Time To Say Goodbye Rose by romanceworks
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When you are far away
I dream of the horizon
And words fail me
And of course I know
You are with me
With me
You, my moon
Are with me
My sun
You are here with me
With me
With me.
Time to say goodbye
To places I've never seen
Or experienced with you
Now I shall
I'll sail with you upon ships
Across the sea
Seas that exist no more.
Time To Say Goodbye (Con te Partiro) lyrics by Lucio Quarantotto and Frank Peterson
It is time to say goodbye to my beloved Aunt Athena, who lived a passionate and creative life for 96 years. Athena was an accomplished artist, painting with oils and watercolors. She also made little dioramas, decorating her apartment with all these magical scenes. She also composed her own songs on the piano, and wrote musical plays. She was always creating something, even in her 90's. She lived in Chicago with all my other Greek relatives. I have such fond memories of visiting the family as a child, and of being embraced by all my aunts who either wanted to kiss me or feed me. I remember these beautiful oriental watercolors of Geisha woman Athena had painted and my mom hung them in our home. I think this was my first inspiration for doing art. Athena outlived her brother and two sisters, and four husbands. Her last husband was an opera singer, and she always loved this song (Time To Say Goodbye) that was made famous by Andrea Bocelli. I believe her creativity kept her healthy and independent until the last few months of her amazing life. She was a grand inspiration and even grander lady. I loved her with all my heart and I'm so grateful to have had her in my life.
Credits: Created in Photoshop, using rose reference and painting techniques. The rose in this artwork is called Botticelli, and comes from another passionate and spiritual woman who has a garden in France filled with over 800 varieties of roses. Special thanks to Brigitte for sharing her stunning roses with me. Brigitte's Rose Garden
Copyright Notice: My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be used for any purpose without my permission. All artworks in this gallery are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Carol Cavalaris. All rights reserved.
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ArtByMel Online Now!
I'm so sorry for your loss Carol. But yet, it sounds like she enriched the lives of those around her and led a very full and rich life herself.
ladylake
Beautiful.
DennisReed
lovely
kgb224
Sorry to hear of your loss. Amazing work and dedication. God bless.
Flint_Hawk
How beautiful! This is an amazing tribute! Your aunt sounds remarkable!
jendellas
Very beautiful Carol & such fond memories. x
BE
Sorry for your loss, but this lovely image is a great tribute to your Aunt.
Paulienchen
Wunderschönes Bild
cadmar
Really beautiful! :)
ansgar2
Awesome...!!!! Well done...!!!!
loligagger
Sorry for your loss,she seems to have been a great inspiration to you.Love the image!!!!!!!!!!!
summer1412
So sorry for your loss, Carol. But what a beautiful tribute indeed.
fractalartist01
Lovely blended image!
ANGELFIRE999
Sorry for your loss. This is a beautiful dedication to your aunt; I'm sure she would be proud!
DreamersWish
This is such an amazing beautiful and delicate dedication. I am truly sorry for your family's loss. By your artwork, she must have been such an amazing inspiration.
bakapo
this is so special and beautiful. I'm sorry for your loss.
JaneEden
Wonderful detailed and realistic image, that your beloved Aunt would have loved for sure. I am so sad for your loss Carol, and thank you for telling us a little about your Aunt's wondrous life, she was indeed a very creative and clever woman and lived a very interesting life by what I read here, God bless her on her journey. hugs Jane xx
ia-du-lin
wonderful rose, wonderful composition
anahata.c
It's hard to find words for the tranquility and angelic bow of protection, gratitude and love this image evokes. The rose is tilted as if bowing to us and to the universe; to life. And your background---so often (with your flowers and plants) teeming with pulsing forms and textures, and lights mingled with deep caverns, and the feeling that, below the bottom of your image, the center of the soul rests---is graced with simplicity, here, as if all the passionate pulsations have no need to show themselves because Athena carries them inside her now; and her bow offers them to the world. The universe has gone calm for her, through ocean-waves of peace and acceptance. And your colors---a great colorist knows intuitively what colors to use to express deep emotions; and those colors are often impossible to explain. Your colors are those colors. Your peach/red/pinkish orange/slightly-blue-tinged hue, morphing through the piece like a deep soulful cloud, is just the right hue for surrender, farewell, deep acceptance and birth. (From "mourning into morning," or, in the Jewish words, from darkness into light). It's a deep hue-family, it's gentle, it's non-foreboding, it's quiet and it's very loving. And you have a slight halo around the rose which, to me, is a gentle intimation of the universe giving her a crown. And a bird out in the distance, intimating a deep journey, with beautiful clouds along the horizon (with light-tinged tops) like the mists that rise up to honor one; and a gentle ocean---or Lake Michigan (since she lived in Chicago, off that mythical lake), and the spray at bottom above waves or clouds that couch the waters in embrace. Above all, the rose has your usual veins and rivers of life, tinging your peach/orange hues with purples and blues. The petals fold and unfold gently, without the drama and explosiveness that some of your roses have---this rose is all about embrace and Offering, not great drama. And the rose dissolves along the skyline, as if it were surrendering itself to the infinite---but gently so. From what I know of Athena, her wholly assured heart is all over this rose, in the way it surrenders itself without any to-do. I can't think of a more fitting image for the mountain that was your aunt, or for the gentility that filled in her soul. The beauty she leaves behind sits, here, like an aura across Lake Michigan, bowing like a ballet dancer giving her final offering, having given a lifetime of dance and now bringing her dance to mystical half-visible shores...she goes on her way, having offered you the jewels of her heart; that's what this feels like to me. And I'd think that when you have moments of pain and yearning (as we all do), you can refer back to this image to hear your heart tell you "she's with you always"...at the heart of this image are her hands guiding you, just as she did in her life. Beautiful and perfect, Carol, delicate, offering, and leaving quiet in its wake. A beautiful bow of love for your 'goddess of wisdom' (her namesake). Deeply moving.
romanceworks
Mark, now I am at a loss for the right words to express how your words have touched my heart, moving me to tears. Somehow you know Athena, you see her beauty, feel her love, and most of all understand her spirit that truly filled the Universe. She was indeed a woman who surrendered herself to all the challenges and wonders of life with all her heart and very little 'to do'. Her memory is like this rose to me, forever blooming and forever beautiful. And now, your words have made the memories even more beautiful and when I am missing her the most I will return to this image, feel her loving spirit and light, and yours, too, and smile.
artice
Exquisite Beauty. Just adore this one.