Womanhood
139 creative works found
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Womanhood – something of delicate, / fragile in the hand, / fragile in the mind. / And an imperfect lipstick / (too much kisses, / too much words). A state of mind.
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...Said she, “Where have you been so long?” And raised her bird’s nest-like-like eyes—Banalata Sen… (From Banalata Sen by Jibananda Das -Translated by Clinton B. Seely)
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With No Immediate Cause By Ntozake Shange / (pronounced en-to-zaki shong-gay) every 3 minutes a woman is beaten every five minutes a woman is raped/every ten minutes a lil girl is molested yet i rode the subway today i sat next to an old man who may have beaten his old wife 3 minutes ago or 3 days/30 years ago he might have sodomized his daughter but i sat there cuz the young men on the train might beat some young women later in the day or tomorrow i might not shut my door fast every 3 minutes it happens some woman’s innocence rushes to her cheeks/pours from her mouth like the betsy wetsy dolls have been torn apart/their mouths menses red & split/every three minutes a shoulder is jammed through plaster and the oven door/ chairs push thru the rib cage/hot water or boiling sperm decorate her body i rode the subway today & bought a paper from a man who might have held his old lady onto a hot pressing iron/i don’t know maybe he catches lil girls in the park & rips open their behinds with steel rods/i can’t decide what he might have done i only know every 3 minutes every 5 minutes every 10 minutes/so i bought the paper looking for the announcement the discovery/of the dismembered woman’s body/the victims have not all been identified/today they are naked and dead/refuse to testify/one girl out of 10’s not coherent/i took the coffee & spit it up/i found an announcement/not the woman’s bloated body in the river/floating not the child bleeding in the 59th street corridor/not the baby broken on the floor/ there is some concern that alleged battered women might start to murder their husbands & lovers with no immediate cause” i spit up i vomit i am screaming we all have immediate cause every 3 minutes every 5 minutes every 10 minutes every day women’s bodies are found in alleys & bedrooms/at the top of the stairs before i ride the subway/buy a paper/drink coffee/i must know/ have you hurt a woman today did you beat a woman today throw a child across a room are the lil girl’s panties in yr pocket did you hurt a woman today i have to ask these obscene questions the authorities require me to establish immediate cause every three minutes every five minutes every ten minutes every day. Foot note: I am just an artist, not an activist.
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This is my newest painting which belongs to the series ” The Round Paradise ” . The ideal was to bring out the sensual side of womanhood and to create a lasting visual impression using black & white only and still get as much out of it as I possible could ! Acrylic painting on heavy paper ( 42 cm / 60 cm ). Many thanks for stopping by !
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This is a drawing I did on sketching paper about a year ago, 10×8 ”. I recently discovered it hiding away in a box and thought I would add some acrylic paints to bring it to life. Paints brought drawing to life, but the earth has given life to all …. From nature we abound / emerging slowly from the ground / to live our lives as best we can / then once again returning to the land….. FEATURED IN FIRST THINGS
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from a fractal…....... would love a poem with this one too:).Update: There is a poem written as you keep reading by my cousin happy feet5 so this has become a collaboration event of all whom have commented lol! titles given so far : Abiss mesmerized…… You have Painted Music Isa Madonna&child’ Cycles of Green’ Continium… Absinthe & Cinnamon Feminine Soul, Veiled Emotion- Into the Mystic. “Visual symphony” To the Mystic silken Gold Lemon meringue Swirling Emotions Embryonic swan Visual Symphony In the wind there are Ghosts The Swirl Golden Abyss thanks always for all of your friendship and support .. your comments here are like gold. And this is what my cousin Happy feet 5 wrote when she saw this image and read the titles given !! I came upon a piece of art / a fractal I was told / and as I kept looking at it / I was mesmerized / My heart stood still / it went on hold. For as I kept on looking at this strange beauty / different things came into my mind. / At first it was a Madonna and child in the womb / waiting with love for when it was time / to hold him in her loving arms / cooing him and letting him know that everything would be fine. Suddenly the image changed / every thing began to swirl / I saw dancing and some swirling / to music that was divine / and my heart stood still / for the rhythm and its symphony came from heaven / and it beckoned me to follow / and mesmerized I didn’t want to be left behind. / What I saw was veiled emotions / with cycles of green / and as I swirled and twirled / I fell into an abyss of visual symphony. / Oh, what great ecstasy. / Isa, you painted music
