After my walk on part of the ridgeway, I took some sketches of the landscape and then painted my interpretation of Mother Earth -or 'Gaia' which is the title of this piece.
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la_spice
- 2008-06-12 @ 21:39:28
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sweetladyjane
Pro - 2008-06-12 @ 21:49:23
I like this very much. It's very peaceful.
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jenray
Pro - http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2008-06-12 @ 21:55:49
Very nice indeed...lovely idea...great big hugs...XXX
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thankyou jen!
Hugs to you too sweetie XXX-
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jenray
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- 2008-06-13 @ 11:03:14
You've really captured something quite magical in it...just before the earth begins to wake up, you get the sensation of it being asleep and profoundly feminine and nurturing...just lovely, Wendy...the sense of peace in it is wonderful...great big hugs...XX
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Oh thankyou jen, that is such a lovely thing to say amd means so much to me you have no idea, as you know i have never considered myself a 'proper' artist, but something is happening lately and I feel this is what I should be doing, I have been put down in the past and it's friends like you and others who are giving me my confidence back, your comments have made me tearful in a nice way XX
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jenray
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- 2008-06-13 @ 15:04:49
Oh, hell, sweet thing, I've been crushed from a great height with my art, so forget about what other people think. If it's in you to do it, do it...it's a wonderful form of relaxation as well...totally distracts you from your everyday world's problems and hassles...you can just lose yourself in the image you're painting, and this one really spoke to me...the only reason I stopped in the end was because I bloody well ran out of space for any more paintings, and it's no use in my case of keeping on painting when the art world is telling me they're not for them...in my case, I did actually want an audience...silly me...HLOL...great big hugs...XXX
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la_spice
- 2008-06-19 @ 14:46:11
Hi Jen - excuse me butting in but couldn't you do a small exhibition yourself? Anything you sell would be an added bonus.
Marian-
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jenray
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- 2008-06-19 @ 15:02:59
Tried that and didn't sell anything...HLOL...mind you it was upstairs in an art shop in Poole so don't think many people saw it or weren't willing to pay my prices, which weren't high for the amount of work that went into each one...they were my landscape paintings of Poole so conventional pics...and now with a recession looming, nobody's prepared to lash out on luxury goods especially with the threat of 40% increase in energy bills this winter...thanks though for the thought...might try it one day, but not when the economy is in a slump...been there, done that, and won't try it again...HLOL...great big hugs...XX
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Tell me about it!
Still you should keep on doing what you love, I have friends who have put on exhibitions and not sold one painting, not because it's not great artwork it's just people often haven't got the money for 'luxury' although art should not be classed as a luxury in my opinion 
-it's a necessity for me 
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jenray
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- 2008-06-19 @ 15:46:46
Yes, it was for me for many years, but I think not anymore...I don't miss it now...it was a phase in my life that I've been through and don't, at the moment anyway, want to resurrect...carry on enjoying it if you love doing it...it's wonderfully therapeutic...great big hugs...XXX
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la_spice
- 2008-06-19 @ 15:38:08
Try exhibiting in a church hall and let the church make a small cover charge in lieu of charging you for using their premises.
Over here artists are encouraged to have exhibitions starting off with a "vernissage" which is a private (preview) viewing where nibbles are provided.
Someone I know held one at a local supermarket!-
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jenray
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- 2008-06-19 @ 15:56:28
Ah, France is an appreciator of art, not so in the UK...we're downright awful when it comes to art and culture...gone for the big boys and girls to the neglect of all the other labouring artists around the country...can't really go to a church either as I don't believe in god anymore...HLOL...would go against my principles to use a church in that way...great big hugs...XXX
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la_spice
- 2008-06-19 @ 16:06:13
I guess so - six year old Aimée stays behind after school for an hour each Tuesday to do pottery. She's already made some nice (and not so nice) pieces.
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jenray
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- 2008-06-19 @ 16:22:57
that's nice...I used to teach young ones for a while how to make things in clay...got some very nice pieces from some, and even from those who weren't artistic...it was good fun...great big hugs... -
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neilemac
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- 2008-06-19 @ 16:09:33
May I interject with a great big (((DITTO))) and (((HUGS))) and...
Ditto on Jen's remarks above and below and a rousing 'Hi, how ya doin'...to you both, eh!
Paint on Wendy dearheart; did I tell you 'green' is my favourite hue?
Methinks you're both worthy of a great big (((SMOOOOOCH))) each, too!
And bundles of Hugs, of course...
to you both.
Love is always... Paint on.. and on....
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tylluanpenry
Pro - 2008-06-12 @ 22:01:05
It really does capture the essence of mother earth. Thanks for posting this!
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Confuddled
Pro - 2008-06-12 @ 22:09:41
That is really lovely! As mentioned already, it captures the spirit of Mother Earth beautifully. x
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kevinwilson
Pro - 2008-06-12 @ 22:37:59
a lovely idea, well executed.
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technomist
- 2008-06-21 @ 13:04:09
To me it has elements which are not only calm, but there seems to be something dark about the picture it too.
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Hi techno -thankyou for commenting, yes I suppose the earth has a dark side, there is duality in everything, none more so than nature but I had no intention of anything but calm so maybe it's just the colours or that it has a sleepy element, it is me trying to get across how precious this earth is and we should be nurturing and loving it like the 'mother' in the painting.
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Padds
- 2008-06-21 @ 16:47:26
I like this a lot! And using Pastels, Well Done and I hope you get the recognition you deserve.
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Thankyou for commenting Padds, I love it when I get a reaction from my artwork and this painting seems to have struck home with several people which is great -thanks for the compliment too!
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Padds
- 2008-06-21 @ 18:28:32
I love Pastels as well, only used them 3 times but took to them straight away, sadly I am allergic to Pastels so had to stop.
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StandingTree
- 2008-07-09 @ 15:25:23
Making the rounds to say Hi to all my friends.....unfortunately, I am not seeing your work here. I will take everyones word for how beautiful it is though.
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Hi Standing tree -here it is, don't know what happened there so re-posted it! thankyou for coming to say hello -lovely to see you
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jenray
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- 2008-07-09 @ 19:51:30
Welcome back, lovely lady...great big hugs and loads of love...XXX -
Lovely!