Portraits on Stone
I used to find a lot of really cool stones by a river in New Jersey and paint them. I haven't found any around here that are irregular AND smooth to paint so instead I just do decoupage or quick one's for found art.
In the bowl is Orson Wells, Chuck Close, and Edith Sitwell. Can you tell which one's?
There is a Greek myth that when Zeus sent a deluge as punishment for human wickedness Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, were saved in an ark. When the flood waters subsided, Themis instructed them to repopulate the earth and said, “With veiled heads and loosened robes throw behind you as you go the bones of your great mother.” They took this to mean stones of the mother earth. As they cast the stones behind them those thrown by Deucalion became men and those thrown by Pyrrha became women. It is from this that they say the hardness of our race is considered the living proof of its own origin.
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Have a great weekend :)
I like that too, art and nature. glad you like them :)
Hi margaret,I was researching stones and the ancient myths that go with them a long time ago and found this myth really interesting.
Lyn, that is a coincidence LOL! I look forward to seeing the pic of it. A gal after me own heart eh, can't resist picking up stones.
it is so beyong beautiful and has a special place in my headboard..
when i saw what you did with these stones i just had to share..good job hon..as usual. hugs.
These faces are wonderful, you are very talented.
Inspired by you and Lyn, I should take photos of those which I collected before or look around for fine ones and try to paint on it (on second thoughts, I should ask my son to paint something on it. :)