a wonderful picture, dear titta... zillionsofhugs i really love this sight... (don't know the book...) but this pic already tells me a story... i can smell the sea here, feel the wind... thanks, dear titta - something i really need right now :) christian

wonderful done my dear with the romantic powerful view of a lady who is a master in imagination . hugesssssssssssss and a big kiss

There is a haunting quality to your painting Titta. It is beautiful, powerful, and I can hear the sea beckoning me to come closer. Your colors are exquisite and full of feeling. This is one goes into my favorites.

I haven't read the novel, Titta, but your charming painting gives me a desire to. I love the idea of making pictures based on fictional worlds (I've tried it once or twice), especially those worlds that have not been illustrated before. Many artists have illustrated Tolkien's Middle Earth, but how many have made a picture based on this Iris Murdock novel? If you are the first, then this makes it extra unique. :-)

Wow, what a sky and scene! Have to checkout that book - time for the summer reading list. Would like to see this one with the old eyeballs; well done.

as said befor - great image, titta

Mindblowing....this is one awesome image...

What a wonderful book this must be to conjure such a image in your mind, I love the way you have captured this place a real retreat from the world, I want to stay there.

I would never have the time to read all the books I should in my lifetime, so I'm so blessed to have friends like you, that can capture an essential essence from within and portray it with such brilliance. Thank you so much dear Titta big hugs.

...this paimting sets quite a mood ! -- love the curving sweep of the foreground landform that gets taken up and completed by that one absolutely glorious wave on the right. ---- & just noticed the seagulls adding to the drama ---lots of 'feelings' translated into this fine work.

sometimes your paintings reminds me of vangoughs or a great masters you are talented beyond belief.. AWESOME AND HATS OFF!! WOW!!! A FAV!***** !!

A wonderfully imagined painting, Titta. The vibrant colours perfectly depict the drama of the book. The turbulent sea and clouds are a metaphor for Charles Arrowby's disturbed mind. It's a long time since I read this book, but I do recall Arrowby as a self-important and emotionally immature man. He was unwilling to come to terms with the fact that an old flame of his was no longer interested in him, and his adolescent infatuation drove him to attempt suicide by drowning. I was peering into your tortured waves for a sea demon that appears briefly in the book. But like me you probably didn't get the significance of it.

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Yes, I've read the book and this sentinel house above a boiling sea beneath roiling clouds suits it perfectly. Wonderful. Mike