- Ann Fawssett-Atkin
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Isaac Newton at the Edge of the Ocean and the Oceans of Space (I found this quote some weeks after I painted the picture. It could be your gnome or my gnome at the edge of the Ocean etc but I included the quote because I think it fits the painting so well - and also gives an interesting insight into Newtons mind.) Before the grandeur and intricacy of nature, he was, like Ptolemy and Kepler, exhilarated as well as disarmingly modest. Just before his death he wrote: I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the seashore, and diverting myself, in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. I love this quote and always offer it to accompany the many prints I sell of this picture at my little gallery here in Devon. People always want to have it.
23 Comments
Elizabeth Janus 22 Feb 2011
Dear Ann ...just can't take my eyes of it ..this is greatCalvin McFarlane 31 Jan 2010
i keep coming back and peaking at this one dear Ann. it resides with my favorites and is such a wonderful creation.John Cappello 23 Feb 2009
Beautifully done,Great Work, your talent is evident not only in your ability to create scenarios but also in your vivid colors.darek koziol 05 Jul 2008
Your imagination is really magical Ann :), thx for comm. , best greetingsTammy Kuenzli 02 Jun 2008
Exquisite!Claire Wilson 24 Jan 2008
Superb!betty luna 10 Jan 2008
super!!angel Ortiz 02 Jan 2008
wooow this is something!Gabrielle Stahlie 06 Dec 2007
As always I simply love your delicate and lovely work Ann. I still can see with the eyes of a child an see the wonders.Anonymous Guest 28 Nov 2007
Love it!Breeze 10 Nov 2007
I really, really, reallly like your work.titta inkinen 24 Sep 2007
What a great and inviting scne! beautiful! So dynamic.Jessica Courtley-Rose 03 Sep 2007
Great work Ann. You are very creative!Olga van Dijk 22 Jul 2007
B E A U T I F U L !--Christine brand 18 Jul 2007
wonderful and full of sweet deep meaning.Susan Rodio 14 Jul 2007
Another fantastic piece I love the subtle changes of colour tone that make this work so well and I love the inclusion of gnomes - very clever works.Renata Cavanaugh 14 Jul 2007
Brilliant work....you have a beautiful portfolio.Ginny Lloyd 09 Jul 2007
Takes me into this world!Tina Diemer 03 Jul 2007
A beautiful expression of the ebb & flow of Universal Truth...where heaven meets earth & is reflected in ALL things, in ALL ways, for ALWAYS. It is here that the WISDOM WITHIN is found & it is here where ETERNAL LOVE edures.annette steens 03 Jul 2007
Great what you are writing about keppler! He Knew!! You Know too and paint it for us! Thanks a lot it's meaning so much to me! very nice and wonderful painting! XCarrie Ann Watson 02 Jul 2007
That is beautiful Ann, and very imaginative! :)Steve Farr 01 Jul 2007
This is wonderful imagery, Ann! Luv it!!!Kathie Nichols 01 Jul 2007
Very beautiful Ann...... very imaginative!