Out of the Ashes by novelist
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Description
Here's my first attempt at Surrealism. I don't know what I'm doing, so, I am just going with the flow. I'm not sure if this will be the final of my Grief Series, but it feels like time to let it rest for now and see if there needs to be more later. The funeral was today and the outpouring of people who came to say goodbye was staggering. I was touched that people not only sent flowers, but they also brought potted prairie grasses to plant on his acreage. My ex, Steve, used to clean out his bluebird houses each spring. He's leaving a lot of holes in the world around him. Once when our parakeet fell ill, I held her in my hands. Just before she died she spread her wings and looked up into the sky as if she saw something beautiful on the horizon. I'll never forget that moment. And I'm taking that picture to bed with me tonight after trying to recreate it here. Again, this is best viewed in the full sized version. Sleep well all. Sweet dreams! Have a great weekend.
What I used:
Painter, PSP, Chaoscope, Daz Studio, Bryce
Again, all comments and suggestions are always appreciated.
Comments (48)
Longrider
It's surrealistic indeed.very mystical and that is a good thing in my book,lol, i like it.
Optiramma
ahhhhh, that is sweet and fulfilling
zoren
I believe this is awesome in its surrealistic view.... great image! 'our dreams (visions) are a second life and have contributed very much in the culture and devlopment of mankind'.
algra
It must have been a difficult time for you and I think it still is. Your ex was still young, too young to die. I hope you find the necessary consolation and distraction. Maybe some in your nice digital creations, like this one, a perfect cooperation of different techniques, smart work. My best wishes to you.
Bebe160
Belle recherche de travail
Jay-el-Jay
It looks real good to me.I like it very much.
DanB-Creations
This is a very nice image. It's a beautiful work!
Igolochka
Wow! This is so gorgeous surreal image! Great work!
Flint_Hawk
Amazing work!
RobyHermida
Brilliant Creation. Roby -----------------:O)
sylki
I am so sorry to read of your loss, art is a good way to express yourself and forget for a while. This is an outstanding image, fantastic lighting and composition with superb effects!!!
Richardphotos
superb composition and excellent surrealism
KarmaSong
Very nice composition, I like very much the dark mood of it!
Jollyself
gorgeous depth of color in this.... very original, Bravo
gattone_blu
Very original work
Elcet
Very beautiful. I also lost a pet, it was a small dog, two years ago, and this was very sad. I think that in spite of the fact that the animals have no soul of their own, they are able to experiment much things and they are fully conscious about what death means for them. But when somebody that we love dies, it is another thing evidently, and I share your pain with Steve. Thanks for sharing this moment of emotion with such an elegant image.
LBJ2
Fantastic surrealistic work, Cathy. With a scary touch of realism....Only 4 months ago. Even if he was an EX. It hurts a lot. It always hurts like hell... When people we have love and lived with.. die... Ex. or not... No difference. You have captured the feeling of death, loss, and grief.. In an amazing way in this composition. Masterly work.
anahata.c
a strangely beautiful vision of a soul who is at once going inside and maybe down to a place of inward seclusion (passing), but who is stretching out to acknowledge and even embrace the entire universe, and who may come back in some form since he/she seems to have much inside to share. It's mysterious and inward; and your small details around it, even the little touches of rust-color or violet that come off the bottom swirl like little plant-growths, are quite beautiful. As are the bird-like mirages that fill the sky in a pattern as if sewn-on, or the faint hint of trees on the left, and the patterns you've stirred into the wings. The human figure is woven with lines almost like a totem, painted with ritual significance we don't know but which we know must be there all the same (maybe the private nature of passing itself), and there even appears to be a clock on one of the arms. Cathy, your description is very touching, how even something like cleaning out bird houses will stay with everyone, reminding us that remembrance is about the details as much as the sweeping 'whole', and that those details come to sing the whole. And your description of the parakeet is beautiful too; and poignant. Amazing that you did this so close to the funeral, transforming your experience into an offering while all that was still weighing in you. A touching image, mysterious and mythic, I like how you avoid the temptation to symmetry (you avoid it in a lot of your work, always opening new paths where a symmetric choice would do) and filled with the small details come from your interior & which give light, mystery and joy to what you do—even in an image of passing. I'm glad I finally 'finished' this series, it's beautiful.