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This piece concluded with many layers and quite many hours of fun art creativity. / I hope you will all enjoy her. / I truly appreciate all your kind comments and support. / Thank you ANAISNAIS for this fantastic writing here.: BUDDING BEAUTY Age of purity and innocence, / this time of change / meets a blooming maturity / Fulfilling form, stylising figure; / nature produces fine specimen / A time to play with hair and fashion / To perfect beauty, / applying make-up and perfumes / Bringing forth fresh radiance / Changing mood and attitude / A young lady, pleasing to the eye / stands before mankind / A budding beauty / ready to take on new life style / To seek, settle, nurture, / or give her all to career / Go-getter or jet-setter / her presence is felt near All Origional art work can be purchased through the artist. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Copyright notice: / All rights reserved. All images contained on these pages are © copyright protected by Mariska and any use of these images in any form without written permission will be considered an infringement of these copyrights.
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It has been three years I have been obsessing over a cup that i took a picture of. and my husband laughs so hard.. i say , it is my cup ….. taken on the kitchen counter. when I filled it with water and a flower.. that lived in here , wilted and became more beautiful . :) lol. we women know what we mean . when we say . you will never understand. oh well, here goes the cup ..
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2009 Acrylic on Canvas 36×36” 2nd Collaboration with the Australian Beauty Anthea Slade Brilliant and Talented artist and writer, thank you Anthea….........Rey Introducing A Tribute to Womanhood While collaborating together on the Passion Series, Rey and I enjoyed working together so much that we decided to collaborate again on a second series and the idea of A Tribute to Womanhood was born. Ideas, inspiration and creativity flowed naturally between us during our first series and so we have increased our second Collaboration to 40 Paintings and Drawings. We want to create a beautiful and powerful tribute to women from many different perspectives, voices, and walks of life. Using paintings and drawings, poetry and writing we will honour and explore in great depth the mystery. majesty, complexity, beauty and diversity of women. / We hope that all our friends on RedBubble will enjoy the journey we are about to embark on as much as we enjoy creating it and sharing it with you Please enjoy A Tribute to Womanhood…....... / By Anthea Slade and Reynaldo Introduction: Anthea Slade
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2009 Acrylic on Canvas 24×20” Blue Eyed Gypsy The Poem was Featured in Lifeline / September 20, 2009 Blue Eyed Gypsy the Painitng was Featured in Lifeline / September 20, 2009 Blue Eyed Gypsy the Painting was Featured in Painted Ladies / September 22, 2009 Blue Eyed Gypsy Woman the Painting was Featured in Inspired Art Group October 22, 2009 A Tribute to Womanhood….....this is the 2nd collaboration with the Australian Beauty Anthea Slade…... brilliant artist, writer, poet Blue Eyed Gypsy Woman is the first painting/poem in this series and Beautiful poem is by Anthea Slade Her crystal blue eyes sparkle / with the verve of life / reflecting the gentle rawness / of her journey that has / sculptured the woman she is now Her senusal lips quiver, vulnerable / with the sensitivity of her heart / revealing that through cruel experience / she has blossomed into a goddess, / gracious, wise and knowing. Her blue necklace and earrings / dance with her blue eyes to expose / the serenity of her heart / Her red dress energies her / to keep moving from town to town / Her brown hat attaches her to the earth. Where ever she roams / She becomes part or the time and place / Learning from experience. / Living in the present. / She becomes one with the moment. / She is Zen. A free wind that blows / through one town to the next / Where ever she goes she shows / the local people they can be free / because freedom resides in her heart She is there and then she is gone / but she leaves indelible mark / on their minds. / Her beauty and her grace / etched in gold for all who look. / and see her radiate love. It just takes a moment to see her / kindness and warmth. / Her true free spirit, / will last in their memory always. / Cause she has courage to keep flying. Free like a bird of grace / she flies to the next place, / to start the next transformation / Because she is the divine feminine, / the alchemist of our souls and for / all those who dare look / will be changed forever Forever free and wild, / overflowing with kindness / she gives all who / greet her a touch of grace, / blissful joy and a / radiant smile on their face Poem by Anthea Slade Feautured in Lifeline
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Lady Painter featured in Lifeline 5-10-09 / Lady Painter was drawn on the 1-10-09 / Lady Painter was painted on the 2-10-09 Lady Painter was inspired directly from Reynaldo’s beautiful painting Northern Exposure. Northern Exposure and Lady Painter are our 8th in our 40 Painting/Drawing/Poem Tribute to Womanhood Series.
