Monday, March 10, 2008

Dream of Roses for IF 'Garden'


My entry for IF is again a compilation of artistic events...isn't it at times profound how what begins as one thing can become something else; altogether different? I sometimes wonder, during the creative process, if art doesn't simply become what it was always meant to be.
This canvas has been part of my work for Paulette Insall's 'Organic Backgrounds' class. Instinctively, or not, I'm not too sure, I just found the colour impact of the brown lettering and the green of the dark stamped Ivy leaves made me think of the richly coloured earth in the spring and of course the roses before they bloom here in the early summer garden......the irony of the lettering (which is not clearly legible) "Art is letting your fingers capture what your heart is hearing"~stamp available here


7 comments:

2 Worlds said...

Very beautiful, great job

rebecca christiansen said...

It's a WONDERFUL Illustration Friday piece! I just love it!

rebecca
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Anonymous said...

This really is BEAUTIFUL!!

Sandie R said...

This is stunningly beautiful Gabrielle. I;ve been so busy creating that I haven't visited for a couple of days. You have some very lovely work here

Sherry said...

I wish I was taking Paulette's class!!! This background is dynamic and that you were able to interpret it and take it to another level is what art is...and I loved your comments -- this is so true. We can see and then see beyond and while we thought we were going in this direction, we end up going in that direction. Beautiful ... and I love the words on that stamp!

Julia said...

Love this and the test of your stuff too. But this is so very much the style I love !!!

Julia said...

I mean > rest of your stuff :):)