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free as a bird

Magical dancing of the flamingo's over the watersurface.

111 Comments

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hendrik arie baartman 11 Mar 2017

Splendid.

mahen kirinde 15 Dec 2016

Full of energy, expressed with so calm colours, looks and works so well.

M Smith 16 Apr 2011

Nature's dance!

Elton Houck 14 Sep 2009

great composition!

Brenda Loveless 27 Aug 2009

absolutely love this; beautiful!!

lynn aranow 01 Dec 2008

very nice.

Anonymous Guest 20 Sep 2008

this is beautiful Annette and the background is gorgeous done!

Olga Dmytrenko 10 Sep 2008

Cool! I love the dynamics - they are dancing. And I love the abstract-looking background. Wonderful eye-catching painting, Annette!

Peter McPartlin 08 Sep 2008

Wonderful movement,grace.style,and colour a superb painting well done

Julie Agor Mcilvaine 08 Sep 2008

awesome awesome work here...I love it!

Mary Ashton 08 Sep 2008

Oh I love your dancing birds Annette! Love the beautiful background and the shadows in the foreground. Very well done. Mary

Steven Torrisi 07 Sep 2008

Great line here to describe the dance of life as portrayed by the birds walking on water.

Lynn De Serres 07 Sep 2008

Splendid artwork, Annette.

Gina Cowins 06 Sep 2008

Annette, this painting put a smile on my face, they're truely dancing very nice work.

Claudia Huefner 06 Sep 2008

Excellent!

judit dora 05 Sep 2008

I love your birds. Nice job!

Vivian Gutierrez 04 Sep 2008

Beautiful wok...amazing

Dan Hill 03 Sep 2008

Great work!

Pepita Selles 02 Sep 2008

Hi and woow,art art...what a wonderful painting.

Angel Estevez 02 Sep 2008

Very creative and original artwork. Excellent concept. Congratulations !

Kim Baake 01 Sep 2008

What vision! This is amazing work!

Gavin North 31 Aug 2008

This is just stunning Annette, I love how you have captured the motion of the birds. A truly beautiful piece, well done my friend

Manuel rodriguez 30 Aug 2008

very cool Annette love the colors and feel, great job!!

Karen Corcoran 29 Aug 2008

Annette what a delightful painting.

Seth Weaver 29 Aug 2008

Marvelous, Annette! Great color and composition.

Julie Mayser 29 Aug 2008

Marvelous,Annette... I love it!!!

Ruth Kauffman 28 Aug 2008

WOW, Annette...I just LOVE this work!!! It's beautiful... and what a PERFECT TITLE!!!!

Janet Gioffre Harrington 26 Aug 2008

awesome dancing biords, Annette. LOVE it. wonderful sylized birds, very interesting piece, full of movement...love it!

David Holcombe 25 Aug 2008

The dark silhouettes contrast with the pale sky. I imagined a mural of sorts, with an Egyptian feel, but with the lovely element of motion.

cynthia berridge 25 Aug 2008

bought a smile to my face love it well done Annette

Per Corell 25 Aug 2008

Thank you , a great inspiration !

Cristina Andrisan 24 Aug 2008

Wow!A dance of birds,so elegant,I like stylized paintings so much;I used to stylize the drawings I drew at art school,too.

mimulux 24 Aug 2008

this is so lovely.. the movement of the birds, the background, the texture.. wonderful!

Sigridur Bachmann 24 Aug 2008

Absolutely outstanding beautiful work my friend Annette.!! The colors are perfect and the movement is GREAT.!!!

Myke Amend 22 Aug 2008

I especially love the texture and color of all your pieces - but this one the composition and the subject matter and the execution all combine so perfectly. This is an absolutely beautiful piece. I love it.

Joanna Jungjohann 22 Aug 2008

utter serenity here so beautiful, Annette

Katerina Koukiotis 22 Aug 2008

lovely work!

Johnnie Jumper III 22 Aug 2008

Wonderful colars! great job!