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2009 Acrylic on 140 lb. Watercolour paper 24×18” This is the 8th painting/drawing…....... / from our 40 Paintings and drawings and poems …. Northern Exposure was Featured in / Lifeline Group 12 Nov 09 in A Tribute to Womanhood from our 2nd collaboration between Anthea Slade the brilliant and talented, artist, poet, writer Australian Beauty It is a pleasure to work with Anthea, not only a beauty, and talented, but an original with so much inner beauty, and insight into this series
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2009 Acrylic on 140 lb. Watercolour paper 24x!8” Dreaming of HimTribute to Womanhood This is my second Collaboration with The Australian Beauty Anthea Slade brilliant and talented artist/writer Dreaming of Him is 12 Painting/Poem/Drawing of our Tribute to Womanhood Series of 40 paintings/drawings/poem collaboration, and the second in our mini series Woman in Relation to Man. For the next eight uploads we will be looking at women in relation to their men from many different perspectives. Even if a man is not present in the painting we will depict the woman’s feelings for and towards her man. Reynaldo’s beautiful painting Dreaming of Him inspired my poem. Paintings: Reynaldo / Poem: Anthea Dreaming of him Dreaming of him / makes her feel beautiful / Seeing his image / in her minds eye / Filling in the detail / the line, colour and form / He takes shape in line first / and shading of light and shade second. Sweet words of love / vibrate through her mind / and send her heart dancing / Beating to a new rhythm / one that she has never known before. / She can now see context, / place and see how raw history has lead to now. Seeing new meaning / that comes from her womanhood knowing / that something so strong / can never be wrong / To be able to see with clarity / and know with surety / that this feeling that builds with / each day is been fed by reality / Where reality skips and plays / and takes over dreams by its majesty Where reality use to bite / now it kisses her with desire / and no longer bruises her / but tenderly seduces her / into a consistent dance of / passion and tenderness / that takes her dream to a new level / a time, place and scene where she can revel. Could this be heaven on earth? / Not heaven built on idealism / but heaven built on lived known experience / where the maturity and wisdom / finally come together in perfect balance / that creates beauty from inside out / and that he can see / embrace and honour. Where admiration and love are / the first ingredients of their desire / and knowing is pulse of their fibre / and she dreams of the days to / explore and reinvent the dreams of him / dancing, forging bringing them into reality Mutual voice, mutual admiration, mutual / stories spoken and heard / that lead to communication of the highest order / where broken hearts can heal / and live deeper then ever before / Because beauty is based on their truth / and seeing each other as they really are… Dreaming of him fills her mind / and with grace hope and desire for him / She smiles…. By Anthea Slade
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The first in a series based on the parallelism between the lunar phases / women’s ages / menstrual cycle / and the 4 seasons. SPRING: the beautiful innocent girl, the energy of renewal and inspiration, the increasing moon and the pre-ovulatory phase of a woman; this phase is identified with the “Virgin”. FEATURED in Fine Arts Group
