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"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious" ~ Andrew Wyeth

"Art is literacy of the heart" ~ Elliot Eisner

"Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us." ~ Roy Adzak

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." ~ Francis Bacon

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." ~ Paul Cézanne

Random Favourites

There are some amazingly talented people on DA and these are my particular favourites! I tend to fave a lot of redheads, forests, mazes, topiary, sundials, gardens, toadstools, cats, cute wild animals, ballet themed shots, landscapes, blue and purple flowers, sculptures and artistic nudes, but there are a lot of other themes to be found in my favourite's folder!

Enter...and enjoy...

Random from Redheads

What can I say? I've always had a thing for redheads, finding them beautiful, mysterious and alluring, and particularly tend to favour long-haired, dreamy/wistful looking models! If you like that look too I am sure you will enjoy the contents of this folder...

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Wishlist

Just out of curiosity, which of my main art themes do you like best? 

33%
45 deviants said Nature & wildlife photography
22%
30 deviants said Castles, Ruins & Curious Places photography
15%
21 deviants said All of it!
7%
10 deviants said Conceptual & still life
6%
8 deviants said Ballet
4%
6 deviants said Photomanipulation
4%
5 deviants said Drawing & painting (there isn't much though!)
3%
4 deviants said Portraits & Id's
3%
4 deviants said Writing (there isn't much though!)
2%
3 deviants said Sculpting (mostly over at my Forestina account now though).

Ophelia for sale plus feature...

Journal Entry: Thu May 3, 2012, 12:02 PM
  • Drinking: Tea


My polymer clay Ophelia sculpture is still for sale if anyone is interested. £39.00 plus postage.





Inspired by pre-Raphaelite art, especially by Waterhouse, she is totally one of a kind and lays in realistic looking "Solid Water" to give that floating down river effect.

And while I'm on the subject of this tragic beauty, here is some beautiful Ophelia inspired artwork here on DA -








Hope you enjoy! :)

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My one of a kind (OOAK) fairie(s) for sale over at my EBay shop -

[link]

Though my old sculpting website is still online, I've changed to a new website provider.

Forestina's Fairies can now be found here -

[link]

I also take commissions for fairies, mermaids, babies...whatever you fancy...I'm always up for a challenge! ;)

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Things I Especially lurve...


My husband, Immediate Music, TOPIARY, anything magical, dreamy or enchanting. Hugging trees. Mazes and labyrinths of every and any kind, cats (especially tabby and grey ones), mirrors (not in a vain sense but playing around with reflections...creating mirror worlds!), nature, Red Dwarf (especially Rimmer!), birds, squirrels, hedgehogs, cute rodents like mice, rats and voles, toadstools, TREES!!!, forests, woods, old keys, old pocket watches, waterfalls & streams, Lara Croft, Twin Peaks, surreal and fantasy art and manips, Escher's Relativity, J. Waterhouse, anything Austen related, Guy of Gisborne, Richard Armitage, wistful people, the Frouds, sunrays, sparkling water, dewdrops, dreamy poetry, North and South (R Armitage version), Jane Eyre (Toby Stephens version), cobwebs (minus spiders!), Halls of Doors Alice-in-Wonderland style, cute wooden bridges, watching movies especially - LABYRINTH, Legend & PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, Julian Sands, tasteful outdoor nudes, pointe ballet shoes, ballet & dance, history, standing stones, Robins, blue and purple flowers, redheads, long hair, pre-Rathaelite art, drawing, sculpting, crafts, painting, writing, Mr Rochester, shabby-chic, patchwork things, unicorns, walking, yoga, caves and secret underground places, castles, ponds and water features, stately houses, ruins, Broken Sword (games), dragonflies, X-Men, Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ricky Gervais, Wolverine, Queen's - Who Wants to Live Forever, spring & summer, being immature, secret gardens, Xena: Warrior Princess, ivy, abandoned overgrown places, really dark chocolate 70% +, hummus, picnics, DAYDREAMING!!!, photography, ALAN RICKMAN, Snape, Rufus Sewell, Kevin Smith (Ares), Frankie's - Power of Love;, Angelina Jolie, wistful beauties, quaint thatched cottages, English villages, hearty mugs of hot weak tea, baking cakes and biscuits, craig Ferguson, the mysteries of time, um...and I will add more as I think of them! :D

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It'll be meant for a tree!!