Andrew Dragh 21 Aug 2008

Beautiful Annette! Like the whole look!

Denny Gholson 21 Aug 2008

Super Creation Annette ! The Colors and Dancing Action Looks Great !

Chas Sinklier 21 Aug 2008

Oh this is too clever annette - you could build a career on this bewdy ~:0)

Anila Choudary 21 Aug 2008

its beautifulll..

Sandra McClure 20 Aug 2008

Excellent Annette. I love the movement.

Lucia Stewart 20 Aug 2008

Awesome and so creative! I love the movement in this piece Annettte!

MJ Mitchell 20 Aug 2008

I love the background and the movement - wonderfully beautiful work of art!

Mary Janosik 20 Aug 2008

This really is magical!! So full of life.... :)

Hui Zhu 19 Aug 2008

fabulous painting *o*...

armi capalaran 19 Aug 2008

simple but very beautiful painting

Gayle Taylor 19 Aug 2008

What a cool image! Great work!

Nira Dabush 19 Aug 2008

Such splendid feel to it, dear Annete... excellent work. Great title too.

KATHY NEPIA 19 Aug 2008

SUPERB! LOVE THERE DANCE.

DAVID OLSEN 19 Aug 2008

This is a lively and colorful painting Annette. Great acrylic work!

Mrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 18 Aug 2008

BEAUTIFUL!!!Superb artistry,my Friend!!!,Dee&David :):)

Sara Deutsch 18 Aug 2008

Lovely water and background...you've caught their awkward grace...

keith docka 18 Aug 2008

wow... great detail, and color in the textures, very eye catching.

Anne Vis 18 Aug 2008

Strong image, wonderful work, Annette!

DeShawn Robinson 17 Aug 2008

Love the movement!!

Ginger Lovellette 17 Aug 2008

Love that sky! Wonderful painting!

daniel morgenstern 17 Aug 2008

Great movement! I love this painting!

Jessica Rose 17 Aug 2008

Amazing art...delicate and wonderful!

Petra Wohlwerth 17 Aug 2008

A very interessting work.You did a really good job.

Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 17 Aug 2008

fantastic!!!!!!

Barry Huyett 17 Aug 2008

freeDOM.......w0W!

gregg dutcher 17 Aug 2008

Have only seen this on documentaries,...beautifully reproduced here!!!!!

Miep Bos 17 Aug 2008

Mooi gedaan heel levendig! Beautiful done, llively!

Gerard van den Berge 17 Aug 2008

It's magical ; prachtige compositie !! Annette

Lea Wiggins 17 Aug 2008

This is lovely, even before I noticed the title, it looked like they were dancing!

marisa reilly 16 Aug 2008

This is beautiful Annette !

Jim Cabay 16 Aug 2008

You know I love how your creative mind works girl---keep it up!!!-----Jim

lillianhibiscus 16 Aug 2008

Marvelous celebration of movement and freedom!

Lior Goldenberg 16 Aug 2008

Elegant movement and great color palette. Beautiful painting Annette!

elizabeth clausen 16 Aug 2008

I really love this one!! I'm glad I came over here!

Ann Fawssett-Atkin 16 Aug 2008

A happy painting. Lovely colours - I particularly like the sky

tinsu kasai 16 Aug 2008

Just AWESOME....:-)

Izabella Pavlushko 16 Aug 2008

wow... what a fascinating composition, dear Annette, love it very much... filled wirh humor and good emotions !!!

Donald Schrier 16 Aug 2008

I love the way you have done this in the shadow image and I really like the attention to detail with the water splashing up and the ripple in it. Well done.

Kim Cady 16 Aug 2008

How playful & fun! Great acrylic!

Ron Axelson 16 Aug 2008

You have a lot of talent....

Tahnja Wolter 16 Aug 2008

wow Annette, this is totally superb!!! I've never seen anything like it. Amazing work from an amazing talent

Artist Reply: Tahnja, a big warm hug to you for this most fantastic comment on my free birds! xxx annette

Robin Foss 16 Aug 2008

Very well done.

