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Published: 2009-09-03 19:45:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 76400; Favourites: 3753; Downloads: 2179
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She is Baalhu, one of the Ancients. Legends say she dwells in the mountains, waiting for the brave and desperate to seek her out. She richly rewards those who find her, granting them anything they desire… and taking their souls as payment. Before they die, those mortals are forced to return to her. She places their souls into the bodies of bluebirds, cuts out the heart - - staining their chests red - - and sets them free into the world to be her eyes and ears.Never tell a secret when there are bluebirds nearby. She might hear you.
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Available as an open edition print & as a limited edition giclee .
Painted in Photoshop CS4 and Corel Painter 8
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totally in love with all of your work! do you do prints?!
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Yes, I have a store here: navate.storenvy.com/
Thanks!
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Wonderful lighting and mood -- really is an exceptional digital artwork!
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Spread Some DA Love, No. 67
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I really love this piece, it's absolutely beautiful.
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Wow! This looks really cool. The background story is really cool, too!
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One of my favorite works of art. Ever. I've shown it to everyone I know. Probably more than once. Thank you.
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i love it so much.. those strings are.. jeez how can u ^^
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I really enjoy this!!! thanx for sharing ur beautiful arts.
love,
Marc
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WOW - a very beutiful piece! I love the contrast of the birds against the rest of the painting. Simply beautiful!
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Gorgeous, amazing skill, and an enticing background story to match.
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This truly is beautiful, there are so many rich details and the story/concept behind it is quite interesting. I do like the sketch too, it's cool to see how it developped from the original idea to the final piece. I don't really know what else to say, it really is visually captivating and a really well executed piece
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This one's awesome Lauren. It was cool hanging out with you in Kansas.
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This is my favourite of your paintings, still. It is stunning to watch her with all the details, a masterpiece in my eyes. It is very dark to me - no wonder if I read the note of you (first time today... -.-), but the scenery is magic. I love her skin, the tone of it and the reflection of light, how she is dressed, her jewellery and the tiny birds (I always believed them to be hummingbirds - they might be not, but in my imagination they still are ^^); her expression is commanding, calm, knowing and dangerous but somewhat innocent the same time. The combination of death and live is perfect - maybe not you intention, but I can see this duality evrywhere in this painting and Baalhu is the personification of it.
Yes, I really am in love with her since I know her. *gg*
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All my work is about life and death. 
*The birds are bluebirds. Humming birds are much smaller!
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I know that, but as I told you, in my opinion they are and will stay humming birds. I like it that way.
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Wow, this is amazing... the story, the level of detail, the darkness of it, just stunning.
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beautiful work, I love the bit of orangish pinky goodness on her lower back and upper thigh. centers and grounds her ever so lightly.
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Great realistic rendering + good subject. I bow to you. (:
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Hi
It would be our honor to feature your beautyful work in
Regards,
Claudia
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