Coops' Coffer - a place for my paintings (new addition 18th Dec

[coops]

Thank you all so very much for your wonderfully kind comments which I so appreciate.:)

[vandra]

This is so magical .....

[gxhpainter2]

Katie, very creative and puts one in a very serene and peaceful place under a full moon.. very well painted..:cool:

[pai]

Make me thinking right away the natural onsen (hot spring) in Japan surrounded by nature forest and mountains. With the steam around with the moonlighting, very atmospheric and mood. Beautiful :)

[coops]

Thank you so much Vandra, GXH and Pai for your lovely kind comments.:)

[coops]

Hope we are entering the wonderful time of sumer and sunshine after this one lol:)

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[eighty+]

A london Day Tripper At Brighton for The Sea air and Sunshine :D :D :D :D :D :D Go Gal Go

[Caesar]

I'm sorry You're under such a lousy weather, but Your art seems to benefit of such conditions too!

[D Akey]

Yeah, you had ample opportunity to send the rain our way. And we got a little. But do you have to go and take so much of it? Share the wealth, for pity sake. Nice even distribution of the weather would be something to work on as a hobby, I think. Good effect with the rain. She looks a bit down in the dumps over it, or the weather is being all dismal like a best friend's sympathy. The minimal background works out great to show diminished visibility from the weather.

[pat1940]

Sorry about your weather Katie, I don't think we here are ever going to get summer, crazy weather patterns we are having, good painting as always

[stevemawmv]

Hello Katie.... I like the painting, hasn't really started raining much in my neck of the woods.
Your painting is suggesting its pouring where you are, I love it when it does, good time to paint!
What's Debbie doing out alone and where's Gene and Donald, I feel a 'Song and Dance' coming on...
Take care friend,
Steve

[Marilyn Anne]

Helps me to especially appreciate this very rainy picture. Well done!

[gxhpainter2]

Katie, now that is a rainstorm!.... here in Oregon we rarely get heavy downpours ( except recently ) mostly a steady drizzle.... but today it is clear and blue sky abounds, so I will send a bunch your way !...:):) ( nice painting too ):cool::cool:

[justjean]

Now that's some downpour and the rain and the lonely Lady walking with the umbrella looks great, Katie

[eighty+]

Hello Madam Katie Of the Moara Yes it looks as if U can leave your Parapluie at Home ita a Tripper's Day after a wet week-end ;) :D :D :D KIA ORA

[Alexandra]

I love it, and love this time of year. Isn't it great to see everything blooming, Katie?

[AndreaMG]

Nicely done, sure is pouring down in there :cool:

[coops]

Thats for your kind comments dear Eighty:)
Sunshine here today Cesare :)
I would send some dear Nr Akey but today its sunny. Thanks once again for your lovely comments:)
Thanks Pat for taking the time to look and you kind comments:)
Yes Steve it has been pouring but yesterday had hailstone in the sunshine, queer weather for sure:)
Thanks Marilyn Anne, Gary, Jean, Sandy and Andrea your comments are as always so kind:)

[Shezza]

Oh this is delightful Coops. The sweeping movements are been painted beautifully. I too like the Orange and Pink colours work very well together better than I would have expected.

[mannafig]

Terrible weather Katie but a great painting.

[coops]

Thank you Shezza and Amanda for your lovely comments:)

[coops]

Complete contrast to the last one and looking forward to Summer, hope you like it:)

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[Caesar]

It's coming ... more or less. Lovely painting!

[eighty+]

Hi Madam Katie Of the Moara That comment from Caesar (More or Less ) had me rolling on the floor with laughter ;);):D:D:D Kia Ora

[gxhpainter2]

Katie a beautiful the sky holes and leafy edges to the trees and fine grass details give it great depth and detail... I sense a longing for summer breezes....:rolleyes:..:cool::cool:

[AndreaMG]

What a romantic painting! I can almost smell the grass perfume and hear the wind blowing. Lovely :cool:

[stevemawmv]

Dear Katie.....A lot of us have been waiting for it, and now you've delivered it in your wonderful painting. It's a classic and I love it, reminds me of running up and down the hills on Mount Tamalpais...a beautiful place in my heart and mind...actually just north of San Francisco. HA ha! Seriously, your painting has made me very happy today! Thank you very much friend, glad I saw it....
Take care friend,
Steve

[limey-g]

Lovely painting Katie, sure has that summer feeling.
Geoff

[coops]

I do hope so Cesare as its raining today, thanks for your kind comments:)
Thanks dear Eighty and careful laughing so much:)
Yes Gary cant wait, thanks for looking and your comments:)
Thanks Andrea glad you enjoyed this one:)
So glad to make you happy Steve:)
Thanks Geoff for your love kind comments:)

[silvy]

Wonderful and pleasant landscape.
With an invitation like this Summer will soon;):D

[justjean]

Lovely and hope that weather arrives over here soon , Katie

[copespeak]

So sweet, dreamy and spring-like Katie.

