Wednesday, May 4, 2011

LIVES PAST - STAGE 2


Close-up view...













Today is the monthly meeting for the Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society.  Our guest speaker/artist will be Ken Landon Buck.

24 comments:

  1. Joan Sandford-CookMay 4, 2011 at 9:33:00 AM EDT

    Thanks for all the recent poems and contacts with other artists of late. Surprising to see other artists using blackbirds for inspiration (your lovely bag). I think the plan of pommegranates with the skulls is inspirational.Love the scenic format for this unusual piece and the vibrant colours.

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  2. AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 10:10:00 AM EDT

    Kompliment!!!

    Liebe Grüße kerstin

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  3. mimi t boothby watercolorsMay 4, 2011 at 10:23:00 AM EDT

    well, that turned out well. Kind of strange, of course. Nice curious composition. Where's the crow? alas poor Yorick.. :-)

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  4. Gillian MowbrayMay 4, 2011 at 11:19:00 AM EDT

    This is truly stunning, Rhonda. The strong shadows really work well and it stood out as 'must comment' on my blogroll. Congrats. x

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  5. Teresa Palomar LoisMay 4, 2011 at 1:22:00 PM EDT

    Love the subject (though you didn't doubt about that, right?) and I'm kind of curious about what you are planning for those shadows, you have me glued to this wip already

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  6. Christiane KingsleyMay 4, 2011 at 9:34:00 PM EDT

    Beautiful colors and shadows. Very interesting composition. I like it!

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  7. Pam Johnson BrickellMay 5, 2011 at 7:16:00 AM EDT

    Love your colors and design.

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  8. RH CarpenterMay 5, 2011 at 7:25:00 AM EDT

    Joan, I think a lot of artists use blackbirds in their work - some of us really like those things! ha ha

    Thanks, Kerstin, for stopping by and for taking the time to comment.

    Mimi, yes, a bit strange, odd, morbid. And I did think about a crow! ha ha

    Thanks, Gillian :) Glad it made you look closer.

    Thanks so much, Teresa and Christiane!

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  9. SadamiMay 5, 2011 at 9:44:00 AM EDT

    Dear Rhonda,
    The work is very interesting and I like it. Strong contrast,colours, composition are great. Further, all symbolic subjects : skulls,pomegranate& pink heart(?!). Wow, thank you.
    Cheers, Sadami

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  10. RH CarpenterMay 5, 2011 at 12:52:00 PM EDT

    Thanks, Pam and Sadami :) Sadami, that's a cherry but I haven't finished it yet - still work to do on this one before it's finished.

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  11. Harry KentMay 5, 2011 at 3:30:00 PM EDT

    I find this a wonderful piece, Rhonda. Not sombre, just serious. Yes, it is about mortality, but it's also about birth.

    We see a row of skulls, generations, who have gone before.

    We see the pomegranite which echoes the form of the skulls, especially the half that lies like one of the skulls, inverted. It is one that is torn in half. For that's how one opens a pomegranite ... and that's how life opens, and consumes, us.

    But then there is the seed. The next generation to come. The seed can only be liberated by the breaking of the fruit.

    A philosophical piece with a strange stillness to it. A still life, or a stilled life, or still, a life?

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  12. RH CarpenterMay 5, 2011 at 4:28:00 PM EDT

    Harry, you have really delved into this one and found such meat to be chewed!! Thank you so much. I love hearing another's take on what it means, what the work says to them and I'm very pleased with your critique.

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  13. JANE MINTERMay 5, 2011 at 5:30:00 PM EDT

    looking very good so far rhonda .. the peeps looked neat framed .

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  14. Ann BucknerMay 7, 2011 at 2:03:00 PM EDT

    I found this piece very interesting and like how you have painted it. Very nicely done, Rhonda!

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  15. Suzanne McDermottMay 7, 2011 at 9:39:00 PM EDT

    This is really a marvelous piece, Rhonda! In every way, symbolically, compositionally and watercolorally (;-). Bravo!

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  16. RH CarpenterMay 7, 2011 at 10:55:00 PM EDT

    Thanks so much, Ann and Suzanne!

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  17. Carlos León SalazarMay 8, 2011 at 4:37:00 AM EDT

    Great work!!

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  18. RH CarpenterMay 8, 2011 at 10:50:00 AM EDT

    Gracias, Carlos :)

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  19. http://carolking.wordpress.comMay 9, 2011 at 12:02:00 AM EDT

    cool painting of the skulls and pomegranates.

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  20. RH CarpenterMay 9, 2011 at 8:19:00 AM EDT

    Thanks, Carol. A bit more to do until I can call this one finished but I'll get it done sometime.

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  21. JaneMay 9, 2011 at 3:21:00 PM EDT

    I never thought I would say this about skulls, but I love these!! Beautiful work Rhonda.

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  22. RH CarpenterMay 9, 2011 at 4:31:00 PM EDT

    Thanks, Jane. Glad you like the painting :)

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  23. Nick G. SwiftMay 10, 2011 at 3:50:00 PM EDT

    Your paintings remind me of my professor’s series of Ireland
    http://www.cudonal.com/3-recent-artwork--2010.html
    Beuatful in its simplicity and enjoy the format.
    Swift

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  24. RH CarpenterMay 10, 2011 at 7:15:00 PM EDT

    Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Nick. I enjoyed seeing your professor's work - the hunger project was very beautiful and thought-provoking.

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