Monday's child is fair of face

[ironymaiden]

for the Carpe Diem challenge:

Squee: Share something beautiful, compelling, unique, impressive that everyone should see/experience. It could be a picspam of that drop dead gorgeous person, it could be your favourite painting, or a place you think everyone should have on their bucket list to visit before they die or something else entirely.

Last Stand:
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Julie Dillon was artist GoH at Norwescon a few years ago. i don't know if it's my favorite painting ever but it's the only time i've walked into an art show and said that one is mine.*

i love the color palette and the composition, and there are so many stories that spring to mind when i see the scene. the king's skin is a bit gray - is he still alive? love, yes: eros, philia, or agape? is she about to do some epic smiting, or is this the last light shining on them before every one of those weapons strike home?

i think we can all agree that she's going down fighting, motherfuckers.


*i own signed/numbered canvas print #1, which is as close as i could get to buying the original since the medium is digital.

Comments

[kat_lair]

Oh, that's lovely. She's so protective and fierce and like you I appreciate the ambiguity of the relationship depicted.

[turps]

Oh wow, that is stunning. No wonder you wanted the painting so badly.

So much fierce in one place.

[yourlibrarian]

It's a striking piece for sure.

[varina8]

That is wonderful! Yes, so many questions. I see why you had that visceral reaction.