Wednesday art. (dial-up warning, one photo)

Just finished this; it's still wet. Dedicated to all the kind, intelligent and good-hearted warrior goddesses in the Lounge. :hug: to my DU girlfriends. :)



Goddess, 2005
120 cm wide x 80 cm long,
Oil sketch on prepared paper

You're a true artist, Miss Heidi! What's she holding there? I can't tell.

(Thank you for your kind words. I have a long way to go on this series. This is only the sketch. :blush: )

It's said the the Egyptians used the lapis lazuli stone as a means opening the "third eye."

Here's a photo a real lapis lazuli:

Beautiful work, Heidi! Thanks for sharing it...

RL

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Lapis Lazuli - W.B. Yeats

I have heard that hysterical women say
They are sick of the palette and fiddle-bow.
Of poets that are always gay,
For everybody knows or else should know
That if nothing drastic is done
Aeroplane and Zeppelin will come out.
Pitch like King Billy bomb-balls in
Until the town lie beaten flat.

All perform their tragic play,
There struts Hamlet, there is Lear,
That's Ophelia, that Cordelia;
Yet they, should the last scene be there,
The great stage curtain about to drop,
If worthy their prominent part in the play,
Do not break up their lines to weep.
They know that Hamlet and Lear are gay;
Gaiety transfiguring all that dread.
All men have aimed at, found and lost;
Black out; Heaven blazing into the head:
Tragedy wrought to its uttermost.
Though Hamlet rambles and Lear rages,
And all the drop-scenes drop at once
Upon a hundred thousand stages,
It cannot grow by an inch or an ounce.

On their own feet they came, or On shipboard,
Camel-back; horse-back, ass-back, mule-back,
Old civilisations put to the sword.
Then they and their wisdom went to rack:
No handiwork of Callimachus,
Who handled marble as if it were bronze,
Made draperies that seemed to rise
When sea-wind swept the corner, stands;
His long lamp-chimney shaped like the stem
Of a slender palm, stood but a day;
All things fall and are built again,
And those that build them again are gay.

Two Chinamen, behind them a third,
Are carved in Lapis Lazuli,
Over them flies a long-legged bird,
A symbol of longevity;
The third, doubtless a serving-man,
Carries a musical instrument.

Every discoloration of the stone,
Every accidental crack or dent,
Seems a water-course or an avalanche,
Or lofty slope where it still snows
Though doubtless plum or cherry-branch
Sweetens the little half-way house
Those Chinamen climb towards, and I
Delight to imagine them seated there;
There, on the mountain and the sky,
On all the tragic scene they stare.
One asks for mournful melodies;
Accomplished fingers begin to play.
Their eyes mid many wrinkles, their eyes,
Their ancient, glittering eyes, are gay.

Thank you, my friend. I lovelovelove Yeats, and am appreciating you, RL, more with every day. :hug:

...they remind me of Byzantine iconography....

:* Hands are _really_ difficult for me. But I'm gettin' better (I hope).

:hug:

And to you, my friend! :loveya:

for being one of the wonderful women who inspire me. :hug:

:hug:

:hi:

just like you and the other cool warrior women of DU. :hug:

:loveya:

Now, that's an Earth Mother. :applause:

what I hoped this painting would express. Thank you, OR. :hug:

But I know an Earth Mother when I see one. :7



(Guess that ties in with the origin of my s/n, huh?) :blush:

Her eyes are so expressive and I love that thick, flowing hair. Excellent work! :applause:

I'm afraid this goddess has my wild hair. :rofl:

Thank you for being one of DU's finest, Buffy. I :loveya: my DU girlfriends. :hug:

Instead of my fine, limp, brittle hair.

Hugs to you too, my friend. :grouphug:

:wow:



that is beautiful Heidi. :thumbsup:

If she's beautiful, it's because I've had so much inspiration from my DU girlfriends. :loveya: Miss Honeychurch. :hug:

I know you've been watching this one develop, and I thank you for being part of its evolution. :*SMOOCH!:*

I didn't know (although I shouldn't be surprised) that you enjoyed rocks and crystals.


I have quite a large rock collection. I'd love to ship one to you.

Right now, I'm wearing a Tigereye prayer mala around my left wrist, an amber wring on my left middle finger, turquoise earrings, and a howlite pendant on a leather string around my neck. ;)

My house mates business is a rock shop.
I am surrounded by awesome energy.
To some I am the tourmaline queen to others my energy is that of ajoite.


Your pieces are those of great strength and wisdom. Lovely. :thumbsup:

But the author's name is special to me. ;) I will send you a PM tomorrow morning (my time), dahlink gf. :* SMOOCH :*

Praise from another artist is high praise, indeed. (Now my secret is out: I have a thang for wild hair. :blush: )

This knocks me out, love! What a beautiful piece. You have so much talent.

WOW. :wow: :wow: :wow:

There are sooooo many wonderful, talented people at DU, but there's a special place in my girlfriends. :loveya: :hug:

You did so well with her hands. Hands are very hard IMO.

on edit saw my answer and removed the question.

