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To all of my mother's Renderosity friends:
It saddens me to no end to tell you that my mother, Mina, passed on May 31st, from endometrial cancer. She is survived by my father, Roger, and myself. I apologize for not letting you all know sooner, but her passing has left me with a broken heart and it is very hard to write this, even now. I don't suppose there will ever come a time that it will be easier.
I know how much she loved you all, how much it meant to her to have met such wonderful people, and how much it meant to her to create & share her art with you. I am leaving her work here for a while, as tribute to her, her beauty, her talent & her love.
Brightest Blessings to you all!
Heather
 Mina's daughter
Thanks to all for stopping by and hope you enjoy your visit.
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Third Place Winner in the 2008 "Carnival Of Evil" Halloween Contest Writing Category
The Eater Of Hearts
~ Love & Hugs ~
* Mina *
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
~Pablo Picasso
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"Artists must be sacrificed to their art.
Like bees, they must put
their lives into the sting they give."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly.
I make up my own mind about how good or bad or indifferent it is.
After that the critics can write what they please.
I have already settled it for myself so flattery
and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.
~Georgia O'Keeffe
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~People may not remember what you say,
but they'll always remember how you made them feel ~
Comments (28)
B_PEACOCK
I think it looks really cool .Awesome work
blue_ice
I like it!!
Lenord
Know what ya mean, I do the same thing all the time. You toss this in file 13 and I am personally gonna crawl through the net and give ya Stern talkin to. This is an Outstanding Image, the Atmosphere is so Thick you can cut it with a Knife. The Apparition of eerie beauty in the fog, excellent and colors are Spot on. Fav 5+5 Peace Mina
wildgoha
oh Mina ! you wanted to post it LOL it's amazing dark but so lovely and strange - she is so great lady her bright bust with hair looks like heart ;D I am happy to see this Hugs my dear
meico
You create a brilliantly spectral emergence from a beautiful blue and wonderfully weird landscape ... and you're less than happy? It's a great deal more than OK Hugs Mike
TheAnimaGemini
Very cool dark image. excellent!!!
rudiruth
well Mina, I know this feeling of being ready to scream because Im not satisfied with my work, but it keeps us pushing forward :))) and there really is no reason to scream here.
caviedes
Mina, some one used to tell me "you will never finish a pice of art you have to abandon it." Well i like this one.
2Loose2Trek
Poor lil' revenant ... according to medieval lore, these are animated corpses of the recently departed who return to spread disease or (heh heh) suck the blood from the living. When daylight comes, the locals will do their duty with shovels to dig up the corpse and sever her pretty head using something more appealing than a rusty shovel one would hope. Wonderful work Mina ... beautifully composed and crafted. Grande Kudos!!!
mac4gman
Welcome to the real world, boo'ful! Being Not Quite Satisfied with your work is a Chronic Condition to which all artists are particularly susceptible. AFAIK, there's no cure, and the only treatment which sometimes alleviates the suffering is doing a little bit better on your next piece. And I'm with Lenord - if you trash this you're in need of a Very Stern Talking To! Once you've 'released into the wild' one of your works, it's no longer yours....it's ours now, and consensus seems to be 'We'll keep it!' Thank you for the nice present. Let us admire it for a while, OK?
gunsan
This looks as something from the spirit world, very beautiful!
JLyons
Common problem, I have 3x more work in my trash than I have up here. :o) It is a nice piece!
mooreno
keep/i like/be human. artist always do this.
Digimon
Isn't that Elvira? Mistress of the dark? I like this, very dream like, or a vision?
Margana
Hey.I like the Blue Man Group!But I too,like your new avie.Killer hair ya got there,Mina!Anyway,I think this is great.I love the moody/gothic feel this has in those dark blue violet gray tones.Perfect atmo for Ms Elvira.I'm sure she would love it there.And yay!I learned a new word.I have never heard of a 'revenant'.Hope all is well with you.Glad you posted this.Have a great one,my friend.-M :^)
Richardphotos
really leans toward the occult and darker side of life which makes it superb art. awesome how you are able to illustrate such scenarios
childoflightdesigns
AWe mina this is awesome , really beautiful !
angel_dust
Spooky but very nice image!!
A_Sunbeam
Dark and mysterious ...
pops
awesome atmosphere & image-she looks like Elvira
wannes
Mysterious atmosphere! Excellent work!
RuyBerna
Excellent work!!!
nikolais
hautingly beautiful
miashadows
THIS IS AN EXELLENT IMAGE,I ALSO LIKE THE MYSTICAL ATMOSPHERE AND ATMOSPHERE PITCURE EFFECT*****
froznlife42
Sure does remind me of Elvira and the old Vampire movies I used to watch when I was a teenager. (Christopher Lee was the Drac.) I like it. Perfect timing for Halloween. As for the Avatar.... I've always thought you're a beautiful woman, now the rest of this little RR world can see it too. ;-)
kenmo
Excellent composition....!!!!
jimw1
Wonderful composition' super mystery and Thought provoking'' glad you posted this....5+++
Darkwish
Great work on this! 5