Wow!! Very mysterious and intriguing. What does she carry in her hand? A purse with a bounty? Perhaps her blouse folded up? Maybe an offering to a forest witch? Why is she partially nude? Is she disrobing or caught accidentally in a pagan ritual trying to put her clothes back on? Is she meeting a lover in the woods? This is a very erotic picture for me, stimulating the senses and the imagination.
I am from and live in the North of England. Though based amongst the hills and moors which I find so inspiring, my work also reflects my time spent living in America, I love working with camera or paintbrush.
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All images & text (C) Karen Brear
As I sat by a campfire I heard a wolf howling, close enough to know that I was within its territory, it was one of a pack but if I was to portray a wolf in one of my paintings it would be that one, I know that wolf, by hearing it in the wild I am connected to it. My paintings and photographs of the nude in nature depict this connection, this freedom. When I go to the wild and lonely places and walk naked I feel a spiritual connection to nature. The images are based on reality, my own experiences in my homeland of England and when I lived in the Rocky Mountain Country in America. These experiences have inspired my art, my art is an adventure.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS
As many artists do, I began taking photographs as reference for my paintings. But after a while the photographs also became the art: another way of expressing myself.I now love to work with both, the photographs and the paintings :-) This blog is specificaly for the photographs .
Wow!! Very mysterious and intriguing. What does she carry in her hand? A purse with a bounty? Perhaps her blouse folded up? Maybe an offering to a forest witch? Why is she partially nude? Is she disrobing or caught accidentally in a pagan ritual trying to put her clothes back on? Is she meeting a lover in the woods? This is a very erotic picture for me, stimulating the senses and the imagination.
ReplyDeleteI can tell you are "stimulated" Stephen:)
ReplyDeleteLove the movement in this photograph, Morgaine. And that you blurred it slightly and, of course, the grain. I'm very fond of grain, I don't know why!
Thanks Stephen, Yes it could be any of those things you mention. I leave it to the imagination :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy, pleased you like it :-)