My friend...If I am commenting it is because your art intrigues me. Today though, my comment is a blanket message to all of my wonderful friends here. You see, I recently traveled due to a medical condition and missed most of what you posted this week.

My result is that I have a potentially life ending condition, ... BUT ...There are good chances for a moderate to full recovery. That means many more years of seeing your wonderful art. Please accept my apology for missing this week. Know that I am enjoying my gallery visit today. If you get multiple comments from me today, there is no need to read further.

If for any reason you are experiencing lung problems, feel free to contact me and I will gladly share more detail with you on my experiences.

All My Best ... Dag

She'll probably get a better job anyway. Nice scene.

(I wanted to come back to your gallery a few days ago, but my arm hurt badly. But it's just a few days after my last comments, so I'm not that late. You know, you post so many styles of art, and so many 'tales', with so many suggested stories, etc, I wish I had weeks to comment on your art. Choosing 1 picture out of every 5 or 6 isn't easy, but my comments are long, so I can only comment on a selection, unfortunately. I'll try to comment on representative samples once again...

I picked this image because it's typical of how you create a scene. A number of your works have calming, beautiful, and very 'european' backgrounds. You have a country road here, with stone fences and autumn-colored bushes. And a castle-like building in the background. (High walls, small windows, high roof, turrets---all signs of protecting the people inside, which is what castles did.) Then, against a stone wall, you have this maid, who looks harried and soiled from her work---we can see soil as well as bruises on her arms, and soil on her blouse, etc. I love how those birds are carrying two of her hair-bows; and one bird has settled on her pail (or carrying bag, whatever that is): I wonder if those are friendly birds---they seem to be. They're somewhat royal in appearance...maybe they're apologizing for the 'royal' people who fired the maid. (Her paper says "Rechnung"---which means "invoice" in English: Maybe those are her 'final papers'.) And you placed her head in the shadow of the building's eave: This composition is also typical of you: very thoughtfully done---it builds from the street level (on the right) to the eave and maid's head (on the left): It creates a "peak". Much of your composition has fine lines and geometry, even if you do it solely by intuition. And she looks perplexed and tired. Really well done, Ute, with pinks and aqua greens in the sky, as a sign of hope.

Once Ricky Groove wrote this about my gallery: UteBigSmile is one of my favorite artists at Renderosity.com. Her sheer energy and creative drive is so damn impressive. Plus, she has such a range of styles and subjects. Her most recent work, Marilyn and Her Diamonds is one of her best creations. Not quite a cartoon, yet still fully 3D, the piece exudes style and pinache. Emulating Marily Monroe, the central character is literally breaming. And color pallete is worthy of a Jon Waters film. Please take a moment to visit Ute's gallery at Renderosity. It is such a fun trip! (magazine.renderosity.com/article/5307/gallery-marilyn-and-her-diamonds-by-utebigsmile)