Elegance

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Lovely work.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 28 Mar 18:22:34

Very elegant and very nice

Posted by andre mulard on Tue 29 Mar 03:27:42

A superb piece of work, Adele...great artistry.

Posted by Chandra Ward on Wed 06 Apr 11:58:49

Great colours & texture

Posted by Jane Foulger on Sun 10 Apr 18:02:40

This must have taken ages to do but well worth it. I love the colours you have used.

Posted by Janet Humphrey on Mon 18 Apr 23:59:15

It took about 5 months Janet, on and off. I just wanted to try out some mediums I had invested in. Thoroughly enjoyed the process and have another one planned for the near future.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 20 Apr 19:52:35

Spectacular

Posted by Paul Hardy on Fri 22 Apr 21:58:05

I love this Adele

Posted by nilmi herath on Wed 11 May 23:01:49

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Thu 12 May 16:22:07

Amazing piece - lovely and with great use of textures.

Posted by Stevie The Fixer on Thu 14 Jul 11:18:56

Thank you Steve - may do another piece like this soon.

Posted by Adele Elgood on Thu 14 Jul 11:55:21

How original and beautiful! Love it

Posted by Lucy Grinchik on Wed 17 May 14:44:15

Thank you Lucy - working on another using wool fibres - long job!

Posted by Adele Elgood on Wed 17 May 21:29:30

Hang on Studio Wall

28/03/2016

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Adapted from an Alphonse Mucha painting. The head and body was built up usinf moulding paste and pumice paste to create texture. Her jewellery was baked clay- painted in gold and decorated with beads. Crackle paste was used for background.

About the Artist

Adele Elgood

When I was a young girl my parents had a large mirror which had an etching of a "crinoline lady" on. I would spend hours copying this. In the 1960's when I was at Secondary school, I was told to give up painting and drawing as I was useless and would never be any good. Following these words of…

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