Some of the little bird-children are growing up;)
Adolescence
March 11, 2013
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Comments on: "Adolescence" (57)
You do beautiful work! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank YOU for visiting and commenting:)
This is exceptional creation and what a marvelous expression on a child’s face…
Thank you so very much.
I found adolescence such a topsy turvy difficult time. So innocent and unwary and so many difficulties to face. For me the birds look slightly scary much like the frequent nightmares I suffered.
Yes. The skin is so thin and the challenges so overwhelming. Thanks for your input.
Fantastic. I particularly like the birds on the left.
Thank you
This just looks so incredibly cool…lol
Thanks Allyson Marie!
You got it.
Thanks Gabriel!
Ah Elena and growing with a large body-filled sense of enlightened new-found power or freedom. There is an elegance about her. The visuals keep coming with high-quality. I love this!
Thanks so very much Mary!
Yes … I remember!
A complex scene indeed … growing up … adolescence …
Oh yes. Clearly, I remember too. Glad I’m not not the only one who remembers:)
Beautiful and so freeing!!!! As the birds watch the child burst out from the cocoon of childhood and enter the beginning of adulthood!
Yes. Conflicts and opportunities abound. Thank you Shree!
That is very beautiful – the birds coming in from the left are so subtle. It is perfect in monochrome. There are a lot of stories here!
Thanks so much Anna!
Wow, when I saw this in my reader, my jaw-dropped: it’s so exquisite! Really beautiful, Elena!
Thanks so much!
It’s a both breathtaking and complex image. I can just keep looking at it and find new stories within the frame all the time. It’s magic, it’s intense, it’s eternal. For me it’s one of the strongest paintings I have seen from your hand. Fantastic!
I’m kinda pleased with it as well. Thank you so much Otto. Your comments are much appreciated.
Really interesting – it could be a rite of passage. Wonderful painting again, Elena.
Thank you Richard!
The subject is genderless, but it does connote all sorts of strife.
I like this as well, Elena. It has a kind of nightmarish feel to it, but I mean that in a good way!
I relish nightmarish. Thank you Tom:)
Is mysterious painting! I love it!
Have a wonderful day, dear Elena! Big hugs! 🙂
Thanks very much Stefania. Enjoy your day too:)
This is so enigmatic! Are they encouraging her? Are they just curious? Are they being aggressive? I can relate this to the young idealistic and inexperienced teacher confronted with a class of challenging teenagers!!
Challenge all the way round. Thanks so much Louis:)
gorgeous. ❤
Thank you Janna:)
So powerful..evocative…extraordinary. Love..love..love!
A big thanks Marcie!
This is most definitely a 50 shades of grey!!! LOVE!
THANK YOU:)
Reblogged this on maha's place.
Incredible Elena. So beautiful!
Thanks very much:)
Adolescence…that hair’s breadth between being skewered and being free…precarious, exhilarating…and parents hold their breath. Been through it 4 times. Some of the puncture wounds went quite deep.
Don’t they though? Thank you Scilla.
Bernini’s Saint Teresa is jealous….
If only Amal:) Thanks much.
stunning! I feel like a prickly feeling is coming on contact, love this!
So glad you “got” that Christina! Thank you!
It’s like an awakening, such amazing energy.
So incredibly beautiful!
[They grow up so fast, don’t they? : ) ]
Thank you very much Karen. Oh, they do grow up fast.
I enjoy the black and white, Elena. I do….
But I am such a huge fan of your watercolor style. So ethereal….this one, in particular, would be incredible with your gorgeous colors added to it.
Not to worry, colorful work coming on Wednesday;)
wonderful dear Elena, Thanks and Love, nia
Thank YOU Nia.
I really admire this series.Black and white adds a magical touch to the scene.
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Thanks much Marcelo. I’m glad that the black and white resonates with you as well as me:)
Wow. m m m m m —–
This is the one, dirty old man should pretend not to see. 😀