Name: Vikki North
Location: USA
Title: ‘The Garden Artist’
Price of Original: $1500 (Print Avail-$79)
Size: 16″x20″
Medium: Acrylic – Gallery Wrap Canvas
Artist web site:
http://www.theredchairgallery.com/
http://redchair-vikkisblog.blogspot.com/
http://artgiftsunder99dollars.blogspot.com/
From Vikki:
“Years ago I saw Christmas paper glint near the edge of my courtyard. Someone had tossed something over the locked gate onto the stones. The package was heavy and wet from the rain.. huge chucks of shattered plaster fell from my hands to the ground. I know what your thinking… “ TO READ THE REST, PLEASE VISIT MY BLOG.
16 responses so far ↓
1 Dana Aldis // Jan 8, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Wow, Vikki – love this one. The textures and flowers – remind me of the book I’m reading – Mortal Love, by Elizabeth Hand. About the Faerie world. Your piece has that magical feel.
2 Gail Allen // Jan 8, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Vikki,
Lovely ambiance in this piece. Dramatic with gorgeous roses. I want to take a walk in this garden…have to go to your site to read the story.
3 Vikki // Jan 8, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Thanks Dana and Gail. The story is not my best. I have a better one on the Inferno. I use the pin name Ann Field (like no one knows it’s me. lol)
4 Lisa Lancaster // Jan 8, 2011 at 10:16 pm
I love this!
5 Sonya Meglaurel // Jan 8, 2011 at 10:50 pm
there are some pieces that I sit a while with. straining to smell the rose fragrance, the curve dance of porcelain smooth finish; the whisper dew left from the early morn mist. This sun of yours blooms on all levels Vikki.
6 RiikaInfinityy // Jan 9, 2011 at 2:29 am
This is an exquisite masterpiece! I love the flowers that had brought out the warmth within the sun, I would also love to have a walk in this wonderful garden =D
7 Vikki // Jan 9, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Thanks Lisa, Sonya and Riika- Bit different for me this year. I’ve always loved for the look of the old California Orange Growers calendar art and I was attempting to immulate that busy 1930′s- 40′s sort of styling. (The face of this piece is actually based on a plaster garden art a friend gave me years ago. )
8 Nancie Johnson // Jan 9, 2011 at 9:50 pm
I did not think this was a painting at first, I thought it was 3-dimensional art. Such depth you obtained and I love how you did all the suns “rays.” The roses are a wonderful addition and I love the little blue flowers scattered about. Very nice!
9 Rusty // Jan 10, 2011 at 10:10 am
I think your sun has been turned to stone, did she look directly upon the face of Medusa?
In shine or stone she is stunningly beautiful.
10 Rina // Jan 10, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Powerful painting that looks to me like a sculpture, she shows so much emotion.
11 Vikki // Jan 11, 2011 at 10:46 am
Hi Nancie- Thanks. I worked on this Christmas week and it was cold, rainy and heavily overcast here. It gave me a chuckle to realize that kind of came out in this painting also.
12 Vikki // Jan 11, 2011 at 10:50 am
Hi again Rusty. It does have a bit of a Medusa quality! To funny. And I was going for a polished stone texture. As I got into I just let it be what the painting preferred.
13 Vikki // Jan 11, 2011 at 10:51 am
Hi Rina- thank you for your comment and we’re so glad you joined us.
14 Sarah // Jan 16, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Vikki, a bit late to the party here…but I enjoyed your full story and I agree with Rina about your sun’s expression. I feel as if I blink it will come alive (reminds me of a Doctor Who episode, ‘Blink’ with the Weeping Angels), but not in a scary way with yours! I especially love the little blue flowers.
15 Vikki // Jan 16, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Thanks Sarah- With the loss of my sister Kerry still with me when I did this painting- I just couldn’t do a ‘happy sun painting’ like I normally do. But as I did it – I told myself that’s okay. Every painting doesn’t need to be a happy. It’s okay to go somber on occasion.
16 Cheri Homaee // Jan 19, 2011 at 1:51 pm
This is different. Very nice
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