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Published: 2012-01-22 15:11:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 6583; Favourites: 254; Downloads: 148
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I decided to put my older work back up: I showed this before under a previous DA incarnation.Oil on Canvas
36" X 48"
This could also be titled: The Wreck of the Kestrael. It has some damage and I plan on doing the painting over.
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Wonderful work, amazing painting, you did a great job
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You're so welcomeΒ Β Β
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I can imagine somewhere on that ship, there lies a steersman who passed completely content and satisfied that all else in life had been in preparation for plunging a multi-billion dollar starship into a barren rock inhabited only by a beautiful naked woman and some grouchy seagulls.
Totally worth it.
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Ah yes, that would be Ensign Berkowitz, who died with a smile on his face. His last words were:"What planet, sir?"
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You're welcome!
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You are very welcome !
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KendleRJ has written a beautiful short story on this painting :fav.me/d75qpif Β Please go check it out!
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You're so very welcome.Β I saw some hope there in the shadow of the fallen vessel; unsure as to whether it wrecked on the rocks or fell from the sky.Β This definitely has a story it's telling, and background to explore.Β Thank you for resharing it.
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Welcome! Β There is a common thread that runs through several of my paintings: a kind of mental story I tell myself while working on them.On another level this painting makes reference to some life lessons in the Here-And-Now...a kind of allegory. Β But I often find, like the story I referred to earlier, that other people often find completely different stories and meanings that are just as valid as my own. Β I like doing that: painting an illustration and challenging the viewer to provide the story. I think that we humans are natural-born story tellers and that with the tiniest of prods this ancient talent can roused. Β
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The imagery is inspiring; the story told within it is one of loss, pain and beautiful suffering.Β It's simply gorgeous.
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Thank you! Β When I did the painting I had in mind a tale of big dreams brought to nothing, but when I originally showed this (in a previous DA incarnation)I got into a brainstorming exchange with another Deviant. Β The story that emerged from that had the girl being a descendant of the crew of the ship. Β The ship wreck was regarded with superstitious dread by everyone except this one girl who liked to bathe and swim Β in its shadow. Β One day she gets up the nerve to paddle out to the wreck where she discovers and befriends an android who was left to guard the wreck . Β He was forgotten in the meanwhile, but, being ageless and having never received orders to the contrary, remains to faithfully guard the decaying wreck.
One thing I really like about DA is how showing my pictures seems to occasionally bring out the natural storyteller in other people.
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Naw...you deserve it! Β I am just kind enough...not a drop too kind
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my earliest favorite of yours, still love this to pieces.
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Yeah...I bought a nice pre-made canvas for her new rendition. All I need to do is mix up some ground color(sky-blue) and get going.
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That is awesome mate . . love the colours and mood of it.
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Thank you! It took a lot of screwing around to get this far on it. Due to some damage I will have to redo the piece, which should result in an even better painting now that I have all but a few of the design problems worked out(The "masts" on the ship need a few changes).
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