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2009 Acrylic on 140 lb. Watercolour paper 24×18” Tribute to Womanhood World in His Arms was Featured in Inspired Art World in His Arms the painting was Featured in Love and Romance Group Oct. 23, 2009 A second Collaboration with Anthea and Reynaldo. The World In his Arms is the 14th Painting of our Tribute to Womanhood Series of 40 paintings/drawings/poem collaboration, and the fourth in our mini series Woman in Relation to Man. For the next six uploads we will be looking at women in relation to their men from many different perspectives. Even if a man is not present in the painting we will depict the woman’s feelings for and towards her man. It is such a great honour and pleasure to work with Anthea on this Collaboration, / as She is a brilliant and highly gifted / artist, poet, writer Australian Beauty. Paintings: Reynaldo / Painting and Poem: Anthea The World in his Arms She is to him the most precious gift / She is the beat of his heart, / the beam of his moon, / the shine of his stars / and the ignite of his passion. He shows her that she / is the ocean to him by / the way he tenderly strokes her neck, / runs fingers through her hair / By the way his eyes look / beyond her eyes and his / ears listen to her words, / his mouth asks her questions / longing to know her heart. He demonstrates his passion for her / by the way he admires her intelligence, / holds up her ideas and never / undermines her sensitive heart / He whispers softly in her ears / urging her to blossom and not / be afraid to dance in the daylight. And she knows that he honours her / by the respect he shows by hearing her heart / And she feels his attention / by the way he notices the emotion in her face / She understands he loves her / by the way he holds her when she cries. He holds her in his arms / and she feels contained and intensely calm / She holds him to her breast / and he feels her nurture and respect / He lifts her up to the heavens / and makes her feel like a real goddess. And he knows the universe smiled on him / because not only does he have the stars / he holds the world in his arms and speaks / out loud – This is my woman! By Anthea Slade
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2009 Acrylic on 140 lb. Watercolour paper 24×18” Meditating On Love was Featured in Inspired By Life Group 05 Nov 09 Meditating On Love was Feautred in Inspired Art Group 08 Nov 09 Meditating On Love was Featured in Unconventional Artistry 19 Nov 09 A Tribute to Womanhood Series 2nd collaboration with the Australian Beauty Anthea Slade, / brilliant and talented artist, poet, writer This is our 16th painting drawing in the 40 paintings/drawings/poem series and the 6th in The Mini Series Woman in Relation to Man I am honoured to work and collabrate with such a beautiful person , not only skin deep but inner beauty Thank you Anthea / you are a joy to work with
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2009 Acrylic on 140 lb. Watercolour paper 24×18” The Kiss was Featured on Art For The World / November 2, 2009 A Tribute to Womanhood Series A second collaboration with the brilliant, beautiful, and very talented Anthea Slade. This is the 18th painting/drawing/poem of this 40 painting series and part of the Mini Series Woman in Relation to Man Anthea is a pleasure to work with I may say as I have to work hard to keep up with this talented young Lady but I love it as it makes me push the envelope and it is such fun and an honour working with Anthea, thank you dear.
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No is No
by Anthea SladeNo is not yes / No is not sort of / No is not kind of / No is not maybe… No to mind games that devastate sensitive brains / No to power th…
No is No featured in Inspired By Life 9-11-09 / No is No featured in Anger Management 27-10-09 / No is No featured in Lifeline 23-10-09 / No is No was written 21-10-09 No is No was inspired by Reynaldo’s powerful painting No to Date Rape and is part of our Tribute to Womanhood Series. This is our 19th upload of our 40 Painting/Drawing/Poem Tribute to Womanhood Series.
