / on your head, a nest / the color of dark honey / where my heart burns and rests, / lovely one. Thank you so much
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Featured in Impressionist Art
by Janis ZrobackSecond Feature for Wisteria !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:frame…
Second Feature for Wisteria / Wisteria Violet lavender drug / slipping beneath my skin, / shucking off the stale air / of too long shut in, / too long shut away / whispering to me / to breathe deep and be. Thank you so much
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Another name from my family…the names Marie, Maria, Marina, and Ange and combinations of all of them, occur frequently in the French side of my family…I am Maria, my sister is Marie, and so on…I have an aunt called Marina Ange and another called Marie Ange…Ange of course means angel and Marie after the virgin Mary….I named the painting after all of us... Watercolour on Arches Not Paper “To be an angel, one need not have wings. / In giving love there is an equal grace. / Nor need one seek the aura in the face, / As love unveils the beauty of all things.” / Wisteria / Paola / Maryrse / McGill / Flavia / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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Featured in Handrawn or Painted Art of Happiness and Joy
by Janis Zroback!http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/size:large/view:preview/3…
/ Flavia…Phenomenal Woman Phenomenal woman, / That’s me. Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed. / I don’t shout or jump about / Or have to talk real loud. / When you see me passing / It ought to make you proud. / I say, / It’s in the click of my heels, / The bend of my hair, / the palm of my hand, / The need of my care, / ‘Cause I’m a woman / Phenomenally. / Phenomenal woman, / That’s me. excerpt…M Angelou…
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“Lorraine” looks like a friend of yours…she looks like a friend of mine too…she is like everybody’s best friend…there to support you, to help you, to listen to you…she’s always there and will never let you down…with her mane of beautiful auburn hair falling into her eyes, you wonder why she never married…there were men who wanted to marry her, but she wants to wait, to fall in love with the right one…sweet Lorraine…you hope she doesn’t have to wait too long…she is a jewel.. Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico Not Paper… / Marie-Ange / Wisteria / Paola / Maryrse / McGill / Flavia / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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Some days, although we can not pray, a prayer / utters itself. So, a woman will lift / her head from the sieve of her hands and stare / at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift. Some nights, although we are faithless, the truth / enters our hearts, a small familiar pain; / then a man will stand stock still, hearing his youth / in the distant latin chanting of a train. Pray for us now. Grade 1 piano scales / console the lodger looking out across / a Midlands town. Then dusk, and someone calls / a child’s name as though they named their loss. Darkness outside. Inside, a radio’s prayer.. / Rockall. Malin. Dogger. Finisterre. Carol Ann Duffy “Caroline” is painted in Watercolour on Fabriano Not Paper / Lorraine / Marie-Ange / Wisteria / Paola / Maryrse / McGill / Flavia / Francesca / Annabel / Sadie / Margaret / The Story in Your Eyes / Catherine Earnshaw / Beatrice / Rafaela / Autumn / Bathsheba / Katharine / Sylvia
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