Canvases before London :)

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These two oil on canvas (120 x 100 cm) are the last paintings I have made before my trip to London... I decided to show them, because I guess that after London I will be different. A good friend of mine once told me that a voyage is always a death .... and therefore a REBIRTH, I agree with this, when we travel all ordinary things seem to us extraordinary! We are always changing, but after a voyage we change even more.... As I see myself reflected in my paintings I will publish then the first paintings I will make after this Brit voyage.

Comments

Darth Tater said…
Dear Odette,

I wish you good luck in London. But considering the time you will be there, I don't think you will dead! I mean, you can go to different galleries, and see different people but there isn't enough time to deeply change...in my opinion, you will keep painting as this.
P.S. I like better the first one, but the two of them are wonderful!
16 May, 2007 18:25
odette farrell said…
Let's see Darth.... London had a huge impact on me when I was a teeanger... sometimes the time you spend in a place or with somebody might be perhaps small in comparison wih the rest of your life....but the print that is left inside you can be enormous.

I like more "Mauve" too. Thanks... for everything
17 May, 2007 15:34
NORMA ASCENCIO said…
felicidades por el viaje colega!

insisto, deberias darnos un seminario de relaciones publicas y ventas para artistas :)

suerte!
18 May, 2007 17:27
Unknown said…
Auguri, Odette cara, per il tuo viaggio, per il tuo ritorno e per i tuoi bei dipinti.
Senza scomodare poeti e filosofi, citerò un detto che da noi è molto comune: "partire è un po' come morire!". :-)
18 May, 2007 17:59
Ana said…
Hola, un placer saludarte.Te vi en nuevo blog de mi hermana y no resistí la tentación de venir a visitarte.


Un abrazo.
21 May, 2007 00:33
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