[D Akey]

Like you were out painting with Monet and set up in a somewhat different location, still using his model. As I see it, this is very much a representation of the simple life in flower - your own secret garden meadow where she or you can just feel stress free. A handy place, that. Nice painting, Ms Coops! :cool:

[vandra]

How beautiful. It reminds me of the gentle summer days in England before we came to the not so gentle summer days of the tropics. The gentle warm breezes ......... A great painting.

[byroncallas]

Hi Katie,
Great to see you are putting your wonderful work into a single thread. I've been away a long while, but I hope to be back soon, visiting your thread regularly as it grows and grows.
:-)
b

[coops]

Thanks Silvy, Jean and Robyn for your kind comments:)
Dear Mr Akey, its always a pleasure to read you kind words, thank you again :)
Thanks very much Vandra.
Hi Byron I really appreciate your comments.:)

[coops]

The Earring

Messing about with watercolours, Hope this is ok for this thread

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[gxhpainter2]

quite beautiful Katie, love the interplay of transparent and opaque, warm and cool colors , richly painted... :cool::cool:

[eighty+]

Ho Ho Ho Madam Katie Of The Moara I was Right U were freaking out in Brighton over the week-end it got U inspired ;) ;) :D :D :D :D :D :D KIA ORA

[AndreaMG]

Love the contrast between her almost red skin and the violets! Super. :cool: Cheers

[MKROOT]

Beautiful gallery :)

[copespeak]

That over saturated red against the violet is very courageous, and works so well. Quite lovely!

[D Akey]

Courageous indeed! Very slender.

Like everybody else, I have to applaud your colors! Wow. Really works in a very unexpected way. But then your colors are often times what make your work stand out. And in this case your color zings the subject in at us at an unexpected wavelength - so I look at the tension being created between erotic interest based on the non-academic context for a nude and fascination with the unusual way you supercharged the picture with skillful color use, having minimized some of the other expectations that artists might show, like fancy brushwork or mixed color, the creation of volume, or steamy hot shower effects etc.

You trimmed it down on several fronts -- and backs. And it's really effective. Shows the power of color.

[silvy]

Just wonderful!! Colors are phenomenal. BRAVISSIMA:):):):)

[stevemawmv]

Very enjoyable image here Katie......love the colors, soothing and calming effect..at least with me.
Take care friend,
Steve

[justjean]

A lovely painting with great colours, Katie

[Caesar]

The earring isn't exactly what we notice first, so it's a quite helpful hint ...LOL:o;) The painting is graceful and artful with a daring, but successful, chromatic experimentation.

[Alexandra]

I missed so much, and am always pleased when I view your paintings, Katie.
Beautiful work!

[coops]

Thank you Gary, dear Eighty and Andrea for your kind comments:)
MKROOT and Robyn glad you enjoyed this one:)
Dear Mr Akey, thank you so much and the colours were just an experiment didnt know whether they would work, thank you for saying they did:)
Silvy, Steve, Jean, Cesare and Sandy glad you like this one as I wasnt sure. Thanks again:)

[kenmo]

Really love your additions to this thread especially the painting "The Earring"...

[byroncallas]

Wow. The earring is sublime. Lovely work. The Coffer just gets better and better.

[coops]

Thank you so much Ken for your lovely comments:)
Byron, you are so kind and happy you like the paintings within this thread:)

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this one:)

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[Enug]

That is stunning! Rich and vibrant colours and the tapestry of colours and texture - such detail. There is so much to see and love about this painting.

[williamK]

Lovely. Rich in color.

[stevemawmv]

This is beautiful dear Katie.....as if she has surrendered herself to the overwhelming beauty of the garden....
Love the way the detail of her kimono has become part of the imagery of the garden, almost as if
becoming part of or blending into one continuous image.
Take care friend,
Steve

[D Akey]

I love how the kimono decorations integrate into it all the garden energy, as if stumbling onto a nature spirit who has a marvelous kimono that tells the story of her domain, like a medieval tapestry might reflect something about the family in whose castle it's hanging. I have learned my lesson about garden divas and very much respect this one and will remain at a slight distance, in case she's temperamental. What does one get a garden spirit? A splendid bucket of water? Could also double for fire safety as well to cool her down if you see her showing the least bit of ire.