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2009 Acrlylic on Canvas 48×36” A Tribute to Womanhood A Hair Story – Rapunzel was Featured in Acrylic Painting Group 3 Oct 09 Collaboration between Reynaldo and Anthea Slade A Hair Story – Rapunzel is the 22nd painting/drawing/poem upload of our Tribute to Womanhood Collaboration and the first of our Fairy Tales & Myths mini series. / For next eigtht uploads we will be focusing on women as fairy tale characters from a fresh and new perspective. Working with the brilliant, talented, artist, writer, poet. The Australian Beauty Anthea Slade, is a great honour and a pleasure. Her beautiful mind and imagination, creative talent, are boundless. Painting: Reynaldo / Drawing: Anthea / Short short story: Anthea A Hair Story Rapunzel’s heart beat with extreme excitement, never before had she been so close to such a gallant knight. His eyes, brown and intense drank her in. She could feel the pull so his desire connect to her longing. Her blood pounded in her chest. ‘Here I am. I have outwitted the witch and waited patiently observing you from a distance and now I want you.’ His eyes full of hunger pierced into her body and she trembled. ’ ‘I want to know you. Really know you, I have been so isolated here in my tower longing for such a brave knight as you. A man of tenacity and resourcefulness who could mentally outsmart the witch and you are here and I want to connect and I long to know your truth.’ she said. ‘Ah, my truth, do you think you can handle my truth? He questioned. ‘The brighter the sun, the darker the shadows that are cast. I want to know the man inside the knight.’ She mused. ‘My shadow could be grey or even black and you my find it too much to stay and listen. Isn’t the fact that I am here now and I have waited for you enough? ’ He said looking away. Taking his eyes from her felt like being thrown into the cold dark night of the witch’s world. ‘Your actions are what caught my attention and makes me want to learn more about you. And I have waited too. Oh my have I waited. I want to know the battles you have fought, the dragons you have slain, your defeats, your victories, doubts, fears, how your mind imagines and how your heart feels. I want to know you intimately.’ He turned back to look at her and she could feel the warmth from his eyes on her and she smiled. His charisma and energy ignited her spirit and aroused such yearning in her. ‘It may not be pretty, it may be different to what you expect and imagine but I will share myself with you. Where would you like me to start?’ He asked tenderly. ‘I want to know the journey that has brought you to me. You know my prince the single most powerful act we can do is share our vulnerability.’ She walked towards him and stood beside him as he looked out of from the tower to the distant land. She whispered in his ear. So tell me where your story begins and how you got here? By Anthea Slade
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2009 Acrylic on Canvas 30×40” Cinderella with The Green Mask of Envy, and The Blue Mask of Jealously was Featured in Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts Movement / 10 Nov 09 Cinderella with The Green Mask of Envy, and The Blue Mask of Jealously was Feautred in Fantasy Art Group 10 Nov 09 Tribute to Womanhood Series 2nd collaboration with the Australian Beauty Anthea Slade, brilliant, talented, artist, writer, poet. It is a pleasure working with Anthea as she is not only a beautiful woman but very intelligent and sensitive young Lady. This is the 23 painting drawing poem in this series of 40 total and the third in Mini Series Fairytales and Mtyhs as we explore with a twist Fairytales of the female species
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2009 Acrylic on Canvas 30×40” A Tribute to Womanhood Series 2nd collaboration with the Australian Beauty Anthea Slade, brilliant, talented artist, poet, writer, with a beautiful mind and heart. Thank you young Lady for the honour of working with you as it is a pleasure your professionalism and manner working I admire. This is the 26th painting…... of the 40 paintings, drawings and poems in the Womanhood Series and the 6th of the Mini Series Fairytales and Myths
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Curl of a Woman
by ArcadiaTempestWe are humbled in the love curl of her charms / An essence of innocence and redeemable truth / slow the days dance to feel the luxury of w…
This is a collaboration with our beautiful poetess and artist Erika15 I am in awe of her art for this verse We are blessed to have her talented beauty which inspires us to live more fully in our lives / / /
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