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A rose by any other name ...

August 25, 2009

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A rose by any other name is still a rose .... or is it?

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Long Lost Pods

Found my long lost obsession .... sketches of pods! Study of Pods Medium: Conte Crayon Artist: Charmian Toh

"There is vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly... to keep the channel open." - Martha Graham Nothing so accurately reflects the vitality and sense of need to continuously create and move as this statement by Martha Graham. My need ... no... my obsession is to continuously move and create and touch. If I stand still, my head feels like it's going to explode from all the images that float in my head. If I do not create, I live in a nightmare to which insanity screams at the top of her voice. Image: Bliss Medium: Oil Pastel Artist: Charmian Toh Copyright 2005

The Unveiling of Bathsheba

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.” ~ James Allen (New Zealand Statesman, Minister of Defense (1912 -1920)) The story of king David’s discovery of Bathsehba has always intrigued me. How beautiful and breathtaking Bathsheba must have been bathing in the moonlight when he saw her from his balcony. Yet, there is a twist to the love story, for it is precisely that beauty that made David succumb to his lust and devise a scheme to murder Uriah (Bathsheba’s husband) and eventually to the sacrifice of his first son before the birth of Solomon. I wanted to paint the beauty of Bathsheba, attached with wings of a peacock. Peacocks have long been known to be nature’s most dramatically beautiful birds and their feathers have been gathered as a valuable crop in most countries. Painting Bathsheba with peacock wings symbolize her incredible beauty and path to

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