Flowers & Still Life
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Comment from southern1
This is absolutely beautiful. I love your use of colors and the wonderful shapes, details and textures in the painting. It does look like a Leopard laying in a Poppy patch. Wonderful job. Good luck in the contest
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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This is absolutely beautiful. I love your use of colors and the wonderful shapes, details and textures in the painting. It does look like a Leopard laying in a Poppy patch. Wonderful job. Good luck in the contest
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you, Southern1! :)
Comment from Snopaw
Beautiful Shawn, I just gave your brother my last six otherwise I would have another one for you. I love the beautiful red poppies up against the leopard skin. Best of luck in the contest. Shirley
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Beautiful Shawn, I just gave your brother my last six otherwise I would have another one for you. I love the beautiful red poppies up against the leopard skin. Best of luck in the contest. Shirley
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you so much, Shirley! Not to worry about the 6, the thought is special too :)
Comment from artragist
Very striking and decorative floral composition. The texture of the poppies, both the buds and the petals are well defined and appealing. The warm, giraffe design in the background also adds interest and contrast to the red of the poppies. I am pretty sure you could eliminate a bit of the black portion on the right side without losing any of the nice qualities about the picture. The black tends to dominate a bit more than it needs to, but that's just one viewer's opinion. I love the subject, the color, the details and the composition though.
well done!
Artragist
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Very striking and decorative floral composition. The texture of the poppies, both the buds and the petals are well defined and appealing. The warm, giraffe design in the background also adds interest and contrast to the red of the poppies. I am pretty sure you could eliminate a bit of the black portion on the right side without losing any of the nice qualities about the picture. The black tends to dominate a bit more than it needs to, but that's just one viewer's opinion. I love the subject, the color, the details and the composition though.
well done!
Artragist
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you for the wonderful review, Artragist!! I really appreciate it :)
Comment from Atlantalu
wish I had more stars to give you. This is lovely! This has great mix of texture and color! I like the way you manipulated this and it has great story potential. Great composition! Regards, Atlantalu
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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wish I had more stars to give you. This is lovely! This has great mix of texture and color! I like the way you manipulated this and it has great story potential. Great composition! Regards, Atlantalu
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you so very much, Atlantalu!! And thank you for the thought on the stars. I really appreciate it :)
Comment from Shot1Foto
This is a neat picture of these poppies . You used a lot of creativity in making this . I really like the colors and composition . The leopard print makes a really nice background . Very well done . Thanks for sharing .
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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This is a neat picture of these poppies . You used a lot of creativity in making this . I really like the colors and composition . The leopard print makes a really nice background . Very well done . Thanks for sharing .
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you for the excellent review, S1Foto! :)
Comment from KarenMartin
I like this a lot. The colour of the poppies is vibrant without being too bright. The leopard like background is excellent; I really like the dark background on the right;
Very nice work
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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I like this a lot. The colour of the poppies is vibrant without being too bright. The leopard like background is excellent; I really like the dark background on the right;
Very nice work
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you so much for the excellent review, Karen! :)
Comment from teakup
This is a truly beautiful work of art. It is so cleverly designed with the light falling to one side illuminting the poppies and the lovely "leopard" background. Just shows what a master of this art form you are.
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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This is a truly beautiful work of art. It is so cleverly designed with the light falling to one side illuminting the poppies and the lovely "leopard" background. Just shows what a master of this art form you are.
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Hi, Teakup :) Thank you so much for the great review!!
Comment from jesuel
what a great composition you have here moonwillow the color is fantastic and the level of detail is really great the background is really interesting fine work here
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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what a great composition you have here moonwillow the color is fantastic and the level of detail is really great the background is really interesting fine work here
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you, James!! :)
Comment from seeya
Stunning, your use of the patterned background fading into black is brilliant. The poppies remain true in shape and color. To me this is very reminiscent of Lucia Mathews work from the arts and crafts era. Her poppies were very distinctive in as much she used rich nuanced tones in nature for the colors of the flowers, and your leopard print background uses the same gold's browns and even the black the she used for the colors of her flowers. The highlights on the flowers and buds add a brilliance and the shadows define the shape of the flowers. Beautifully composed and extremely well thought out. I love this. Sandy
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Stunning, your use of the patterned background fading into black is brilliant. The poppies remain true in shape and color. To me this is very reminiscent of Lucia Mathews work from the arts and crafts era. Her poppies were very distinctive in as much she used rich nuanced tones in nature for the colors of the flowers, and your leopard print background uses the same gold's browns and even the black the she used for the colors of her flowers. The highlights on the flowers and buds add a brilliance and the shadows define the shape of the flowers. Beautifully composed and extremely well thought out. I love this. Sandy
Comment Written 11-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Thank you ever so much for the super review, Sandy!! I really appreciate it :)
Comment from Spirit Dove
Very cool design. This just pops with color. Of course they are poppies lol, so they pop.
Love the yellow pattern in the background. great color and light play.
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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Very cool design. This just pops with color. Of course they are poppies lol, so they pop.
Love the yellow pattern in the background. great color and light play.
Comment Written 10-Jul-2009
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2009
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LOL! You're right :) Thank you, Spirit Dove!