But all silliness aside, this is a very rich feel to it, and it anticipates her turning around when she's finished getting up. And what will she look like? Very mysterious. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::):):):):)

[justjean]

Beautiful, the painting, the design and the colours, way to go Katie :):)

[AndreaMG]

This one is really intriguing Dear Katie, lobe the pink and red combo with a bit of green on top :cool:

[copespeak]

I'm almost speechless Katie, she's just glorious! Love those rich colours and the decoration. :)

[jibes]

Stunning work Katie!!!

[MKROOT]

Excellent, I like it :)

[Alexandra]

Brava, Katie. A stunning masterpiece!:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

[Marilyn Anne]

This should be on display. It is so beautifully oriental and silky.

[Caesar]

A really superb painting! Utmost grace and elegance meet flaming passion and the geisha seem to be ready for dancing a tango! What a wonder!

[kenmo]

Brilliant work Katie....:cool::cool::cool::cool:

[silvy]

Wonderful painting Katie! Great energy, powerfull work:cool:

[MeggerzTouch]

YOU are truly amazing!!

THE DANCER
ballet2a third
ballet2aredone
dance again
A GEISHA'S GARDEN OF DREAMS
love peace harmony

FLOORED ME! they are SO beautiful I had to run and get my husband to show him your art! you are amazing with the female figure in your art!
Did you do all these with ArtRage? :o:o:o:o:o

[coops]

Wow thanks so much for the wonderful comments, so glad you like this one as I enjoyed painting it.
So many to thank and so many to read, what fun it was reading each and every one of them. I appreciate you all taking the time to look. THANKS THANKS THANKS:)

[coops]

[SIZHope you enjoy this oneE=4][/SIZE]:)

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[kenmo]

Superb work as always Katie....:cool::cool::cool::cool:

[Caesar]

I love this vaguely cheeky girl and the orange atmosphere. Is she possibly dutch?;):o Exquisite painting as usual for You, dear Katie and welcome back to share another marvel of Yours.

[gxhpainter2]

Katie this has wonderful colors and such an attitude in the girl..:cool::cool:

[stevemawmv]

Hello Katie.... Love the colors, atmosphere and that wonderful round window...
Nicely done with the waiting young lady, hope the person she's epecting isn't late!
Those burnt orange and red hues are warming up.....
Take care friend,
Steve

[AndreaMG]

Great painting Dear Katie, love her attitude :o

[D Akey]

Very lovely scene. She looks like she's ready for a fun evening out dancing. Good evocative, though somewhat enigmatic emotion -- could be interpreted several different ways looking at this painting over time. It would reflect changes in our point of view and thus could well change the feelings associated with the imagery. The colors have a bit of a 'moment trapped in amber' giving it a nostalgic feel. Very lovely effect, Ms Coops! :):):):):):cool::cool::cool::cool:

Nice to see you back painting and posting.

[SCP]

Hi Katie ,I have missed many of your lovely paintings :( It was good to catch up and see your wonderful works again.:D;)

[coops]

Thank you Ken, Cesare and GXH for your kind comments:)
I hope he isnt as she wouldnt be pleased Steve:)
Thanks Andrea:)
Dear Mr Akey, thanks once again for your lovely cooments and the welcome back, much appreciated:):):)
Thanks SCP for taking the time to look through my paintings, thats very kind of you:)

[silvy]

Very lovely work. Love the colors:)

[pai]

I agreed totally on the orange color palette here combined with your creation this time. It works so well completely to bring out the joyful / summer mood to me. Her expression seems very enjoyable to what she is thinking. Lovely one. :)

[byroncallas]

Lovely new work Katie. You continue to evolve and morph your work while always retaining what seems a natural elegance that gives the whole of your work a special life. Wonderful.

[pat1940]

Katie, such beautiful work, you always seem to put me in a wonderful dream world

[Alexandra]

Oh wow, I just made a woman in these colors also with a circular pattern in background...some where we were connecting through time and space, haha! Always beautiful work Katie!

[coops]

Thank you so much Silvy, Byron, Pat and Sandy for your wonderful and very kind comments. I really appreciate them all:)

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this ballet scene:)

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[Caesar]

I suspect You started this painting with a grisaille approach for the tonal composition and You added the red paint later on on a different layer. The scene is intriguing and very effectively painted. Exquisite one!

[gxhpainter2]

dear Katie, so great to have you back among us, a return to the ballet , wonderful saturated colors and composition.. I like the inclusion of the chess pieces as well.:):)

[stevemawmv]

Hello Katie.....Good hearing from you, hope your enjoying your Summer and all is well.....
Nice to see a Ballet Scene, been awhile but worth the wait, love the Reds, nicely done friend!
You take care,
Steve

[SCP]

Hi Katie,like the poses and costume in your Ballet,with the red colors gives it a serious mood.Well done !:cool::)

[copespeak]

Wow Katie, that is just spectacular! I love it! :)

[AndreaMG]

All that red, and the ballet, and the reflections, it's truly remarkable Dear Katie, truly :cool:

[Alexandra]

Outstanding Katie, I love this.

