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Opening of the Mouth by *Kourete:iconKourete:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > People

©2008-2009 *Kourete
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oil on canvas
no models or references used

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~EthicallyChallenged Oct 27, 2008, 12:00:23 AM
I don't know why, but this one always has the strongest impact on me... Maybe it's the color choices in the composition, or the lines of light leading the eye to the figure, or the "frame" of the statue, or something else, but this picture gets me every time I see it. Awesome job!

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~manfredkooistra Oct 27, 2008, 12:25:27 AM
For me it is the statue gazing away into the distance without answering, unmoved by the agonizing pose of the human, that looks as if he had prayed to the god(dess?) to speak to him (or her?). There is a tension between the beauty of the painting, the landscape, the body, and the pain of the pose, the loneliness of the wide vista.
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~tmaric Oct 27, 2008, 4:09:08 AM
For whatever reason, it's beautiful, perhaps 'cause it's a great work! :d :)
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~viridianeye Oct 27, 2008, 9:08:09 AM
You can feel the desperation, without even looking at his face. To be able to do that with just the body is so wonderful. I love the concept here, and of course the execution is unparalleled.

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We may have or lose it all
Respect the wilderness, Respect the life
Save the nature for your unborn child

~Sonata Arctica
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*Elandain Oct 27, 2008, 2:06:57 PM
I love this painting. It's a break from your normal strongly-lit figures against black, and the landscape is refreshing. It's cool to see the body placed in an environment.

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For now we see as through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
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~delira Oct 28, 2008, 12:28:48 PM
love your work :)
very expressive

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~rormnsa2gether Oct 28, 2008, 3:11:28 PM
simply beautiful... :love:

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~complexis Oct 28, 2008, 6:23:07 PM
A beautiful and imaginative scene...
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