AN AERIAL ARMADILLO: Illustration Friday

Saturday 31 January 2009

Illustration Friday - Flawed

A flawless beauty?

It all rather depends on who is looking, don't you think?

As the marvellously eccentric writer and critic Marguerite Young said, "All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe."

33 comments:

Debra Keirce said...: Beautiful, flawless painting, Tessa! Not to get all philosophical, but I rather prefer to think that all creatures are perfect. What we perceive as flaws are really perfections.; 31 January 2009 at 05:37
Valerie Lorimer said...: This is beautiful! Love all the colors.; 31 January 2009 at 05:40
soulbrush said...: she is absolutley perfect. hugs from me.; 31 January 2009 at 06:01
Jinksy said...: Bold and beautiful - but I wish I could stop looking at the goofy mutt in the foreground. Have I got my eyes in back to front today, perhaps?; 31 January 2009 at 07:25
Nicky Linzey said...: This is stunning, love what you've written too.; 31 January 2009 at 08:10
La Feroce Bete said...: I think it's beautiful.; 31 January 2009 at 08:23
Paula Suter Photography said...: This is absolutely gorgeous! I love it.; 31 January 2009 at 08:45
Vanessa Brantley Newton said...: Ain't that the truth!!!! This is certainly a flawless beauty indeed! Tess your eye for color is just... just... FLAWLESS!!! yes I said it he he he! it is. I just love your work. Amazing, strong and beautiful, just like you!; 31 January 2009 at 08:58
Coreopsis said...: Beautiful painting--and I really like that quote.; 31 January 2009 at 09:42
Irene said...: Another beautiful painting by you. You are truly blessed by talent. I am envious, even though that's probably a sin.; 31 January 2009 at 09:44
Elizabeth said...: This picture is, indeed, flawless!
such colors
such poise and balance
such a delight for the eyes; 31 January 2009 at 10:09
Abigail Kraft said...: Beautiful painting! I must say, I agree that humanity is flawed--and from that truth is born beauty. Because beauty is born in a perfect Savior and Creator...in our flawed existence, His perfection is made so much more beautiful and brilliant. Your painting actually translated into that illustration very well in my eyes. The silhouette of the woman is done in black, creating a stark contrast to the bold and beautiful colors of the foreground.

Thanks for sharing this. It's a very thought provoking subject--I am thoroughly convinced that Jesus Christ is the reason for flawless beauty even among a flawed humanity.

In His arms,
--Abigail; 31 January 2009 at 10:24
Renee said...: Flawless that is how I think of you. I am sure wild and crazy and amazing and fun and serious and flawlessly perfect.

Your writing is beautiful Tessa, your comment on my blog is like poetry.

xoxo

Love Renee; 31 January 2009 at 14:42
Anonymous said...: This is absolutely breathtaking! Flawless, indeed!; 31 January 2009 at 14:56
Rosaria Williams said...: Oh yes! Well said. Aren't imperfections just unique traits, like DNA markers that gave Life so much variety?; 31 January 2009 at 18:26
Lori ann said...: oh! one more fabulous painting Tessa! Could this be Zuri's sister??
xx lori; 31 January 2009 at 19:04
Elizabeth Parsons said...: bold, bodacious, beautiful, boutiful, brilliant!

eBeth; 31 January 2009 at 20:39
david mcmahon said...: S T U N N I N G

That is an absolute traffic-stopper; 1 February 2009 at 00:26
Maithri said...: Breathtakingly beautiful my dear friend,

And amen to your reflections on flaws...

Your thoughts made my mind fly to the words of the late John Updike who said:

"The universe is perfectly transparent. We exist as flaws in ancient glass".

To be human is to be Flawed

and Beautiful.

Much love to you dear friend,

M; 1 February 2009 at 04:03
Hana Njau-Okolo said...: Tessa,

What an absolute beaut!!

Mama Shujaa.; 1 February 2009 at 07:13
guillermo said...: Beautiful colors and silhouette; 1 February 2009 at 07:14
Merisi said...: This is one brilliant picture! :-)
Flawless painting. ;)

Congratulations on winning David's Post of the Day award!; 2 February 2009 at 00:37
San said...: Your subject reminds me of a goddess risen from color itself. I am now wanting to read more from Marguerite Young.; 2 February 2009 at 06:08
Pea said...: beautiful colours !; 2 February 2009 at 07:03
adrienne trafford said...: so completely gorgeous!; 2 February 2009 at 08:20
The Egel Nest said...: Art is always subjective...but I think it is beautiful... :)

Found you through David's blog!

Bradley
The Egel Nest; 2 February 2009 at 11:01
Sandi McBride said...: Just beautiful! I love this piece. Congratulations on Post of the Day mention at David's!!
Sandi; 2 February 2009 at 16:24
Susan English Mason said...: Perfect, absolutely beautiful.; 2 February 2009 at 20:53
Gai said...: well this is bold, colourful, bright and yes, beautiful, the contrast of colour is excellent.; 2 February 2009 at 22:14
Patricia said...: I've arrived via David's blog. What a beautiful and vibrant painting. Thanks! Be blessed!; 4 February 2009 at 05:59
Unknown said...: always a feast for the eye, your colorful sunbathed paintings
have a great day
greetings from cold Paris; 4 February 2009 at 06:36
Sass said...: Is it myth or don't all persian carpets have a persian flaw - it's what makes them so highly valued.

That's a beautiful picture.

Thanks for calling by my blog with such a positive vibe.; 4 February 2009 at 10:00
The W.O.W. factor! said...: Every new picture you present,Tessa, I show my hubby and tell him this is the best yet!
I LOVE your paintings and the stories they relay through the colors! I see no flaws in anything about you or your passions!
Barb; 4 February 2009 at 20:20

Update: SEPTEMBER 2010

“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
So far, through the sale of the Armadillo Limited Edition Prints, we have raised $5,326.92 for the Gogos, the orphans and Possible Dreams International - Dr. Maithri's Swaziland Project. Thank you, thank you from the very heart of me. To every single one of you who have reached out with such caring generosity from all over the globe to help build that bridge, I say ngiyabonga. You are all, every one of you, wonderful beyond words. Seriously. xxxx Tessa
Marguerite K, you are truly an earth angel. Time and again you have reached out and touched the hearts of the people of this little nation. Bless you. September 2010: Yet again this amazing lady has helped our Gogos and much of the accolade must to go to her for the fact that we have now reached the $5,000 mark...and still growing! Special grateful hugs to you Marguerite - thank you for your gentle grace.
Many thanks, too, to Caroline (Caroline's Studio) for her contribution to PDI. Dr. M and the Gogos join me in saying a very sincere siyabonga.

Arty Farty News Bites

This is the first full-dress show in Britain for half a century. People who know the legend of the stockbroker turned artist who abandoned his family and took the banana boat to Tahiti for free food and sex, may never have had a chance to see the paintings at all. And even for those who have, there will be revelations: the portrait of Gauguin's sleeping child from Copenhagen, anxious dreams unfurling in the air around him; the spectral riders approaching a cobalt Styx in Moscow's The Ford (Flight); the self-portrait as a vermilion-haired Christ in the garden of olives, flown in from Palm Beach, Florida. This is Gauguin's pictorial imagination at full stretch, the show of a lifetime!