[D Akey]

Very theatrical and 'on stage'. I can hear the music - at least in my head there are a lot of strings swirling up into crescendos as the characters sweep around each other in this dancing duel. Quite the dual duel ballet - swordplay and chess.

They used to have a computer game called Battle Chess in which the pieces animated and destroyed the opposition in fanciful ways when capturing the opposition. I dare say these characters look like they have even more elaborate and artistic moves in their repertoire.

Very cool. Glad to see you posting again. Like everyone else I too thought you got stuck in the mud in the garden or ensnared by some exotic creeping vine.

Welcome back! :cool::rolleyes::):):):):)

[coops]

Thank you so much Cesare, so happy you liked this one:)
Hi Gary thankjs for your kind comments and hmmmmmmm that garden does keep calling lol:)
Steve, the summer over here is a bit hit and miss. Glad you enjoy this one:)
SCP thanks so much:)
Many thanks Robyn:):):)
You are very kind Andrea, much appreciated:)
Sandy thank a million:)
As always dear Mr Akey you kind words are a delight to read and you always have such insight. As for being stuck in the mud well I very well might have been a few days ago. We had a hailstorm with the hail being as big as marbles. A village just a few mintues away was flooded with the force and speed of the hail and rain. Ohhhhhhh roll on summer...... what summer boohoo:)

[Enug]

I've been looking at your beautiful paintings - you depict such wonderful movement and while your colours are often vibrant you manage with a limited palette to paint pictures with so much interest in them. I'm not an artist and probably not using the right words but I love your images.

[coops]

Thank you so much Enug for taking the time to look through my work and for your very kind comments:)

[Belvrog]

I've so many great paintings missed in the meantime. Wonderful thread Katie so many wonderful paintings,eg. "Countryside view" has such a vivid charme. Plain great!

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this one, just playing around with layer and things.

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[Caesar]

These unique artpieces were definitely missing in this forum, even more so an artist and mate like You, dear Katie-Supersmile! The scene and the geisha talk of sheer beauty and harmony!

[Marilyn Anne]

Beautiful textures. Dramatic scene. Just lovely!

[Alexandra]

So beautiful and always so well done, Katie.
I have missed you and it is great to see you back!

[gxhpainter2]

Hi Katie !..:):):):):):).. I love the warm tones and depth of texture and space... we have missed you and work wonderful works... :):):)

[stevemawmv]

Katie.....So glad to see your name and a posting from you! Was starting to wonder where you got off to...Very happy you visited us all!
And this painting is simply beautiful, I've missed them!
Take care friend, don't stay gone so long...
Steve

[D Akey]

HOOT! This Chinese lady's a Scot at heart! . . . or is this Scottish lassie in fact Chinese at heart? I wonder.

Love it! The decorative quality is really smashing. It feels ornate yet it stays back just enough, as a compliment to the lady in the doorway. Gorgeous lines. Fantastic control of color and especially values.

You should be well choofed, lass. . . A romance novel in the making if ever I've seen.

[copespeak]

She's back!! :) :)

Lovely colours, textures and such an elegant design. Excellent! :)

[AndreaMG]

I wonder if she's waiting for someone or just taking a breath of fresh air. Lovely composition and great choice of earth tone colors :cool: Cheers

[sabena]

hi Coops wonderfull painting you área a great artist

[waheednasir]

Good work ! Nice collection !

[coops]

Thank you so much Cesare you are very kind:)
Marilyn Anne, Sandy and Gary, thanks for your lovely comments:)
Steve, I wont stay away lol, thanks for your comments:)
You are a Hoot dear Mr Akey and yes I was choofed lol thanks again:)
Robyn, Andrea, Sabena and waheednasir so happy you like this one:)

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this one:)


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[gxhpainter2]

Katie, what an interesting departure for your usual style, she seems to be glowing and in deep shadows, love the orchid in her hair.. well done!

[stevemawmv]

Hello Katie....Love that you've painted her in such a dream like atmosphere....
Is she looking away or towards something on the path this foggy night....
Nicely done friend,
Steve

[AndreaMG]

Am I seeing ghosts? Frightenly good Dear Katie :cool: iIf you already haven't consider to watch the movie below, which also has in my opinion a gorgeous retro looking poster :) Ciao

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[D Akey]

Hope you enjoy this one:)


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It puts me in mind of one of those old romantic stories celebrating the persistence of memory. It's like wandering through the haze of time past, like trying to catch the attention of someone about to board a passage in the night fog. A very rich atmosphere has this one, Ms Coops. The lack of clarity and specific detail takes it out of the analytic and make it feel all the more in the realm of the emotional.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCDCFS-gdMs

[kenmo]

Delightful work as always....:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

[Caesar]

What a faint, glowing subject! A ghostly appearance, a memory or a dream? Fascinating painting.

