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Ippotamus In reply to karibous-boutique [2013-05-02 21:44:12 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much.
I am so glad you commented because I got to see your gallery for the first time.
It is very incredible and beautiful.

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karibous-boutique In reply to Ippotamus [2013-05-06 02:42:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much! I think your gallery is just as amazing!

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HJ-Valdi In reply to HJ-Valdi [2013-04-27 10:43:02 +0000 UTC]

Almost forgot to say, you may want to check out Hans Bellmer. He was a Surrealist who did work with dolls.

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Ippotamus In reply to HJ-Valdi [2013-04-27 12:36:05 +0000 UTC]

But ... there's a yellow flower this time.

I'm not sure I want to see Bellmer or not. I am torn. The dolls kind of freak me out too. But I love the almost other-worldly innocence and expressions one can get with them, human without all the baggage I think. So they are a brush I like to use.

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HJ-Valdi In reply to Ippotamus [2013-04-27 13:27:12 +0000 UTC]

Now I think about it, Bellmer may be, at least in part, the reason that your dolls freak me out. There is a little bit of a perversity in his work.

I do like your description of your characters, and it makes me think of a painting I did many years ago of a foetus in the womb. I realised that one of the reasons I was so taken with the image was because, to me, there was a purity to it. It's as if that time is when we're at our most divine, because we're untainted by the world. And there's something to be said for such a state.

Knowledge may be power, but it can also be the stepping stones that lead to madness.

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Ippotamus In reply to Odilicious [2013-04-27 12:36:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Odilicious In reply to Ippotamus [2013-04-29 11:47:16 +0000 UTC]

A pleasure!

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Ippotamus In reply to tats2 [2013-04-24 22:17:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, Tats.

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Ippotamus In reply to ThierryCravatte [2013-04-24 12:34:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, that means a lot to me.

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Ippotamus In reply to Mickytroisd [2013-04-24 12:34:03 +0000 UTC]

They are very unique characters.
They always make me smile.
They have a strange innocence about them.

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Ippotamus In reply to Kerya-Alexis [2013-04-23 11:46:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Kerya.
Yes, I have a serious love for these two as well.
A very expressive character and fun to work with.

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