"Ophelia Rising"
11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas (framing available)
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Ophelia is traditionally painted either just before or sometime after she has drowned in a river, mad with grief over the sudden coldness of her beloved Hamlet and the death of her father. I've been wanting to paint her floating underwater for sometime, her face still with flush with the bloom of youth and beauty, but no longer in possession of it.
I'm still deciding whether this piece is actually done or if there is some tweaking left to do. Feel free to share your thoughts on the matter in the comments!
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I have always loved Shakespeare but have also always said that as a romantic I'll most likely end up as Juliet or indeed Ophelia , xxxx
I also love that she is very individually beautiful and not just a little pretty thing with her strong nose and slightly prominent eyes with the wrinkled lids.
The only niggle - and I am only saying this because you said you feel you're possibly not quite finished yet - to me is her left eye: looking at her it seems to me like you are almost looking straight at it rather than at an angle, which should be the case the way her face is slightly turned.