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True Love Lasts Forever (The Waiting Widow)
Symbolism and the meaning behind the painting:
The Waiting Widow lost her true love at an early age and is unable to comprehend life without him by her side. She mourns his death with every breath she takes and has wept an ocean in his absence.
She binds her eyes with a blindfold because the world holds no beauty for her any longer and she has eyes for no other. She holds the mask in her hands by her heart, representing her lost soulmate.
The doorway behind her is the path to the afterlife. The walls are covered in lychen and moss, symbolising life, except for the cold stone door frame which is the boundary between the two worlds. The vines symbolise the arteries of the heart, the small vine leading onto the stone door frame and turning blue respresents the final heartbeat of all who pass through the doorway.
The Widow waits by the doorway, waits to die so she can be reunited with her lost lover.
Well, this is my first painting of 2008 and I'm pretty pleased with it. One of my new years resolutions is to try and challenge myself artistically. I'm pretty lazy when it comes to backgrounds because they scare me and I tend to paint quite quickly, losing my motivation after a few hours, so I tend to focus on figures and portraits and put nice washes in the background.
With this painting I wanted to try something a bit different from what I've been doing lately. I found a fantastic reference photo [link] of the lovely ~AttempteStock and it inspired me to paint something with a Pre-Raphaelite kind of feel to it and symbolism (something I never use in my paintings)
The background was loosely based on a photo I took when I was at Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia last summer [link]
Well, if you read that full waffle, thanks for reading! Hope you like it. Comments are always welcome.
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Symbolism and the meaning behind the painting:
The Waiting Widow lost her true love at an early age and is unable to comprehend life without him by her side. She mourns his death with every breath she takes and has wept an ocean in his absence.
She binds her eyes with a blindfold because the world holds no beauty for her any longer and she has eyes for no other. She holds the mask in her hands by her heart, representing her lost soulmate.
The doorway behind her is the path to the afterlife. The walls are covered in lychen and moss, symbolising life, except for the cold stone door frame which is the boundary between the two worlds. The vines symbolise the arteries of the heart, the small vine leading onto the stone door frame and turning blue respresents the final heartbeat of all who pass through the doorway.
The Widow waits by the doorway, waits to die so she can be reunited with her lost lover.
Well, this is my first painting of 2008 and I'm pretty pleased with it. One of my new years resolutions is to try and challenge myself artistically. I'm pretty lazy when it comes to backgrounds because they scare me and I tend to paint quite quickly, losing my motivation after a few hours, so I tend to focus on figures and portraits and put nice washes in the background.
With this painting I wanted to try something a bit different from what I've been doing lately. I found a fantastic reference photo [link] of the lovely ~AttempteStock and it inspired me to paint something with a Pre-Raphaelite kind of feel to it and symbolism (something I never use in my paintings)
The background was loosely based on a photo I took when I was at Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia last summer [link]
Well, if you read that full waffle, thanks for reading! Hope you like it. Comments are always welcome.
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Great concept!