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Old 01-22-2008, 12:56 PM   #11
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Marina,

Your work is so conceptually unique, my jaw never fails to drop when you post a new piece.

Truly inspiring!
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Old 01-22-2008, 01:31 PM   #12
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Ditto! My jaw is dropped again.

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Marina,

Your work is so conceptually unique, my jaw never fails to drop when you post a new piece.

Truly inspiring!
Dear Marina, I love this! I predict a few more awards coming your way. It's a commanding composition and conceptualization, demanding a thought and reaction to the engaged distracted innocence. You have so much to build on here for subsequent works; and I can't wait to discover what comes next off your inspired easel to drop everyones collective jaw again!


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Old 01-22-2008, 01:58 PM   #13
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Tom and Garth :
thanks so much for your kind comments !

Here is an exemple of the walls I found in Athens . As you see, I didn't really used this as a ref, just a free inspiration of it... But what a treat for a trompe-l'oeil painter !
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Old 01-22-2008, 02:20 PM   #14
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Wow! Although at first I thought you painted this. That's wonderful!

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Old 01-22-2008, 06:47 PM   #15
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The title comes from Homer. . . . " When rosy-fingered dawn appeared..."
Oho! I was translating "appeared" as "seemed." In the far reaches of the back of my mind, I was thinking of "rose" "finger" "dawn" but assumed it could not be a reference to the Odyssey because of the sentence structure! Maybe it's time to learn some French!

Thank you for explaining. It's so interesting to hear your process. And thanks also for posting that photo of the wall in Athens. What a great idea altogether, and brilliantly executed.
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Old 01-23-2008, 04:43 AM   #16
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Beautiful piece, Marina! We have missed your work here for a while. Concept, composition and execution--you went through all three stages beautifully. And the little girl on the right is very familiar....
You are going to win everything again with this one!
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Old 01-23-2008, 12:41 PM   #17
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Another stunning and lovely work. I think you have no idea of how important your work is for our generation.
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Old 01-24-2008, 11:36 AM   #18
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Marina:
Have you watched the movie "The Barbarian Invasion"?
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Old 01-24-2008, 06:27 PM   #19
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Marina - WOW! Another tremendously wonderful painting. You can add me to the queue of jaw-dropped admirers.

You really are inspiring.
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Old 01-24-2008, 09:11 PM   #20
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Garth :
You know I could have painted this ... Well, I decided to build my own library of photos of everything I like : like walls with low angled-light, or architectural details with patina...
So when I have no idea for a background for exemple,or when I'm looking for an interesting texture, I can have a look in my pictures to find some inspiration...

Alex :
First, I wanted to write the title in greek letters, but I realised that it would certainly be a source of problems !

Carlos :
Thanks for your kind comment.
Do you see her hair growing painting after painting ?

Claudemir :
I'm very flattered, even if I think you're exaggerating !

SB :
yes, this movie was quite a success, here and also in France...

Cindy :
Thank you so much !
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