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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...and I truly believe it. I love old faces, I think each wrinkle brings its own story, I think they looks like a living magic. I am so sick sometimes of big breasted "beauties" in teared up parts of swimming suits in "baywatch style" almost on every fantasy book...Of muscular women holding giant swords fighting with same looking dragons over the same looking landscapes...I am sad that we tend to draw only "modeling type" of people...I am sad that sometimes all the fairies starting to look the same...they will be sitting in the same flowers, dressed in the same dresses......dont trow tomatoes at me dear lovers of all the things I mentioned above....I am just talking MY mind out loud....I may be wrong as well.... Sometimes I fight with myself because I think I am not being enough "commercial"...if I look around I see what "goes" and it is exactly all what I have mentioned above. But than this little gremlin inside me says.......I WANNA BE ME....so much that sometimes I even affraid to repeat myself...and than the card house of all the comercial stuff I wanted to paint is falling down....because this gremlin will be fighting with me always. Magic is old as eternity, And when you touch each wrinkle You amazed how beautiful it is.... Watercolor - 9 x 12"
34 Comments
Mark Peterson 14 Oct 2007
Wonderful art piece...and a fantastic narrative!Karen Cash 14 Oct 2007
marvelous work Maria! and I agree with you wholeheartedly!Nancy Costley 13 Feb 2006
Very charming, great sense of pride.Paul Pannell 11 Feb 2006
wow just awesome work, beautiful colors and great shadingDiana Hume 11 Feb 2006
Wonderful words and image, Maria! I hear you! She is indeed a beauty! Wonderful work!maggie Barra 09 Feb 2006
the words are so touching and right on..I totally agree...this is a gem!Terry Harris 09 Feb 2006
This is a beauty! Lovely woman, full of charm. You did an outstand job with her. The details are wonderful, colors are great! Nice touches all through the work. Very lovely. She has more beauty than many model like portraits. Keep on making these!C DeMaio 09 Feb 2006
BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION AND COLORS!monique cooper 09 Feb 2006
OMG!!!!.. i adore her!!!.. so sweet and full of charactor!!!.. 10++++++++++++++++++Jerry 09 Feb 2006
Lovely bright colors!Kelly Barrett 08 Feb 2006
So many artists would agree with you about the "babes" in fairyland! your lady here is so much fuller in her grace and her charm. There's definitely wisdom and a bit of girlishness in her eyes! I love the colours and the Autumn/Winter symbols.Pat Abbott 08 Feb 2006
I agree with you, old faces are magical, full of wisdom and knowing. That is what makes them so lovely to look at. This is a wonderful piece.Rhonda Shereck 08 Feb 2006
wonderful style.....Leah Jaarveth 08 Feb 2006
this is fantastic work Maria :)jennifer blenkinsopp 08 Feb 2006
OUTSTANDING PIECE, VERY CREATIVE, GREAT LINES OF LIFE.Nancy Woolweber 08 Feb 2006
While I'm not much into wrinkles (they are to close for comfort) this is a spectacular painting. I LOVE it and especially the bird.Chris Aleman 08 Feb 2006
Awsome stuff Maria!Analua 08 Feb 2006
Fabulous and marvelous work Maria!!!!Cathie Brock 08 Feb 2006
Yeh! I know what you mean, she looks worldly and wise as comes with age, lovely watercolour Maria...All the best CathLuna Duende 08 Feb 2006
It's beautiful, and the words next to it express it even more. They all seem to need no till just tiny bits of clothes, and it's very irritating. There's a whole world of amazing things in front of you, which you can make amazing things of, but when you keep drawing girls in little bikini's with lots of make-up, it's just not worth it all. I really like this one a lot; if I could do such things with watercolor. :)Steph Salt 08 Feb 2006
I agree with everything you have said Maria, and even though I do tend to draw or paint the normal bimbo type fairies, I do spread my wings occasionally and draw something different. For instance I have an Elf with stubble, and an old wizard or two. They aren't the most popular of my images, but who cares :D I love this delightful old and beautiful lady. Her soul is in her face and it is a stunning soul.Anne Vis 08 Feb 2006
Outstanding work, Maria! Very skillful and creative, great colors!Terry Bullard 08 Feb 2006
beautiful work!!Lucia Stewart 08 Feb 2006
Lovely work!Terrell Smith-Dorfeo 08 Feb 2006
This is is VERY lovely!corry stuart 08 Feb 2006
I agree with you Maria..... The beauty one finds in the aged is a story all its own. I love what you did here! congratsheliopo Heliopo 08 Feb 2006
""...But than this little gremlin inside me says.......I WANNA BE ME..."" !! Thanks Maria! a very lovely watercolor !Emily Reed 08 Feb 2006
A wonderful portrait! Well done!alice stevenson 08 Feb 2006
the old looking lady is great and I agree with you of all you have said from another old lady that has wrinkles comingJean M. Laffitau 08 Feb 2006
Beautiful, magical work Maria...and very true words!!stephanie atlee 08 Feb 2006
great magical work...the crone as the year endsthea walstra 08 Feb 2006
One of your very best I think Maria. Splendid workChristine brand 08 Feb 2006
DEAR MARIA...I ADMIRE THIS PICTURE MORE THAN MANY OTHERS... FOR ALL THE TRUE WORDS YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO GO WITH IT...I AGREE WITH THEM ALL ADVENTLY...IT IS ABOUT TIME WE BECOME REAL AND DEPART FROM THE PERFECT PLASTIC WORLD OF AIR BRUSHED PHTOS AND FAKE IMAGES..ALL GROW OLDER...JUST ASK ELIZABETH TAILOR...IT IS THE SOUL THAT GROWS MORE LOVELY WITH YEARS OF WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE..IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT IS THE LIFE FORCE THAT BRINGS THE FLESH ALIVE WHICH OTHERWISE ARE MERE PARTICALS OF DUST...I AM SADDENED TOO BY THE WAY MANY FOCUS ON HUGE JUGS OF FAT ON A WOMENS' CHEST AND THE CLEAVAGE OF THEIR BEHIND...IT IS A SHALLOW PERCEPTION THAT I HAVE SEEN CELEBRATED BY MANY EVEN HERE ON THIS SITE...BRAVO TO YOU DEAR ONE FOR BEING TRUE AND REAL AND FOR LETTING YOUR HEART SPEAK...I AM NOT AGAINST BEAUTY ONLY THE MOLD AND EXPLOITATION OF THE HUMAN BODY AS IF IT WERE A THING TO SELL THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A MIND...I SEE IT ALL AROUND SO MANY IMAGES ESPECIALLY CREATED AND VENRATED BY SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS SOME WOMEN TOO ...AND MEN MORE THAN OTHERS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SAY ...HEY!!! WE ARE MORE THAN JUST THE SKIN WE ARE IN...GUYS!!! IT IS ABOUT TIME WE SEE THE REALITY OF WHAT A HUMAN IS...AND LOOK TO THE SOUL...THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUTH. I LOVE THIS PICTURE VERY MUCH...SINCERELY CBvitali vitecrow 08 Feb 2006
Wonderful work!!! GREAT!!!