[Alexandra]

Beautiful, Katie. An old world feel with the deep rich tones and warmth of the light.:cool:

[pai]

Oh, I just realized I missed seeing this thread for so long, wonder where's it hiding..haha. Love to see new additions that I haven't seen. I love so much that Red Chess ballet one. Very creative and so many movements there, and yet gave me a storyline in this ballet. Love it ! :)

[copespeak]

Ooooh, I do enjoy this one Katie! So mysteriously beautiful!

[coops]

That you all for your kind replies and so sorry its taken me so long to reply.
Hope you like this one and that it doesnt make you blush lol:)

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[copespeak]

I'm assuming that's some sort of a screeen/curtain over part of the image, and it's very effective ... sort of ages it somewhat as well. Lovely painting, and I'm not blushing at all!

[Jolis-Chevaux]

Simply beautiful and delicate!

[D Akey]

Boy, you sure are good with textures Ms Coops! Love this one. It all seems both nostalgic and vital all at once. I really like how we have enough info for the imagination to fill everything else in. It's rather an engaging enticement, as it were, for the impression of a story to be picked up at any point, whether beginning, middle or end. Pretty darn cool.

Merry Christmas Ms Coops to you and yours. Let that imagination loose on the canvas again and again, wherever you run off to. Don't stop painting. You really make ArtRage feel like real mediums are at play. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::):):):):):cool::coo l::cool::cool::cool:

[stevemawmv]

Hello Katie..Her beauty isn't totally hidden behind this thin silk screen....
Merry Christmas and happy Holidays dear friend...
Steve

[coops]

Thanks so Copespek, Jolis-Chevaux, stevemawmv and dear Mr Akey for your wonderful and so very kind comments. I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply but havent been painting much but am back on track now. Thanks again:):):)

[coops]

Back painting again and hope you like this one:)

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[Caesar]

You're stepping back in here indeed, dear Katie! Glad to see you re-opened Your marvellous gallery and added a new excellent idea and artpiece. I hope everything's fine over there. :D

[eighty+]

Yes Katie Deegas would be pleased ;) :D :D :D :D:D :D:D CIAO

[justjean]

Welcome back with a lovely painting Katie

[D Akey]

Let me add my welcome back to you as well, Ms Coops! And a fine painting it is too! None the worse for time away. Still painting beautifully. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::):):):):):cool::coo l::cool::cool::cool:

[Marilyn Anne]

The ballet pose is perfect. Lovely color. Always glad to see you here.

[Enug]

Another beautiful ballerina - welcome back - looking forward to more lovely paintings from you. :)

[pat1940]

Katie, so glad to be back again to see your beautiful ballerina's, it always makes my smile when I see them, such wonderful paintings

[vandra]

Your paintings are wonderful! I love this last one too. So much talent.

[gxhpainter2]

Hi Katie, great to see you back in action here :):):) , nice painting and having her stepping out of the frame is an interesting effect here.

[pai]

Having seen your paintings for awhile. Many new addition, I really like the last one the green palette you use. That butterfly will add a mood in it. Beautiful one :)

[coops]

Thanks Cesare glad you enjoyed it:)
Awwww thanks dear Eighty:)
Good to be back Jean and thanks for looking:)
Thanks dear Mr Akey and glad the time away didnt spoil my efforts lol:)
Enug, Marilyn Anne, Pat, and Vandra, So pleased you liked this one:)
Gxh, glad you enjoyed this idea with this one:)
Thanks Pai, :):):)

[Hebron]

I love the movement and the transparency. Nice work!

[coops]

Thanks Hebron for your kind comments:)

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this one:)

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[eighty+]

Hey Hey Hey Katie Whose for a Bubble Bath then ??

[gxhpainter2]

Wow Katie I love the delicate nature and subtlety of this one, while not monochromatic it is tightly constrained but absolutely delightful!... definitely one of my favorites of yours!.:cool::cool::cool::cool:

[justjean]

Katie a lovely. delicate misty painting :):):)

[D Akey]

To me, in this context it's all about lightness and joy and permanence, like she found more lasting life within the canvas rather than being merely a wispy fancy of someone lingering their creative momentum in the clouds for but a for a Winkin, Blinkin and Nod. This could well be a spot in the creative treasure trove from whence joys of a certain, light being emanate and take shape.

Is a really nice painting, Ms Coops. If Maxfield Parrish's model had an origin point, this could be it.

So glad to see you painting again and posting it here. Always a joy. And thanks again for the lovely congratulations thread.

