Comments on: Beyond the Veil

By: soulMerlin

soulMerlin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:55:07 +0000

Yes…It is within the mind’s interpretation that the image and it’s emotional content is seen.

“Inukshuk” – a natural monument or a spiritual being embracing the moon, is full of strange ‘other world’ emotion.

xhenry

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:14:41 +0000

Thank you so much for the feedback, everyone!
I am amazed by the response to such an old painting. Clearly there is some value in my looking back!

By: Studio DavAnn

Studio DavAnn — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:05:36 +0000

Thank you for sharing this truly mystical work with us. The light, shapes and colour work extremely well and convey a magical aura that captures the viewer. I especially like the perspective.

The “Inukshuk” is a truly amazing and inspiring object d’art and a great subject as you have clearly shown.

I agree, winter is a very good time for Blake, especially on a still night nestled by the fire.

Eso

By: Robn Easton

Robn Easton — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:53:50 +0000

Wow! This painting is like a living story for me. It could be seemingly simple to some people. But I believe it reeks of intense vital energy, almost as if the painting were about to speak and tell an truly ancient story that humans have forgotten.

I KNOW that may sound weird and not make any sense at all, but that is just what slammed into me when looked at it the other day. What that does to me is this. I find myself wanting to keep looking at it to see if I can hear the story or wisdom that is about to unfold. It’s that same kind of feeling like when you can almost remember something and you can feel it right on the tip of your tongue but you can’t quite catch it. So you keep going back to try to hear it. Very alluring painting.

That is some SERIOUS powerful art, Michelle. I am blown away. I also felt something else in this photo. which was the contrast between dark and light, hopelessness and hope, past and future (with the stones standing right in the present, the dark behind them being the past or hopelessness and the light in front of them being the future or hope. Not in relation to your own life or mine, but maybe in relation to all of humanity.

Anyway, my dear Michelle, it is a POWERFUL painting. I also LOVED your dream. It is amazing. I love when you share your dreams/visions. You are quite a unique and remarkable soul.

Thank you for moving me in such a profound way. I am hugging you this morning. Robin

By: kaslkaos

kaslkaos — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:14 +0000

What an awesome dream; I’m really curious as to where this will take you as it sure sounds like part of you wants to pull you somewhere new. Hmmm…
Love the moonlit inukshuk with it’s hint of magic.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:53:44 +0000

Lana – I shoot with a digital SLR and I have 100% control over exposures. The burnt exposures were part of the the message in the DREAM that not all things can simply be ’seen’ and captured.

Although the camera is, sometimes, just incapable of capturing some light, as you say Kinsey!

My use of the camera is rarely for anything more than the placement of objects in order to help me draw them more accurately. I use the light and even colour in my memory or imagination!

By: Lana

Lana — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:55 +0000

Very nice painting. When I lived in S. Ontario someone had built a couple of those (on a very small scale,) in the front yard of their house. They were very cute.
The digital era is very kind to the artist, allowing for numerous shots of just about anything. I don’t know what kind of camera you’re using, but if shots are coming out too bright, try focusing on something else (roughly the same distance,) in a lighter area (I sometimes use the sky around the sun,) then bring the camera back to your subject & shoot. By adjusting to the lighter area, the camera reduces the amt of light let in & voila–no more washed out/overbright photos.
At an event last year, someone virtually spat at me, “Do you only paint from photos?” The answer was “no,” of course, but I was so taken aback by their tone I was left stammering for a moment. I mean, what’s wrong w/painting from photos, anyway?

By: Kinsey Barnard

Kinsey Barnard — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:27:18 +0000

That’s a fun painting.

I was musing just the other day about how the camera can’t always accurately capture the nuances of light and color that the eye can see.

Not infrequently I download an image that falls far short of the scene I thought I saw.