Ilaria,
I'm amazed that you saw her real nature through this drawing !( except that she's not a fairy in real life :) )

Alex,
thank you.It's interresting that you find it un-cute and powerful also, I was thinking that it was much more "cute" than my other works. I would not be able to create only disturbing or provocative pictures...

Carlos, Linda ,Cindy
thank you so much for your kind comments!

Lisa:
wow! A big question...
I generally answer that my work is a proposition I make to the viewers, and it's their job to find the meaning they want...
That said, the birds have a meaning in art since ever. In the amerindian art as well as in Christian art, a little bird generally symbolizes soul.
Different birds like a swan, a peeacock, or an eagle have totally different meanings.
The bird I drew is a " m

Tom,
thanks so much. I'm deeply honored by your comment.

Absolutely beautiful! The portrait, and your daughter.

I'm so happy she is yours and so young. Think of all the great art to come?

Janel

Janel,
sometimes I think it's a bit too much to be a mother AND an artist at the same time ( I would need 48 hours a day ) but both are very rewarding.
Thank you for your kind comment!

Marina,

Welcome to MY life.

3 children, ages 17, 12 and 5.

I started seriously dedicating time to my art when my youngest was 2. It was terribly difficult to find the time for being an artist and a mom. But I found a way. My oldest two learned how to do things on their own or not have them done at all and I set up Barney and Spong Bob videos in my studio to fit time with my youngest in. I thought the videos would work but all of the art supplies in my studio were too tempting and he was more interested in making a mess out of paper, glue, crayons, markers and colored pencils. My studio was almost always a mess. It drove me crazy. But each day, as he gets older, gets easier and today my 5 year old paints with me. It is VERY REWARDING.

In this photo he is painting a bunny. He is 5 and he has three colors of paint... Red, Yellow and Blue. He mixed the brown color himself by adding red to the green he made for the grass. I did not help him.

I was impressed..... and very proud.

Janel

Janel,
I can relate to your experience. You can be very proud of him and of yourself!
The good thing with this challenge of beeing a parent and an artist is that it makes us grow as human being...

Your work is wonderful
 

[QUOTE=Marina Dieul]Hi,
I couldn't resist to draw her !

16" x 20", the customary 3 colors : charcoal, and cont

Soul inspiring
 

Marina,

I find each new work of yours more astonishing and delightful than the last. You somehow create a sense of effortless (yeah, right) elegance in every unique composition. Your capturing of timeless, yet supremely original motifs is endlessly inspiring, and I am humbled by them.

All my best,
Dave
(A fellow Quebecer)

A bird's view
 

What thought do you have inspired by the images of birds, for art, art business?

Victoria, thank you!

Dave, fellow quebecer, I was very touched by your comment. I never thought that one day my work could be an inspiration for other artists. I wish I could share the pleasure I have finding a new idea, developing the concept, resolving compositional problems... The more I progress, the more I find the intellectual and the technical work interresting and pleasant to do...

SB : I always was inspired by the renaissance paintings, where children are often represented in mythologic, biblic, or domestic scenes. The theme of the child with a bird was very present even later...The goldfinch is one of the most represented bird because it has a special meaning in religious context, and also it was often a tame animal.
It's a recurring theme in my work,I made several tries of a bird in children's hands before...It's the first time I represent a bird at children's side...I don't know why I'm particularly attached to this theme,but I think it's very rich and can be treated in a lot of different ways.