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[Caesar]

It's such a gentle, soft, delicate tonal painting that I'm pretty sure You would be able to paint with clouds too ... but there's plenty of time before that kind of wings-supported practice or for playing the harp in my wishes, not less than a century in Your case .... LOL:o;)

[coops]

Thanks for all the lovely comments sorry so long in answering:o
Hope you like this new one
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[gxhpainter2]

welcome back, so great to see you again Katie!... love this newest work, I like the flat colors and intricate clock gear motif... a stunning piece!..:):):)

[D Akey]

I love this one! Has kind of a master of puppets kind of vibe for me -- one in which a dancer is made of clockwork parts. . . only this one was so cleverly made that it's starting to show signs of a soul. . . music swells and the curtain opens. . . and. . .

Really nice the way you have the gear motif playing throughout the image. Really established up front the theme. And her pose of course is evocative of being moved rather than her doing it of her own volition. . . again. . . therein lies the tale for me. Stories so often start out with something out of balance and the rest of the time is spent trying to resolve that flaw. This painting says all that to me at a glance.

Well done, Ms Coops!!!!!

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[eighty+]

Hi Madam Katie keeper of the Maora and the North-East Gate Everybody's pleased your back with your beautiful paintings ok I'm back in the Fold Ok

as Matt Sorted it all out ok CIAO HASTA LA VISTA IVAYA CON DIOS SLAINTE .........................POZDRAWSKI

[coops]

Thanks GXH its good to be back. Glad you like this one:)
Dear Mr Akey thanks you co muc for you lovely comments which alway make me smile:)
Thanks dear EIghty glad you enjoy this one:)

[sabena]

Hello Coop. Very interesting your work semore based on a dancer, added pieces to unimaginable scenario. Very good

[coops]

Thanks Sabena for your kind comments and hope you like this one too.:)

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[eighty+]

Blimey Katie thats good looks like Japanese or Chinese not being a skolar?? no not where:confused::confused: also water colour ?? CIAO KATIE HASTA LA VISTA

At first look thought it was Swan Lake :confused::confused:

[gxhpainter2]

WOW Katie, this just blows me away, not only is it a very elegant work and subject but your handling of it is masterful, from the subtle water reflections to the flat white mottled with browns... I like the semi flat quality to the paint, which makes it read as a watercolor print even more. I don't know what you have been doing in the past few months but you have come back totally refreshed and are blowing us all away!..:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::):):):):):): ):):):):):):):)

[byroncallas]

Katie, I'm so behind with what everyone is doing. I spent time today catching up with your great work as well as the wonderful exchanges in your outstanding thread. Wonderful on every front. All best to you Katie.

[D Akey]

Wait a sec -- don't tell me -- a screening of The Karate Kid! Or maybe more a vase rather than a screen. But you get the idea behind my fowel joke.

Awesome work, Ms Coops! It's such a treat seeing your work again at long last. You have a distinctive voice with your work which I love seeing. Besides that, we really miss your presence here and the great energy you bring to the three-ums. . . I mean the forums. . . Beg pardon. . . I almost shorted you an 'um'.

So it's a really neat composition and feel, this one.

More please!

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[Caesar]

You definitely moved to Japan! Excellent, exquisite oriental art!

[pat1940]

Katie, so nice to see your beautiful works again, these are so lovely, keep them coming

[pai]

really love the last painting you did. beautiful color and composition :)

[Marilyn Anne]

So oriental and decorative.

[JOSEPHINE.EARP]

Hi Katie, I so enjoy your wonderful paintings they all have such movement, and I wish I could portray the same in mine. You have so much talent, I am eagerly awaiting the next one. Best wishes Jo.

[coops]

Sorry its been so long in my replying but that you so much dear Eighty, Gary and Byron for your kind comments:)
Dear Mr Akey, so sorry its been so long but such a delight reading your comments and as always you make me smile with them.:o
Cesare, Pat, Pia, Marilyn Anne and JOSEPHINE.EARP thank you for being so kind:)

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this one:)
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[danny72]

I seem to be doing so many paintings these days that i thought I would keep them all together.
Hope you like the first in this series.

THE DANCER

77356 Very beautyfull paintings, Bravo :-)

[D Akey]

Yeah, nice connection between the paintings, danny72. Would make a gorgeous dance with the dancer moving while the costume and backgrounds change in mid-dance. Very active.

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Ms Coops, as always, even despite the time away, you continue your gorgeous dance and never miss a beat. I love your choreography. And your skill with color has always been one of your most excellent fortés.

Coming upon your paintings is like having been wandering through an enchanted forest, catching brief glimpses of a spirit of the Dance and Painting. The god Pan would be quite flattered.