Artist Reply: Hi Robin, how are you doing? Long time no see?! Hope all is well! Thanks for your lovely comment! Hug annette

mel taylor 16 Aug 2008

Very cool image, Annette!!! mel

Amanda Tucker 16 Aug 2008

very cool

Irmina Santaika 16 Aug 2008

WOW! Very Symbolic ArtWork! Good Fortune Symbol

Artist Reply: Your words are fab!tastic dear Irmina, they means a lot to me! x

Loredana 16 Aug 2008

AWESOME WORK I LOVE THESE BIRDS THEY ARE FANTASTIC !!!

Sunnyshine L 16 Aug 2008

This is such a beautiful painting Annette! =-D

Annette Labedzki 16 Aug 2008

wonderful image and colors netschka

Artist Reply: You are a real sweetheart nettY! xxx

Frank Maguire 16 Aug 2008

I certainly see them as elementals sending their cryptic message for those who can read it. This is a real painting which could be studied for ever with enjoyment. Sublime Annette.

Artist Reply: Your words means a lot to me dear FRANK! XXX

Anonymous Guest 16 Aug 2008

Hi Annette ......Carl Jung would have seen these flamingo's and birds in general as angels. Perhaps your soul has been lifted to this vibrational level. EL R.

Artist Reply: Your words giving me wings, THANKS so much dear Ron! EL xxxxx

BILL NAGY 16 Aug 2008

Very nice painting, Annette. BILL

Loren Carson 16 Aug 2008

Very nice interaction.

Shahram S. Nahavandi 16 Aug 2008

So beautiful Annette!

Carliss Mora 16 Aug 2008

Fantastic, and well done.

leny hendrickx 16 Aug 2008

love dance ! they light up ! great painting!

Peter Rivron 16 Aug 2008

Beautiful painting Annette.

Thom Roslan 16 Aug 2008

Truly "unique" in subject matter and wonderfully done in acrylic......Love the background !

Anonymous Guest 16 Aug 2008

I'm glad much.Annette: Pleasant and simplified composition, good form and colours. For always.José

Anneke Hut 16 Aug 2008

Yes, how did you do that wonderful background? I love the birds, you've really painted freedom here, Annette.

Fiona Robinson 15 Aug 2008

lovely work, love how you did the background Annette, I find backgrounds hard!

Dennis Knecht 15 Aug 2008

Wonderful Painting Annette! Dennis

Michael Germann 15 Aug 2008

Great image

margaret mckeehan 15 Aug 2008

GOOD WORK

Steve Farr 15 Aug 2008

OOOH! Hey, I Luv this so much, Annette!! Great composition, too!! Its very soothing because of this, also the colors!! Wow!! ~S

Joke Schotting 15 Aug 2008

WONDERFUL ANNETTE PRACHTIG HEB EEN HEEL FIJN WEEKEND!!

Melinda Dalke 15 Aug 2008

FABULOUS! Love the movement and colors! Just Perfect!

Emily Reed 15 Aug 2008

Just delightful !!! luv it!

Ai Shan 15 Aug 2008

Erg mooi schilderij Annette, vooral de bewegingen!

Olga van Dijk 15 Aug 2008

MOOI ANNETTE!! Ik had deze nog niet gezien in je portfolio! --Wishing you a nice and relaxing weekend. Love and Light~OLGA

Armando Salas 15 Aug 2008

Forgot to log in. Sorry, Annette.

Anonymous Guest 15 Aug 2008

Love the silhouettes in motion. This painting has a kind of magic. Love it.

John Sweeney 15 Aug 2008

Let's Dance, wonderful !

Sharon Gonzalez 15 Aug 2008

WOW, ANNETTE. THIS IS FANTASTIC. LOVE THE MOVEMENT AND FEEL TO THIS GREAT PAINTING.