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Determined never to grow up, to never stop chasing rainbows, to never stop looking for the magic in the mundane, and most of all, to never stop hoping that love will conquer all...:heart:

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: England
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: UK 12
  • Print preference: Any would be nice!
  • Interests: *Writing*photography*yoga*nature*daydreaming*reading*sculpting*topiary*hiking*mazes*
  • Favourite movie: *Picnic at Hanging Rock*LOTR's*Labyrinth*Legend*Tomb Raider*The Secret Garden*X-Men*Highlander*
  • Favourite band or musician: *Tori A*Bowie*Roxette*Within T*K's Choice*Enya*Evanescence*Queen*Sarah M*Alanis M*Immediate Mus
  • Favourite genre of music: *Movie soundtracks*Classical*New Age*Soft Rock*Immediate Music
  • Favourite artist: *Alan Lee*Luis Royo*John Waterhouse*J Constable*Edward R Hughes*Jonathon Bowser*Escher*Rosetti*
  • Favourite poet or writer: *Charles de Lint* Robert Holdstock*
  • Favourite photographer: *Any that stirs my soul.
  • Favourite style of art: *Fantasy*surreal*nature*landscape*
  • Operating System: XP
  • Skin of choice: My husbands...
  • Favourite game: The Broken Sword and Tomb Raider series
  • Personal Quote: Love deeply, smile freely and live each day as if it were your last.
  • Tools of the Trade: My imagination and the wonder of nature!

Have a Fairy Sculpted Especially for you!

Would you like a One of a Kind Fairy, mermaid, baby, or any other sculpture, created especially for you?

You can choose theme, hair colour/style, wing colour/style etc.

I've sculpted sleeping fairies, Egyptian themed fairies, male fairies, Halloween fairies, to name but a few...

Just note me for details! :D

Also check out my website for examples of my work -

[link]

Also here -

:iconforestina:


Some of My Favourite Quotes...

"To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour..."
- William Blake

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
- Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)

Everything begins and ends, at exactly the right time and place...
- Picnic At Hanging Rock

Frodo:
I wish the ring had never come to me.
I wish none of this had happened.

Gandalf:
So do all who live to see such times.
But that is not for them to decide.
All we have to decide is what to do
with the time that is given to us.

Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?

- Edgar Allan Poe

Fill yourself with desire and see only illusion,
Empty yourself of desire and understand the great mystery of things.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

Do not fear to hope,
for every time we smell the autumn's dying scent,
we know the primrose time will come again.

- Samuel Coleridge

Time Flies...

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Thanks to ~sevengraphs for the use of the above image.

Friends

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Watchers

:icondezzan: :iconchryssalis: :iconmia659: :iconbrian-athey: :icontiny-paper-stars: :iconmeno10: :iconmontemplar: :iconemptymemories321: :iconshironomitsuki: :iconphilluppus: :iconredpaperlantern: :iconchivt800: :icontatelangdon: :iconbeijingbrother: :iconpolles: :iconrollingstonesrox: :iconantauris-shadow: :iconlazulyte: :iconarawntravels: :iconokavanga:

John Thornton...

I am just sooo in love with this character, from the brilliant period drama North and South, played by the very talented (and yummy!) Richard Armitage...

