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This painting is pure appeasement.

Love kicked my ass to the curb this year, and then stomped on it a few times for good measure, and there comes a time when even the most dedicated skeptic/agnostic/quasi-atheist decides it's time to beg for mercy from the goddess who runs that particular show.

So, with the poet Sappho, let me just say...

Iridescent-throned Aphrodite, deathless
Child of Zeus, wile-weaver, I now implore you,
Don't--I beg you, Lady--with pains and torments
Crush down my spirit.

Come to me once more, and abate my torment;
Take the bitter care from my mind, and give me
All I long for; Lady, in all my battles
Fight as my comrade.*

This is a digital piece, Art Nouveau style because I just plain love Art Nouveau, and I picked tomatoes as the floral element because A) I thought it was funny and B) the humble tomato was once known as the "love-apple" and considered to be an aphrodisiac, which term of course also derives from "Aphrodite."

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*Translated by Elizabeth Vandiver.
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~oneluckyduck Aug 29, 2011
Ah! So late to critique, but isn't the thicker part of the eyebrow inside?

Love it, nevertheless!
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~CEMEH Nov 20, 2010
Nice !
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~deadmalleus Mar 20, 2010  Student General Artist
this (among others) is simply perfect. You are definatly very talented.

some day I will top you :D

loved your work
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~cecelia327 May 27, 2009
I have to :+fav: this just because of the anatomy. It makes me so happy because it's so realistic and not completely anorexic like I usually see. That, and, with the day I'm having, this was just perfect to see.
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~MVRH May 26, 2009  Student Digital Artist
Some of your things reminds me of Alphonse Mucha Art.
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~Day-Dreamer07 Apr 1, 2009
She's beautiful.
This is a really nice drawing, and very realistic.

Although I can't help but think that those "love apples" look like tomatoes...:giggle:
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Mood: Love ~SlavicWolf Jun 9, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
cool. someone else that loves Art Nouveau!
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*LoopyWolf Apr 28, 2008
That's a new style
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!mandiocaStudio Nov 4, 2008
Art nouveau :P
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~dragynsidhe Apr 22, 2008
...i have to admit that her right eyebrow bugs me. that said, though, i love her expression, the composition in general (art nouveau-style heart cutouts?!? YES!), and especially the tomatoes (way to go with the "poisonous love-apples" reference!)... the seashell at her breast is also a nice referential touch. and if that wasn't enough, i love the realism in your nudes.
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