illustration friday - skyline
This became my 'signature painting' for a long while after I finished it... I imagined a dreamy, sleepy winter village, with storefronts lit up and people all warm and cozy inside their houses, maybe drinking hot chocolate or reading a good book. This is what came out! I didn't offer it up for sale for a couple of years, but last summer I sold it at Art in the Park. I had mixed feelings about selling it, largely because of the couple who bought it. I genuinely liked the wife, and she really wanted the painting. But... her husband, to be frank, seemed like a bit of a tool. He also tried to barter with me in a not-so-friendly way. If she wasn't standing behind him looking hopeful, I would have snatched it back and said thanks, but no thanks. Anyway, I hope it's appreciated and happy now!
posted by sugar mama at 11:10 AM
15 Comments:
how lovely, reminds me of home!
This is sweet!
This is lovely. I can imagine being in a cozy room near a fire looking out at this lovely village and thinking seriously about putting on my boots and mittens and going for a stroll in the night.
this is lovely, very effective. and now it lives on, to be appreciated by us!
This would make a wonderful image on a holiday card.
This is so enchanting! How I wish it snows here in Malaysia...
That painting is like comfort food for the eyes. I'm glad you sold it to that woman. With a man like that in her life, she needs it. You've done a good deed.
Very comforting, especially now when we in Sweden got a heat wave
i really love this and the feeling it gives...so cozy..do you have prints anywhere?
Beautiful - lovely colours, great style
This is beautiful, and it really does convey those pictures you had in your mind. It sounds like the woman who bought it must have connected to it on that level, and her husband was just being a jerk. You should feel happy that she has a "friend" hanging on a wall that will transport her to a happy place each time she sees it:> It's a very lovely work!
Home sweet home.It gives me a very warm feeling.Wonderful!
amazing how you can make something so cold look so cosy. it looks like the canadian winters of my childhood. very lovely!
Warm and cold at the same time! The snow looks so soft. Beautiful!
thanks everyone, especially for your perspective on who bought it -- I actually feel a lot better about it now!
Halloweenville, as a matter of fact I do have prints -- I had some digital prints done a couple of years ago and some are still kicking around. They're a bit smaller than the original, and very reasonably priced. If you're still interested, let me know!
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