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Published: 2005-12-02 18:11:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 9470; Favourites: 249; Downloads: 1889
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Description I usually try to give at least some anecdotes surrounding the making of any of my doodles. I won't do that this time because I really don't want to explain this one. It's very personal and I don't have yet the emotional distance necessary to discuss it openly. Maybe in a couple of months. I just hope you like it for the time being. Thanks for looking!

Edit: Wow! Wow! Wow! Daily Deviation... This is so cool but I feel kind of bad considering the above text kind of makes me sound like a pretentious jerk trying too hard to be mysterious, so I guess further explainings might be in order. Who knows, it could even be therapeutic. As a couple of you might have guessed the girl in question is Andrea [link] , a girl I was very deeply involved with until not too long ago. She was very special to me and even though the break-up wasn't nearly as bad as those things can sometimes get, I still felt pretty awful for a while. Not gonna get into the bloody details here, suffice it to say that the thought of her didn't exactly cheer me up at the time so when I posted this I really didn't feel up to dissecting it any further.
This drawing was actually made about a year before all this happenned, during a previous mini-breakup (we had a tempestuous relationship to say the least). I often used to tease Andrea about these two polar opposite sides to her personality, one which made the happiest man alive and the other that could terrify me with just a glance. This drawing was about those two sides of this remarkable person who's now so far away from me.
I'm extremely happy to see so many people whom I've never met connecting with it on some level. it's one of the greatest joys someone making these kind of things can experience. Many many thanks to all those that left a message, your kind words mean a lot to me. Thank you so much!
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Comments: 75

TheMetronomad [2006-06-12 10:51:25 +0000 UTC]

great job! awesome work! great details.... what else can be said, keep it up!

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Dr-Benway [2006-06-12 10:43:50 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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JonBeinart [2006-06-12 10:40:06 +0000 UTC]

This is fantastic. I love your style. Please join our surreal art forum [link]

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siudajSTEJ [2006-06-12 10:22:48 +0000 UTC]

congratulations

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ratunku [2006-06-12 10:04:09 +0000 UTC]

[and what else can i say?]

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AtherNess [2006-06-12 07:36:21 +0000 UTC]

That's odd, yet strangely intriguing... Not my usual style, but I like it... *s you*

And congrats on the DD dearie!

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Popc0rn [2006-06-12 07:06:39 +0000 UTC]

must have taken you a while, congrats on the DD, You deserve it

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FisterMoley [2006-02-03 15:14:26 +0000 UTC]

It's disturbing, melancholy, surprising and the pencil work is, as ever, unrivalled. Good job.

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binkgrass In reply to ??? [2005-12-05 08:06:44 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad to see your work once again. I really enjoy looking at all the deatiled aspects of your pictures. You create such moving work. I think even though none of us who are viewing your pictures can actually feel the emotion and reason that you had while creating it, each of us is able to develop our own deep emotion from your pictures. I guess what I'm trying to say is that so many pieces of art are nice to look at, but don't really feel like they're substantial. Instead they feel hollow and emotionless. Your work, however, seems to be quite the opposite and I am delighted to be able to not only view your creations, but feel them in my own way as well.

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greysmith In reply to binkgrass [2005-12-06 02:05:25 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks a lot for this comment. I'm thrilled to hear that someone else connects with something I've done on an emotional level. It is, in the end, the greatest possible joy to be found in sharing these kind of things. Thanks a lot for taking the time to write in here

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Moon-Doggy In reply to ??? [2005-12-04 02:18:39 +0000 UTC]

I'm intrigued by the girls expression. I feel almost as if I know her.
The peice doesn't feel as forced as most surrealist peices I see on here.
It's quite beautiful.

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Demonthies In reply to ??? [2005-12-02 23:26:25 +0000 UTC]

This piece flows easily very good job with that, The multi level shades sho direction of light very well. the lizard is very well done it shows a very powerful position, along with the cone and sphere, along with everything beeing beutifully proportionate the hands are very impressive the show complication with a soft approch very nice, it is an impressive piece well done!

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greysmith In reply to Demonthies [2005-12-03 18:06:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! The hands are actually the part of this drawing I like the most. I'm glad someone else feels the same way.

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supremextreme In reply to ??? [2005-12-02 23:21:44 +0000 UTC]

All summer I have delighted in my orchids and now, even in December they are a source of quiet riotous joy everyday. Still blooming, still bringing me sighs of wonder. This painting is so marvelous and holds me with the same delight. Not because of the obvious inclusion of the gorgeously drawn flowers, but because it spills from your heart. You are an extremely talented artist. I know that you know that (no false modesty needed; one must know with confidence what they can accomplish in order to accomplish it.) But in reaching into your soul and bringing it out to share, you open a door to emotions for others. Very generous indeed. You need not explain in order for me to feel.

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greysmith In reply to supremextreme [2005-12-03 18:43:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the extremely gracious and kind compliments, they are most most welcome. I love orchids as well, they are beautiful, alien flowers. I've always felt as if some kind of conscience lurked somewhere deep within them. I also used to give them as gifts for the girl in the drawing so they've acquired some added symbolism im my mind, both good and bad. A friend of mine said to me once "what comes from the heart, goes to the heart". It's great advice but it's not always easy for me to manage, so your words make me even happier to think this might be one of those instances. Once again, thanks again for taking the time to write so many nice things about this drawing. I'm really glad you liked it

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Nigrescence In reply to greysmith [2006-06-12 17:44:52 +0000 UTC]

I completely connect with it

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supremextreme In reply to greysmith [2005-12-05 03:43:53 +0000 UTC]

well the pleasure is all mine. funny thing what we take away from relationships. we add all the little things and experiences up and they form an impression that is lasting through the years. But I always say, keep the good bits and let the bad ones go. That way, we store up tiny jewels for our hearts that make us stronger people. After all, love is infinite. It never goes away; it just changes.

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Nigrescence In reply to supremextreme [2006-06-12 17:45:12 +0000 UTC]

I totally get what you two are saying

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supremextreme In reply to Nigrescence [2006-06-21 04:09:27 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you get it. Love is so hard and yet so easy. I like that; there's always the surprise when dealing with people's hearts. It's exciting and a complete mystery, but when it's right, it just is.
Hope you're having a great summer.

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kTrox1322 [2005-12-02 23:13:13 +0000 UTC]

doodles? this is more complex than any doodle! its lovely! in everyway! such talent ^^

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greysmith In reply to kTrox1322 [2005-12-03 18:55:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It's greatto hear that!

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kTrox1322 In reply to greysmith [2005-12-03 18:57:11 +0000 UTC]

Yep ^^

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mwink [2005-12-02 23:00:07 +0000 UTC]

very interesting subject and composition.

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ILIKESURREAL [2005-12-02 18:11:36 +0000 UTC]

this is ill shows skills keep it up.

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