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[byroncallas]

Happy Holidays Katie,
and I love your new painting.
:-)

[gxhpainter2]

a another fine painting Katie, really love the simplicity and power of the limited color scheme.

[Enug]

You convey much beauty with such simplicity - love them all.

[coops]

Thanks Danny for your wonderful comments:)
Dear Mr AKey, it always a delight to read your comments even though I have taken such a time to reply. You always make me smile, Many thanks dear friend:)
Byron, GXH and Enug many many thanks so glad you enjoyed this one:)

[coops]

Its been so wet and dark for the past few weeks that I needed some colour. Hope you like this quick one:)

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[eighty+]

Hi KATIE THe Snow Dancer I was Confused as I thought it was a Turkey who had got away as was hitching hiking Home

till I saw her face :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D CIAO IVAYA CON DIOS

[AndreaMG]

An autumn triumph, the butterfly is sooo beautiful. ciao and buon 2016!

[D Akey]

Like a pattern becomes art and in an artistic break-out decides to no longer be repetitive. This is a gorgeous interwoven story with scene, cast and all. It's as if the lady is having a story tapestry woven, swirling around her like a cocoon, though whether about to unfold her new wings or she's entering the cocoon is beautifully ambiguous.

Gorgeously articulate and mysterious as if watching a dream in a foreign language.

So glad to see you painting and sharing them again.

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[justjean]

Two beautiful dancers and lovely settings for both , Katie

[Marilyn Anne]

Always a delight to see your work. Very graceful and and dramatic!

[Caesar]

Glad to see You back with such an impressive artistic energy and outcomes! Whatever kept you away I hope You feel great now and it certainly requires a thanksgiving prayer from me too!

[coops]

Thank you dear Eighty you are so funny:)
Andrea Many thanks:)
Dear Mr Akey, you always see so much in paintings and its a pleasure to read your kind words:)
Marilyn and Jean so glad you enjoyed this one:)
Thanks for looking and your nice comments Cesare and I am here to stay lol:)

[gxhpainter2]

love the warmth in this one Katie, and the way nature and the figure kinda of merge and separate as they are reflections in a mirror.. wonderful to have to posting again.

[coops]

Thanks Gary, glad you like this one and its good to be back painting again:)

[coops]

Hope you like this one:)

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[Fabrizio1958]

THIS is a painting I would love to have on my walls! Beautiful!!

[gxhpainter2]

wow what a lush and vibrant red ( my favorite color ) a beautiful work full of passion and at the same time a certain serenity ... very well done Katie !.

[D Akey]

Indeed Wow! This one has a gorgeous overall wood burl kind of feel, like a natural ornament. Perhaps this is how a forest spirit, a dryad tells a poem, in a context such as this. I really love the subtle background texture, and the way the trees flow in. And of course the figure takes center stage beautifully. It's as if a master carpenter, while working one day, did a cross cut of a burl and discovered this marvelously evocative scene, and later added the butterfly as an inlay or marquetry. Wonderful romantic painting, Ms Coops. . .

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[damasocl]

As always faithful to your style, you dazzle us with another great painting ...!

[Enug]

Just beautiful! Makes me think 'oriental'.

[Caesar]

Another hit! Such a red theme approach is so fascinating ....

[Marilyn Anne]

Lovely figure and a wonderful shade of red.

[coops]

Thank you Fabrizio that is most kind of you:)
Thank you Gary, damasocl, Enug, Casaer and Marilyn Anne for your kind comments I really appreciate them all.:)
Dear Mr akey as always a delight to read you painterly words which are always so expressive, its funny you saying about the tree as I have one at the bottom of my garden and its branches are so entwined, its a beauty:)

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this one:)
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[danny72]

Hope you like this one:)

88811

So beautiful!!!! I can picture this painting in my livingroom!!! (don't worry. I'm not going to steal it from you) ;-).. I like your style alot. You must hade a really good eye for color.and color combination.

[Enug]

Another beauty!

[damasocl]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful....!!!:):):):)

[gxhpainter2]

beautiful work Katie, a bit different than some previous works but still has you great sense of color, I am particularly drawn to the slightly iridescence of the body with its translucent quality contrasting with the earthy tones of the background and foreground.... well done :):):cool::cool::cool:

[D Akey]

Magnificent! I love the way you've got the contrast of the clean figure silhouette with the sort of patchy overlapping tone to the whole thing. It's like a transition from old metallic to a porcelain or glass as in a jukebox.

I could see this being called Jukebox Muse in a Rural Tavern. You know -- you know the place, you know the songs.

And here at the bar on some backwoods road, a lone trucker gazes into his beer. He watches her slowly come into focus transported by the song that's playing.

Beautiful painting, and so creative.

