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The Sentinel by `nykolai:iconnykolai:

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A personal piece with a multitude of possible meanings.

Those of you who remember an older painting of mine called "To The Gods" - a portrait of me sitting on a crumbling rock in the middle of a raging ocean, red ribbons flying skywards - will realise that this is its (albeit unintentional) counterpart.

The words that accompanied that painting were, "To you I give my wings, because I have a reason to stay..."

The words accompanying this one are:

"Can these wings make me fly?" he asked.
"No," she said, "but happiness can."

I never found out if he fell.


Photoshop CS
+ close-ups: one | two | three | four | watch at 100%
+ personal reference used - thanks, Ric, for being so patient
+ wings... didn't I say I'd never paint them?


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=tazoftazmania Jan 30, 2007, 9:27:31 AM
A very beautiful image. One you could stare at for hours! :) I love how the red shines against the green

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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous : Ingrid Bergman
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`b33lz3bub Jan 30, 2007, 9:28:31 AM
deliciously beautifull, ellen.. a perfect image for me too. thank you so much for the upload

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~Nikolaj Jan 30, 2007, 9:31:09 AM
Are you bound to that rock, waiting for something?

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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.-- Revelation 4:11
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`nykolai Jan 30, 2007, 9:43:02 AM
Um... that's Ric, not me.

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~Nikolaj Jan 30, 2007, 9:50:33 AM
Oh, I'm sorry.

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Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.-- Revelation 4:11
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*cypherx Jan 30, 2007, 9:53:50 AM
it reminds me a bit of :iconzemotions: red ribbon series... I really love the colours
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~LindaRHerzog Jan 30, 2007, 10:17:03 AM
Wonderful composition and so peacefull to look at. Another masterpiece! Glad you added to detail images. Showes it off more. - Linda
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~aeonsonance Jan 30, 2007, 10:18:54 AM
Time binds while the spirit longs to be free.
He also stares at the past... present.. future.
Hmm. I love all your works... they're so deep and pensive.

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`Rushy Jan 30, 2007, 10:25:24 AM
Oh for a tiny fraction of what you are able to do with visual art :D
:+fav:

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In vino veritas, nunc est bibendum. - In wine is truth, now we must drink.
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