Tuesday 5 January 2010

Angels

When I respond to art challenges I always take it as a prompt for writing too, often allowing the image to illustrate my words and thought process. There is something so therapeutic in seeing both the flow of paint and letters and creating something unique and personal.

That saying, the more observant among you may notice that there is no paint in the image above - it is in fact a digital manipulation of a photo of a stone angel - but just employ a little dash of that thing called artistic licence if you would!

This angel for The Three Muses angelic theme is very serene and a little sad nursing her broken wing, so I bathed her in heavenly rays of light.

My thoughts turn now to guardian angels. Are they also your Muse I wonder or a separate entity that watches from afar and gently guides you through life's twists and turns? Or perhaps there's a little bit of them in those we love. Certainly there was some angelic presence in my son tonight. I took the little fella out for dinner as a reward for earning 'Star of the Week' at school. He is such a pleasant dining companion and spent the duration of the meal charming both table staff and diners alike. After polishing off every last scrap of his meal he then entertained the crowds with a spot of dancing - quite the little mover he is too, he even managed to entice his mother onto the 'dance floor' too. When I feel low he's certainly the best tonic there is - my little angel!

You might also like this angel I created for an Inspiration Avenue challenge just before Christmas.

34 comments:

  1. love your angel image. I just wish my little angels were so well behaved!!

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  2. Great post! I love your angel with her broken wing.

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  3. How lovely to read such a positive post about your little angel. So often you just hear people grumbling about their children. Love the image too.

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  4. Superb image and love reading what you write - you're always so inspiring :)

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  5. ~yet again beautiful...speaking of angels..just wondering if you still interested in the angels oracle set? please let me know..if so i could get them sent to you, if not i hope they will find another whose hands are wanting to hold them!! brighest blessing

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  6. She is beautiful! I believe angels are every where. Including our friends.

    I am starting an art sharing group at
    http://healingart.ning.com/
    I would like to invite you and any one else who would like to join in.. I have just started to let people know.

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  7. I love her. Very serene and quiet. I also like your words.

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  8. she's beautiful ... poignant, yet calming and healing.

    we're so blessed to have little ones that bring so much joy to us in our daily lives ... i can imagine your little angel breaking into a dance!! LOL!! mine did the same in the cinema the whole time when we brought her for Alvin2. good thing we had the backmost row, and she had the back space as her performance platform.

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  9. Oh wow what a peaceful creation.
    Wonderful work. Love them.

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  10. i love your picture - and i always love your writing about it!!

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  11. Such an fantastic creation! Beautifully presented!!

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  12. A beautiful angel you have found and the story was also awesome

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  13. Oh I love this beautiful angel and your very wonderful and positive post my friend. Bravo my friend.

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  14. Lorraine, your angel is beautiful and your words always touch a chord. How lucky you are to have your own special little angel who loves dancing with his Mum. What could be more perfect than that?

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  15. Gorgeous piece! How very talented you are art and words!

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  16. She looks as if she's focussed on growing the rest of her broken wing back! I like that you bathed her in sunshine, but I like even more how you had such fun with your little boy! That's precious! xo

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  17. Your stone angel is a thing of beauty, made all the more special with your accompanying thoughts. I love it when our artists share their thought process with their work! Thank you for bringing your talent to our blog!

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  18. Beautiful art for a beautiful post! As the mother of two grown sons, your story warmed my heart and reminded me of many happy times with my boys. Tell your son congratulations on his recognition; he must be one special little man!

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  19. A stunning piece and wonderful description!!

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  20. What a wonderful angel.
    Lovely warm feel to this great card.

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  21. Just a gorgeous piece and such a sweet sweet angel!!! Your son sounds adorable and talented too!

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  22. She is indeed a sweet angel and I do have a soft spot for angels as you know ;-) What is it with boys and their mothers... they just make us and everyone else around us melt!! He must take after his Mum ;-)

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  23. this is so lovely .... I saw some beautiful stone angels in a graveyard this summer - this really reminds me of the ones I saw. Something very thoughtful and melancholy in this one with her broken wing. You have a fun blog - great job at combining words and images. I will enjoy re-visiting :)

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  24. This is a moving and powerful angel image - beautiful digital work- I so enjoyed your post!

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  25. Reading your blog reminds me of my own son when he was little. He is now 21 but if he would still dancing with his mum ?? Owwww now I HAVE TO ASK HIM !! LOL
    *****
    Your stone angel is a majestic found !!

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  26. Splendid card, I love the effects you have created with the stone angel!

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  27. Love your praying angel. Loved your post with it.

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  28. Great post, and beautiful Angel!

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  29. I love this old statues and old graveyards too.

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  30. A beautiful effect on the angel and what a lovely story about your son !

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  31. Thank you for sharing all three of your angels...this one has amazing rays of light , your other fantastic brush strokes and your son sounds like a dancing charmer. Thanks for sharing. I am new to these challenges and just started entering..so much inspiration with these entries.
    Priscilla

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