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Fall to Ruin
Published: 2004-12-13 01:44:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 23042; Favourites: 743; Downloads: 4354
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The trees are not mourning over their own deaths, they are mourning over yours. Do not kill which keeps you alive. After the death of the earth, there can never be a rebirth.--------------
18"x24"
oil
8 hours.
i don't think anyone has noticed yet, or atleast no one has mentioned it, but there are buildings such as skyscrapers and smoke stacks in the background.
im sorry this took so long, its just that this painting never really seemed to attach itself to me like all my others, so i never really wanted to go back to it. but im glad it's done, my dad likes it
EDIT: i just HAD to remove those dust spots.
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this is the greatest christmas present EVER!
Thank you everyone for all the nice comments! 
My heart of stone has melted...bah humbug
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Comments: 221
Congratulations on becoming a Daily Deviation!!
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Yesterday I saw that a huge maple tree growing close to my house was cut. It was a maple of the kind which doesn't just grow up looking like a spire, its crown was big and broad. Every year in the Summer it was making the surrounding area look like covered with snow - a lot of white maple fluff was in the air, on the ground, on other trees, simply everywhere. All my childhood memories of playing outside the house are connected with this beautiful tree, everytime I recall my child's games I can see the tree standing somewhere in the background, giving shade to people tired with summer heat.
But now, where the tree used to stand, there is only a sad, flat shape of the giant tree trank, cut closely by the ground's surface. It looks so hopeless and painful, like a remorse, voiceless complaint saying: "Look, look at what they did to me!" And I feel awful because there is nothing I can do but crying. I feel like somebody cut my childhood with this tree, I don't recognize this place where I live anymore.
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OH MY GOD- MARY YOUR ART WAS PICKED TO BE THE DAILY DEVIATION!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?
HOLY CRAP CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!!!!
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my god, i love the concept of this painting....... just... amazing, FAV!!! good job yo, you get my full up attention!
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this is by far, the best message i've seen in an art work in this site in quite some time. and i usually dont favourite daily deviations, since they recieve so much recognition, but this is something i cant resist.
excellent.
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very nice painting i should have you know its going to be my first fave quite clever the way you put the sky scrapers and smoke stack in the picture nice touch thankyou for providing me with something i can finally say is a fave for me great work
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...blast.. can't.. damn it..
I love this!
I think that should do it...
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It's beautifully done...wonderfully...greatly done... Very emotional. Great job.
thats me
ahhelga
aka Pauline
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So..so true.
Wow....Just Wow. I love this--and the detail in the back which i may have not noticed unless you pointed it out. the marks on the tree, the stumps--the swing....I love it all!
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Excellent contast between the two sides, nice touch with the birds to show life and growth, im not sure that swing looks right.
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i was umm...looking for an mc esher type swing? 
thank you for the comment
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i think the symbols u used were really....something to think about....good job!
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very nice work, i noticed the "buildings" in the background almost immediately.....great peice
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Those colors are remarkable ! ^_^
It looks almost photographic.
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Wow. I love how vibrant the orange in the center is and how subdued the others are. It really makes it stand out yet tie to whole piece together.
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Wow I love how the different colors show the seasons as well as the stages of the buildings and life in the land. Very nice! ^_^
-Jez
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Wow! That is so wonderfully wonderful! I really love it, and I dream about being able to paint as good as you! I'll be watching your gallery
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I love the concept of this. It is a wonderful piece of work.
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very beautiful! i love it and i like the comments!you are complitly right, people can't imagine what they have!
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I like how it seems the trees are reaching out to each other
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great symbolism... and i really love the colors... the transition of one to another...
yah!
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Wow. This express a sad but so true reality : all is slowly dying
Great work and I love the small details like the buildings increasing in the background
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This is Incredible. I love it. I love the suttle changes. The description you gave was really neat. And I actually did notice the skyscrapers in the orangish tones. I thought it was very clever and not so apparent but still visable. I think it adds a great quality to the life.
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it's actually rather tragic that no one seems to understand this concept. everything in life depends on the existence of everything else. yet we constantly strive to "weed out" unwanted/undesireable elements. we act with no thought to the future rammifications of our actions. it's only later that we want to go back and whine about how bad the situation has gotten. amamzing we've survived this long, isn't it?
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Wow, amazing. Very very nice. What an incite....very well put, and very well done ^^. I'd buy that if I saw it in a store....shoot it'd be even better since it was hand made ^_____^
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what a fantastic concept
i love paintings that have a twist
great work
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I like it a lot! Are there Sky Scrappers behind the dead trees too? It looks like it, but I cannot tell.
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Stunning work indeed - many congratulations on the daily deviation
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it's a lovely and very striking work
however I don't think the buildings or the smokestacks are noticeable unless you explicitly tell us what they are; you may want to make them clearer
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that's absolutely beautiful and a very powerful message. wonderful job!
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This is so beautiful and leaves me at a loss for words. Now that others have mentioned Ferngully, I totally agree! 
P.S. The swing is my favourite part! It adds a certain softness to the overall painting.
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powerful image. love how the trees transform seamlessly.
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