Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  路  4 weeks ago

Tasteful nudity, non-sexual

SPIRIT OF ENDURING HOPE (2016)
Acrylic on Mat Board - 12" x 9"

I turned a smear of paint on my drawing table cover into a tree. Other marks suggested rocks and became an island to which I added a figure. I started to paint in clouds but stopped because the image was getting boring.
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#art #fantasy #illustration #leftoversandpalettegremlins

A tiny female figure stands beneath a pair of tall, uneven evergreen trees rising off a rocky outcrop of shore. The sky is cloudy gray except for a warm band of dull orange defining the horizon. As tall as the massive trees, a monotone female figure floats nearby draped in cloth and holding out her hand. A ring of ginkgo leaves hovers nearby. Her hair is wild and wind tossed. The cloth covers only one shoulder exposing her other breast. Her knee is raised suggesting upward motion as if she is lifting off the shore.
A tiny female figure stands beneath a pair of tall, uneven evergreen trees rising off a rocky outcrop of shore. The sky is cloudy gray except for a warm band of dull orange defining the horizon. As tall as the massive trees, a monotone female figure floats nearby draped in cloth and holding out her hand. A ring of ginkgo leaves hovers nearby. Her hair is wild and wind tossed. The cloth covers only one shoulder exposing her other breast. Her knee is raised suggesting upward motion as if she is lifting off the shore.
A tiny female figure stands beneath a pair of tall, uneven evergreen trees rising off a rocky outcrop of shore. The sky is cloudy gray except for a warm band of dull orange defining the horizon. As tall as the massive trees, a monotone female figure floats nearby draped in cloth and holding out her hand. A ring of ginkgo leaves hovers nearby. Her hair is wild and wind tossed. The cloth covers only one shoulder exposing her other breast. Her knee is raised suggesting upward motion as if she is lifting off the shore.
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Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan  路  4 weeks ago

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It called for something else, but I didn't have a clue what. Cthulhu rising? A dragon?

In search of further inspiration, I dropped a rag smeared with cobalt blue paint onto the scrap of matboard and took a quick shot of it with my phone.
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