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Under The Spreading Chestnut by ~Lupingirl:iconLupingirl:

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Submitted: June 12, 2006
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Resolution: 677×900
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Make: SONY
Model: DSC-T5
Shutter Speed: 10/2000 second
F Number: F/3.5
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 64
Date Picture Taken: Aug 28, 2006, 5:47:21 PM

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The full title is "Under The Spreading Chestnut, I Sold You and You Sold Me."

The title is taken from George Orwell's 1984. The painting is about realizing that the impulse towards self-preservation can kill even the strongest of relationships when people are put in dire situations. I had just re-read the book when just such a situation happened between me and someone I love. We have never been the same.

Mixed media on paper. 48" x 60"


****I was finally able to take a better photo of this painting, so it reads more true to life now.
Daily Deviation, 2007-12-29

Daily DeviationUnder The Spreading Chestnut by ~Lupingirl is a mixed media piece that really carries an incredible emotion about it, executed with a strong palette and fantastic use of bold colours. (Featured by `RockGirl1582)

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~invisiblegiant:iconinvisiblegiant: Jun 12, 2006, 3:35:17 PM
This is absolutely stunning, a wonderful and worthy illustration for Orwell's poem.
~andy15333:iconandy15333: Jun 12, 2006, 3:35:59 PM
wow :eyepopping: what a goreous painting. the mood of it just catches you and is portrayed very well. I can tell your an amazing artist just from this peice!

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"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you are saying" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Your just jealous because I've become more mature in the last 2 minutes and you haven't"
Art can take you any place you want. all you need is imagination :)
~invisiblegiant:iconinvisiblegiant: Jun 12, 2006, 3:36:09 PM
This is absolutely stunning, a wonderful and worthy illustration for Orwell's poem.
~Lupingirl:iconLupingirl: Jun 12, 2006, 3:59:09 PM
Thank you very much - it took me years after the event to really be able to capture how it made me feel. I heard that Munch's Scream was much the same way for him (not that I am comparing my work to his!) I have a professor that called this piece "deceivingly seductive". He said it drew you in and made you want to read the text, and once you started reading it, you wondered if you were supposed to - like reading someone's diary by accident.
~Lupingirl:iconLupingirl: Jun 12, 2006, 4:00:08 PM
Thank you - thank you - thank you!

(I love the Emerson quote in your sig line by the way)
~invisiblegiant:iconinvisiblegiant: Jun 12, 2006, 4:04:18 PM
That is a very insightful way to explain the way it makes you feel. You don't need shy away from comparing your work to an artist like Munch; someone may be saying the same thing about you years from now.
~stinkbrown:iconstinkbrown: Jun 14, 2006, 6:19:34 PM
This is great, I love the use of colours and words that you have used.

I really like this. It is the colours, they are just brilliant!

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"I went through something like what you're talkin' 'bout, 'couple years ago, this chick named Amy."
Silent Bob
~Lupingirl:iconLupingirl: Jun 14, 2006, 8:02:59 PM
Thanks, again - this painting means a lot to me, so the comments I've received about it also have meant a lot.

Wait, is this just a ploy to get me to your page?! Wow, I didn't think you'd sink so low! Just kidding, seriously though, thanks for the comment, it's one of my own favorites.
~stinkbrown:iconstinkbrown: Jun 14, 2006, 8:35:16 PM
Yeah I always take the time to analyse people's art and then leave in-depth (or as in-depth as I get) comments about them just in the war to get one more digit added to my pageviews....damn, you aught me, and here I thought I was an evil genius, guess I am nothin' but a bum...


...glad you liked the comments, I can see why it is one of your favourites!

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"I went through something like what you're talkin' 'bout, 'couple years ago, this chick named Amy."
Silent Bob
~Lupingirl:iconLupingirl: Jun 14, 2006, 8:50:58 PM
My, that is crafty of you - and just like an evil genius, you went into a confession just as you were about to move in for the kill, hence foiling your own plan! Mwahahaha!

Evil never wins!
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