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[kenmo]

Very nice work of art....:cool::cool::cool:

[Caesar]

What elegance and charme in this marvellous painting. :eek::cool::D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Japanese art and Moreau join from the most sophisticated seduction!
A long time and dramatic evolution since You sticked out Your foot from behind the curtain dancing in a moonlight forest .... LOL:o;):D
Do You remember? This is Your artwork, one of the most magical, with only a little twist by my sick mind ....:o

[coops]

Thanks Danny so happy you like my paintings:)
Enug, damasocl and Gary thanks for much for your lovely comments:)
Dear Mr Akey, I do so wish I had the way with words as you do as its always such a pleasure to read your wonderful comments. Many thanks:)
Many thanks Kenmo:)
Ha ha ha Cesare, yes I do remember and wasnt it fun. Glad you like the latest painitng:)

[coops]

Hope you like the latest painting:)

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[danny72]

Hope you like the latest painting:)

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[pat1940]

Katie, your paintings always make me smile, so wonderful

[D Akey]

It's SHOWTIME!

Very exciting! Well done again, Ms Coops! I half suspect you did some hoofin' in yer days, perhaps at the Bolshoi! (Do ballerina's "hoof"? Maybe they "molt" or some other swan singin' maneuver!) At any rate, these lassies look as if to take off in astonishing lifts and and other flights of fancy.

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[Caesar]

Great energy, life and show in this last painting of You. Looking at your art You seem unable to age, not even one day more than a young and enthusiastic girl, just able to improve over and over. Congrats my dear friend!

[Marilyn Anne]

Love the stage lights and all that red! As always you really get the figure right. Very good!

[byroncallas]

Beautiful Katie. : - )

[coops]

Thank you Dany glad you like it:)
Happy they make you smile Pat, thanks:)
Dear Mr Akey I was never a hoofer more like a Cooper lol.Thanks for your wondful kind words:)
Age catches up with us all Cesare but you have to fotget about it, thanks you for kind words:)
Marilyn Anne and Byron thanks for looking and your kind comments:)

[coops]

Hope you enjoy this one:)

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[Caesar]

A cracking, burning fire emits a passionately dancing ballerina from his powerful flames ... it reminds me of a sweet and sad fable about a tin soldier and a dancer ... :rolleyes::cool:

[pat1940]

Katie, this is so beautiful, the reds are vibrant and form is perfect, so nice again to see you back, we always miss your happy wonderful paintings

[justjean]

Katie, always such a pleasure to drop in and admire your lovely paintings

[D Akey]

Hot diggity dog! Camp Cookery in the Wild -- The Musical.

The scene is set with the opening number: All these boy scouts are gathered around the fire, and enters center stage, this fiery little pixie shows up dancing through the crackling cinders, while all the huddled boy scouts are watching the show, getting their weenies toasted.

Can you imagine if they were able to produce these effects on stage? Wow. You're staging some pretty spectacular shows.

The music is coming into my head and this one is really animating. Drums and horns. Go!

(BTW, thank goodness your signature butterfly can handle the heat!)

Really powerful, Ms Coops! Go Lassay, Go!!!!!!!

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[Enug]

I always love your dancers and these vibrant colours add to the beauty of the piece.

[danny72]

Hope you enjoy this one:)

89444Unbelievable!!! I'm a fan of your work.. Awesome again!!!!

[Marilyn Anne]

A modern painting in its own right. You do paint beautiful dancers !

[coops]

Sorry its been so long in replying but thank you all for your lovely comments. Back painting again so here we go again.

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[Bobbi]

Very glad you are back.

[gxhpainter]

Hi Katie, I too took some time away from painting and I am just now getting back into it. This is a lovely
painting, very warm and great background... hope you are well and l look forward to seeing more from you! :):):):):):)

[D Akey]

I love this painting. Reminds me of my chiropractor.

. . . who happens to dance. (only kidding). Wish I was this flexible and strong. Speaking of strong, these are strong colors and saturation. Very powerful. A visceral dance in which the dancers seem to be defying physics a bit, as dancers often do. But this feels like a very strength style dance. So the richness of everything in it implies that tone.

Very nice to see you back! You've been missed and hope you were up to no good and thus got it out of your system.

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[byroncallas]

I've been away too Katie; an email about your post brought me back for a peek ('m subscribed to your thread.)
Love the painting, strong and evocative. You certainly haven't lost your magical touch.
Meanwhile, hope you are well, and that your holidays are lovely.
All best,
b

[kenmo]

Love the style your are creating. Awesome work Katie....

[coops]

Thanks Bobbi and GX for your kind comments and yes fit and well :)
Dear Mr Akey as always a hoy to read your comments and they still make me giggle:)
Byron and Kenmo, glad you enjoy this one
All the very best for Christmas and the New Year to you all:):):)