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Credit for these fab GIFs goes to :iconthorir: :hug:

Visitors

:iconalthytrion: :iconcalzephyr: :iconbetwithell: :iconlovehalibel: :iconwallefan10:

Shoutbox

*jshapeshifter:iconjshapeshifter:
Tick, Tock, FORGET the clock!!! thanks for your friendship j
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 9:06 AM
*jshapeshifter:iconjshapeshifter:
I'll be back!
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 11:15 AM
*jshapeshifter:iconjshapeshifter:
Feel the power, be the power, and use the power!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 11:14 AM
*jshapeshifter:iconjshapeshifter:
I can use my hands again!!!!!!
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 10:39 AM
~EyesOfTheForest:iconEyesOfTheForest:
Thanks for all the faves. It means much and I appreciated it!
Sat Oct 22, 2011, 5:37 AM
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:iconjshapeshifter:
Like a gun waiting for a war, or the sun waiting for a night*.....Your presence in my life is so appreciated. Thank you Tara, for your friendship and your kind words words....j



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:icondezzan:
=Dezzan 2 days ago  Professional Digital Artist
I found you! LOL
You have so many wonderful shots in your gallery. I will come back and look at your gallery very soon :glomp:

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Everything you wish, you can get. Just ask for it. :heart: // Cindy Grundsten

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Cindy

My stock-account ~Dezzan-stock
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:iconuktara:
:aww: Thank you! :hug:

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My stock account - ~MirandaRose-Stock
My OOAK doll and Miniatures account - ~Forestina
Would you like a One of a Kind fairy, mermaid or other sculpture created especially for you? Just check out my website - [link]
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:iconjshapeshifter:
Thank you, Tara your kind words mean a lot to me...........jack
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:iconteakster:
Mood: Joy *Teakster 6 days ago  Professional General Artist
:wave:

Thank you for supporting my work my friend! :D

I feel deeply honoured that you've faved my submission! :glomp:

Let me buy you a BIG bowl of ice cream! :la:


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"Having an education doesn't make you intelligent"

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*Gayarin May 9, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
thank you ever so much for the +fav! most appreciated!

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:: all art is quite useless ::
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:iconvikingjon:
*vikingjon May 8, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thanks for adding Cracked Hourglass to your favourites! It means a lot to me! :D

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The rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun. / I walk a road, the horizons change, the tournament's begun. --King Crimson
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Mood: Joy *sparkie62 May 7, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
Thank you so very much for again adding us to your collection, I will send the wee folk back!
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:iconchryssalis:
Thank you so much,my friend!!:thanks::huggle:
Fantastic gallery!I'll come back!:blowkiss:

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:star:Each and every message or fave means so much to me!
Forgive me for not having the time to answer all of them!I do my best!:thanks:
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:iconvikingjon:
*vikingjon May 5, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thanks for the add for Night Light, Tara! :)

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The rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun. / I walk a road, the horizons change, the tournament's begun. --King Crimson
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Mood: Zest *sparkie62 Apr 30, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
Thank you very much for adding my work to your collection, I truly appreciate it, and the wee folk will be stopping by to give you more kisses on your cheek while you are catching zzzzzzzzzzz!
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:iconuktara:
My pleasure entirely! I love your work! :hug:

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My stock account - ~MirandaRose-Stock
My OOAK doll and Miniatures account - ~Forestina
Would you like a One of a Kind fairy, mermaid or other sculpture created especially for you? Just check out my website - [link]
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Mood: Affection *sparkie62 May 1, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
Well thank you so very much, I truly mean that and the wee folk said that your beautiful!
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:iconuktara:
:aww: :blush: :hug:

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My stock account - ~MirandaRose-Stock
My OOAK doll and Miniatures account - ~Forestina
Would you like a One of a Kind fairy, mermaid or other sculpture created especially for you? Just check out my website - [link]
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~adAvlis Apr 23, 2012   Traditional Artist
Thank you very much for the favs!
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Mood: Affection ~SomniumDantis Apr 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for faving!
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*cprmay Apr 22, 2012  Professional Photographer
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Be there
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:iconbetterthaniwas:
Thanks for the fave :) I love your work!
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:iconvikingjon:
*vikingjon Apr 18, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thanks for adding Art or Altar? 2 [link] to your favourites! :)

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The rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun. / I walk a road, the horizons change, the tournament's begun. --King Crimson
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