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Struggled harmony by ~bencapers:iconbencapers:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Surreal

©2007-2009 ~bencapers
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struggled harmony
12X16
Watercolor on Watercolor paper (140 lbs)

This painting was on location at Palo Duro Canyon. It was meant to show the contrast of light and dark associated with life and death. I wanted to express the dualities that are associated with good and bad in a visual way. The tree itself looked as if it had fought with death its entire life because of its gnarled wrapping in on itself and its morbid graceful structure.

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*veinsofmercury Dec 20, 2007, 8:53:14 PM
This is great / excellent job on this

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=Lechtonen Dec 21, 2007, 4:31:23 PM
Cool pic. The form of the tree is beautiful and you've used white for good effect :thumbsup:
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~sythesite Dec 22, 2007, 8:33:57 PM
I find all your peices stunning. Your use of color is very vibrant, unusual, and refreshing
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~Deviant-Gathering Dec 29, 2007, 6:05:02 PM
I was looking for a deviation to feature for New Year's and this is the one I'd like to display in our journal. Please let me know if you'd rather not have it featured. You've done a beautiful job on this one. The colors are fresh and vivid and it has such a peaceful feeling to it (at least to me :))

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~qandypayne Dec 31, 2007, 4:59:29 PM
very nice. the light areas just glow because of the contrast.
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~Sunhorde Jan 3, 2008, 1:41:20 PM
The colors are gorgeous; great job! :)

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~AriesCT Jan 3, 2008, 2:23:22 PM
cool painting :)

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=just-joking Jan 3, 2008, 11:27:53 PM
like the colours and the way you applied them, beautiful:)

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December 20, 2007
6.1 MB
143 KB
800×603

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Canon
Canon PowerShot SD960 IS
1/30 second
F/2.8
5 mm
400
Jun 2, 2009, 9:25:22 AM

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