La nonette

[Marina Dieul]

Originally Posted by Enzie Shahmiri

Marina, where were you when my kids were little? I would have loved to have such a beautiful painting of them. I must have missed this somewhere, but who is your little model? Her character is absolutely the right subject for your style. Just beautiful as always!

Hi Enzie!
I missed this also when my first daughter was a baby... I'm happy that I grow as an artist quick enough to give life to my ideas, as my second daughter grows too... She is my favorite model, because she is generally available, ( and she learned this pose since she was really small...She was also my model in " cherub"). I sometimes have other young models, and I like to change, but everything seems so easy with my own daughter as it became a game she likes to play ( and she's becoming a good actress!)
thanks for the comment.

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Marina, this is delightful as ever. She does not only look cute, I think she looks as a little bored fairy that is about to cause mayhem!

Ilaria

[Marina Dieul]

Originally Posted by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

she looks as a little bored fairy that is about to cause mayhem!

Ilaria

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

[David Dowbyhuz]

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)

[Alexandra Tyng]

Wow, Marina! Every time you post, I can't imagine how you would top this one--but you manage to! I can't get over how you can use this adorably cute child to create something that is so un-cute, so powerful, so archetypal. The bird is incredible, too. Every element seems to imply meaning, but the meaning is not trite or obvious. I love the mysterious monochromatic background, like a forest in a fairy tale. There is a powerful drive and vision in your work.

I enjoyed seeing your beautiful illustration for the children's book, too. Writing and illustrating children's books was my first ambition, and I would still like to do it some day.

[Victoria Kharchenko]

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

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