Wednesday, September 26, 2007

See The Turtle of Enormous Girth On its Shell he holds the Earth


I finally finished Alysen's painting. Due to pregnancy it took almost two years to finish. So the idea had so much time to evolve. When I couldn't paint, I would sketch different versions of this. One version had overgrown cities, that was my second choice. I am very happy with this final product, if I would have had Alysen model, the clothing would look better but she wanted to be surprised. So I worked from photographs (I know that is cheating). That is Alysen riding the horse, she is really into horseback riding.I call it "See The Turtle of Enormous Girth On Its Shell He Holds the Earth". That line is from Stephen King's Tower books (my favorite books). The phrase is scratched into the clouds but it is only visible from certain angles. I should be giving it to her soon, I hope she likes it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

omg! i love it! and the title rules! :) yeah, this is so cool. she's gonna love it.

Anonymous said...

Thanks, I'm so excited to give it to her.