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Seafire by =Ellygator:iconEllygator:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Abstract

©2005-2009 =Ellygator
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(2004) Oil on canvas, 45' x 34'

Again hooked on some elemental art...

This one was done for the fire-place in our living-room. I wanted something with punchy colors that provided a focal point for the muted blues and greens we have going on in the rest of the room.

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*wb-skinner Jan 19, 2005, 6:27:04 PM
its a beautiful pattern Elly... reminds me of some southern North American Indian art... I really like the painted frame too! :)

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"all the diamonds in this world that mean anything to me,
are conjured up by wind and sunlight sparkling on the sea"

Bruce Cockburn
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*magpie-poet Jan 19, 2005, 7:33:02 PM
*looks exasperated* is there anything you can't do?! :p

very funky, sort of a southwestern style but with much brighter colors. the sun is striking with all the twisties, but it's those bubbles i'm digging. you shaded them so well, and the color...they look chasable :D

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one for sorrow, two for joy
three for a girl, four for a boy
five for silver, six for gold
seven for a secret, never to be told...

~traditional magpie counting rhyme
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~wilder3 Jan 19, 2005, 8:59:48 PM
Nice very good I used to paint ceramics nothing my Mother would purchase though.
Envy the painters on deviant art, your one.
"Love it, How Come it ain't steaming" Sez Maelstrom

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*horai Jan 20, 2005, 1:06:30 PM
Elly, it's beautiful What medium did you use?

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:flaguk: Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, but now that it's the opposite, it's twice upon a time. - Moondog
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=Ellygator Jan 21, 2005, 7:59:26 AM
It's just oil on canvas, but in thin glazes, so the white of the canvas actually "illuminates" the colors from behind (if that makes any sense). It allows for more brilliance than if you use the medium in a thicker cover. I also used a bit of gold leaf on the "sun".
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=Ellygator Jan 21, 2005, 8:00:52 AM
Thanks!

Yeah, real fire in water would make for some serious steam. LOL!
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=Ellygator Jan 21, 2005, 8:02:09 AM
Thanks! Loved doing the bubbles. I was first unsure if something non-abstract would work with the overall composition, but now am pleased I went for it.
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=Ellygator Jan 21, 2005, 8:06:28 AM
Thanks! Wish I'd done the frame, but that was a lucky find at the local Hobby Lobby store. I thought it would make a perfect match.
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*horai Jan 21, 2005, 8:44:34 AM
It's a great effect, it was the illumination that made me ask and that's an interesting technique that patently works extremely well. Stops the painting looking too physically heavy.

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:flaguk: Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time, but now that it's the opposite, it's twice upon a time. - Moondog
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