"The Pool of Tears"
While painting I started thinking back to my first exposure to Alice, and it was this book. Beautifully Illustrated by Marjorie Torrey and published by Dandelion Press it was a "flip" book with "Peter Pan" on the other side. Peter Pan was one of my favorite stories while Alice on the other side was someone I wasn't quite comfortable with.
I admired Alice but her adventures made me nervous, as I grew older I started to realize that being an only child had some influence on my feelings about Wonderland. Alice stands alone, no prince or brothers to rescue her.
I actually felt daring when I flipped that book over to visit Wonderland. I had a lot to learn from Alice, she keeps her wits about her and only cries once that I remember, the pool of tears. The thought of tears so large you could swim in them like a salty sea is right up there with the disappearing cat in my childhood imagery. So I finally had a chance to paint my own "Pool of Tears" and it was like going back to visit an old friend.
She will be available in my Etsy shop
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POOL OF TEARS
What a beautiful picture!
You are a terrific artist.
:)
I had that set of books & read them to my children. They (& I) loved the illustrations. The Peter Pan ones in particular were true art.
:)
Thanks for sharing.
Love and best wishes,
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xoxo
great piece
Beautiful! I love your inspiration and motivation for this work! Wonderful! oxoxoxo Zinnia
What a great version of Alice! I love her eyes.
:) Michelle
What a gorgeous picture!
I too felt disturbed by Alice as a child - maybe because I was ( and am) such a control freak, and found the idea of an unknown and unpredictable landscape most unnerving!
RK, thank you and I'm glad to hear that edition is still being read and I agree the Peter illustrations are really magical.
Thank you ArtSnark adn Zinnia and Hope :)
Danielle, I completely understand, these tales touch us at a very deep level and we can learn as much by what makes us uncomfortable as by what we love.
FABULOUS! Love her sweet and dreamy face!
her big gorgeous eyes totally draw me in. just wonderful!!
Pool of tears - not a very common Alice illustration. I love it! :-)
Beautiful, Cat! :)
~ Carolee
LOVELY new piece Cat!
Chris :-)
Very expressive, and beautiful. Lindax
I had that book too!
What a wonderful history to a lovely painting- Fabulous work!
beautiful! i was always slightly scared by alice as a child too, it grew on me as i grew x
What a gorgeous piece, I love it!
As always, another beautiful piece - and you know i love Alice in Wonderland themed art :)
I love your Alice painting, it so beautiful and dreamy.
I love this!!! Your work is beautiful:) Her eyes tell it all. (tammy)
Cat, she's stunning. And what an amazing interpretation of Alice being such a self-confident girl!
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