I lovelovelove your username, by the way. :hug: (Half of my problem with hands is that I'm afraid of making a mistake. :blush: )

Thank you! :hug:

for being one of the cool women here. :hug:

:blush:

that is great!!! somehow you have captured the myriad of qualities that make us complicated and unique creatures. the essence of all of us....HOW DO you DO it? :hug:



edited cos sometimes I get so excited that I forget punctuation and all that jazz:blush:

My partner before I married Call Me Wesley often accused me of "navigating by vibe." A pretty apt description, but it's worked for me so far. :rofl:

Thank you for being here, wildhorses. :hug: :loveya:

great job!

:thumbsup:

That's mighty high praise, comin' from a connoisseur of goddesses, like yourself. ;)

I appreciate the beauty in many women,yourself included. Your gift to the world is your talent displayed here. :)

you're a connoisseur. :hug: :loveya:

:hug::loveya:

The Dalai Lama says that all sentient beings wish to avoid suffering. So, it seems to me, that many of us spend our lives searching for those things we perceive to be the _opposite_ of suffering. :shrug:

Thank you, Heidi. :loveya:

She's the first in a series, and this is only the oil sketch for the first painting. Now I have to investigate the DU photo threads for women who aren't white, medium-sized and redheaded. Goddesses come in all shapes, sizes and skin and hair colors, as you well know. :loveya: :hug:

the hands, the hands say so much .. her eyes say it all !

thanks for sharing. You are so very talented.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!


:loveya:
:hug:

aA

We each are so unique and so talented in our own ways. You, and I, kesha, are the rule, rather than the exception. Merry Christmas, my friend. :hug: :loveya:

I love her! What's in her hand?

(And I'm becoming a boots goddess myself. I wore my new black leather Isola boots for the first time today. I'm nearly six feet tall in them, and they're like buttah. :blush: I know you'll appreciate that feeling. :evilgrin: )

The stone is a lapis lazuli, which is said to have been used by the ancient Egyptians to open the "third eye" to consciousness. :thumbsup: Here's a real lapis lazuli, one of my favorite stones:

Ohhh...the boots!:applause: You'll have so much fun in them! Lucky girl.:thumbsup:

how very nice, well-made boots attract a certain very interesting level of attention? Marilyn Monroe sunglasses add a certain "something," tool. :evilgrin:

I look stupid in all glasses. and all hats. ;( I bet you were quite the divine thing, though!

Do you have a website?

:evilgrin: We took my website down six months ago for an "update" and his paying clients have since usurped my place in line. :cry: Maybe we should start a "Hey, Call Me Wesley, get Heidi's website updated ALREADY" movement? Whatta ya think? I'm pretty sure Arlo Guthrie and all the folks down at Alice's Restaurant would approve. :rofl:

Lapis is my favorite!

I always look forward to seeing your art, thanks for posting.

You've been absent from the Nighthawks the last month, gf, but I never presume that others have such "other side of the world" hours as me. I'm just glad to see you, Draill, and here's a hug to prove it: :hug: :hug:

That is a beautiful painting, we all have the Goddess in us, we just don't always know it.

Just finished my last Yule log, small built to hold candles, been up from 7 AM.

Now I go across the street in the woods and get some pinecones and berries, and then I will get ready for the weddings tonight. I just hope the baby can wait, this may be a very interesting evening.

Blessed Be Heidi, and all on DU.

The arrival of a baby during a wedding wouldn't be beyond your capabilities, I know. :hug:

:loveya: and appreciate you more than you know, my kindred gf. :hug:

and you are very talented

Your username is the title of one of my favorite books _evah_. Thank you for your kind words! :pals:

This Goddess is wonderful, as everyone is telling you.....

You have gotten her hands just right!

And I love her expression...she's looking into the future, questing for who-knows-what.....

Just wonderful! Thank you, my dear gf!

:loveya: :hug:

for being a light in the Lounge, and for you kind words. :hug: :loveya:

She is lovely.

Thank you! I really love your username! :hi:

Lives up to the title.

Thank you, my friend, from one artist to another. :hug:

If anyone ever asks for my credentials as an artist, I'll just point them to you. "If Heidi considers me an artist, I must be one."

Hope to someday be in your league... but it's good to be back on the path after being lost and distracted for so long. :)

:loveya:

You were always on the path. Distractions happen to everyone. I sort of enjoy them sometimes. :thumbsup:

Thanks for your kind words, my friend. :hi:

I like the gold tint to the lighting on her face and hair.

I paint with what some traditionalists call a "master's palette," mostly very basic earth tones and very few cadmium colors. I think that accounts for the golden tones you see. :hi:

:wow: You have the gift, Heidi!


I would be honored to hang one of your works in my home any day -- beautiful.

Do you have these in a gallery or on the market? I am in awe of your talents. Wow.

:applause: :yourock:

:hug:

Thank you for being one of the DU goddesses who inspire me.

(I don't do galleries anymore. Now that I have a stable of regular clients, I can sell my work better than the gallerists ever could. :thumbsup: When Call Me Wesley has my website up again, I'll send you a PM, OK? )

Thanks for the praise, gf. You and I are a mutual admiratio society, dontcha know. :hug:

Don't you know, I have dreams of blank walls that must be covered -- all in good time I will be able to realize the dreams.

Mutual admiration society it is, I think you are one of DU's finests (and now I realize most talented). :hug:

that I'm "artistic." I very much enjoy that fact that my aged grandmother considers me "autistic." :rofl:

Thank you for your kind words, but I have to apologize for the poor quality digital photo. This goddess now is away at the framer until Saturday, but I'll post a better photo over the weekend, hopefully. :hi: