Waiting Patiently

missmilly, about 1 year ago

This is just so gorgeous! I love it!

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Thanks! I see your’e on here as much as me! : ) Ps – If I am ever in Brissie I will certainly be in touch. x C

nikspix, about 1 year ago

Wild! The expression is kind of both apathetic and hopeful- the eyes are still looking ‘yonder’ but the mouth is kind of disgusted. Great job of portraying mixed emotions!! And I love the colors.

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

THANK YOU Niksi! You got it in 1!

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Maybe I shouldn’t list the original on Ebay for a starting price of $39.00? (Although it’s there already)

Vickie Fisher, about 1 year ago

wow, this is beautiful!

Vickie Fisher, about 1 year ago

You must do more work like this!!!! WOW!

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Thank You Vickie… I really appreciate your comments… I will go check out your art in a sec!

Kathleen Struckle, about 1 year ago

Very beautiful!!

janvanbaarle, about 1 year ago

Great expression and great use of colors!

dogbreath, about 1 year ago

I love this… is there a story to this one?.. It reminds me of someone.

wanda lechene, about 1 year ago

i like this very nice

kafka, about 1 year ago

Beautiful picture Carmen – is this you? – don’t wait, paint!

gemynd, about 1 year ago

wonderful emotion and depth in her face her eyes are just brooding ….really like this carmen

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Thank you everyone for your comments and support! X Carmen. Ps – I can’t believe how much everyone really likes this particular painting!

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

thanks Helen for adding this to your favourites!

pmistric, about 1 year ago

Nice. Love the color.

Firedrake, about 1 year ago

Beautiful!

Renate Dartois, about 1 year ago

Wonderful image Carmen.

madvlad, about 1 year ago

lovely art piece, good luck on your vocation! nice nice job

NomadicGoddess, about 1 year ago

Beautiful piece,

suresh pethe, about 1 year ago

Beautiful work !

thickblackoutline, about 1 year ago

gorgeous textures. i love all the details

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Thanks THICKBLACKOUT… always nice to get feedback!

CowGirlZen, about 1 year ago

the originality and vibrancy of your work is just incredible.

Lou Green, about 1 year ago

there is something very special about this painting Carmen – you should be very proud!

Elisabete Nasc..., about 1 year ago

I love it so much! : )

Headcrime, about 1 year ago

Great work!

Eyal Nahmias, about 1 year ago

Beautiful artwork. it convey melancholy and sadness and the dark tones around the eyes only emphesize the emotion more. excellent comp and color.

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Thanks Eyal!

Seth Weaver, about 1 year ago

A hauntingly tragic feel to this rich painting.

ozjami, about 1 year ago

i love your style,very interesting,love the colours too!!

beccspiteri, about 1 year ago

Hi Carmen,
I was drawn in…just lovely. I think what Eyal wrote expresses what I see.
Thank you for sharing your work,
Blessings,
Becc

NVJasmin, about 1 year ago

I love this one !!!!the color ,lines ,her face ,the pose ,evrything !!!

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Thanks everyone! I received the card version of this yesterday – it came out brilliantly (on black). I decided to buy it because I had sold the original on Ebay recently. Glad you all like it – thanks so much for your comments. x c

kooky, about 1 year ago

i also love this one! the eyes are very mysterious and make me want to know more about her.

Zigga, about 1 year ago

Really lovely. I love the colours.

Scott Ruhs, about 1 year ago

Carmen this is beautiful. Love the combination of colors. Great style!

Buddy Sears, about 1 year ago

This is the one I love. Amazing, moving, deep.

Ciska, about 1 year ago

This is another one of your wonderful pieces, great choice in colours.

lacitrouille, about 1 year ago

Beautifully painted. I especially love the eyes. Great colours.

mgadise2, about 1 year ago

nice artwork Carmen..love the different marks from the different media you used. the clours are great too.

Carmen Cilliers, about 1 year ago

Hello everyone, thank you very much for the comments since I last got on here to pass on my thanks. I am absolutely astounded at the succes this little A3 painting has had!

Helen Bascom, about 1 year ago

Very very nice work! She looks mysterious and very beautiful.

dwright, about 1 year ago

fantastic work!!

rita flanagan, about 1 year ago

What can i say carmen. I’m lost 4 words. No i’m not. It’s devine.

mlgkats, about 1 year ago

very nice , nice use of colors , the title is great

Mark Peterson, about 1 year ago

I like this one Carmen :) very original…

Elf Evans, about 1 year ago

Fine composition with very sullen expression, and colourful movement!!!

ben leiman, about 1 year ago

brilliant ! I love it…

memory, about 1 year ago

She is sooo wistful, love the eyes.

Scott Ruhs, 12 months ago

Excellent image

robert murray, 12 months ago

very nice work!

LostBoy1, 12 months ago

Great work Babe!

DawsonImages, 12 months ago

bold use of color

mgadise2, 12 months ago

great image once more..i love the piercing yet innocent look….well done carmen.

Steven Sandner, 12 months ago

Beautiful work! love the colors and the delicate shading!

Carmen Cilliers, 12 months ago

Thank you to everyone who has commented on this painting! I can’t believe, but am thrilled at the overwhelming response I have received. It’s good to be painting people again and working with mixed media, I am really enjoying it, and your responses and comments are really spuring me on! Thank You!

Shanina Conway, 12 months ago

Oh Carmen, this is wonderful, love your style!

madvlad, 11 months ago

hi carmen, i had a uncle with that name, your art is so much fun i love your light hearted way of doing your art too it is both light and well done too thanks for your words too hang in ozzie girl and keep art a special part of your life!

Antanas, 11 months ago

Great work

GittiArt, 11 months ago

Love this portrait so much as I do all your outstanding works !!! Keep up your own style …you’re a great painter carmen !!!

Andy Gibb, 11 months ago

beautiful sensual image, a real thoughtful look on her face, almost like antisipation

Robin Brown, 11 months ago

They eye’s have it Carmen. Fantastic colours & those eye’s really grab my attention. XX

Mark German, 11 months ago

This is stunning, Carmen. Truly beautiful.

Carmen Cilliers, 11 months ago

Thanks Mark, and thanks for helping me get the frame version up-loaded : )

Birgitta, 11 months ago

Wow…you caught such a snide expression!
Feels like venom is oozing out of her eyes..heh. And yes..whoever said
disgusted around the mouth. Yep. Fascinating work. You’re really good!
Looks good with the off white matting.

Carrie Glenn, 11 months ago

Such a gorgeous work, I love what you have done here.

Buddy Sears, 11 months ago

The card I ordered of this piece came in today, and it’s just beautiful. Thanks!

Carmen Cilliers, 11 months ago

69 Comments, certainly this one is leading the pack in the popularity stakes. Thanks everyone for your support.

Jeremy Harrington, 11 months ago

this is fantastic Carmen, great work

VisionaryImagist, 11 months ago

Carmen; Love your style. great colors and images. great artwork.

emapearl, 11 months ago

beautiful picture :)

jjweston, 11 months ago

I see you have a zillion comments on this one…let me say it is a wonderful magical image. Jer

Carmen Cilliers, 11 months ago

Not a zillion… 74. Thanks Jerry!

Alexia Wardell, 10 months ago

I love the colors here, great composition.. this is stunning, really a beautiful piece of art.

madvlad, 9 months ago

this is pure honey, that fills your joy

Cherie Dirksen, 6 months ago

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous and gorgeous!

Max Gatrell, 6 months ago

I agree with all the above, a truly remarkable piece, i’m haunted by those eyes.

M

Carmen Cilliers in reply to Max Gatrell’s comment, 6 months ago

I think this painting is trying to teach me a lesson.
I sold it on Ebay for some pathetic price… like $79 dollars (I’ll never do it again so to the 80 people that got a bargain you better get it insured0…
the lesson is, stop trying so hard! I did this in maybe an hour, an hour and a half… spontaneously without expectation, yet it’s the artwork with the most accolade and appreciation. Are you getting my point?

Max Gatrell, 6 months ago

Absolutely, some of my best work has been penned in 15 minutes.
When it flows it flows, true art manifests itself into creation without respite ;)

M

Carmen Cilliers in reply to Max Gatrell’s comment, 6 months ago

my best ‘penwork’ flows when i am in bed… and i know i should grab my diary but am too lazy and think i will remember it in the morning. most of the time it’s too faint to have any merit. the other day though, i remembered an awful dream. i was in a pharmacy… and told the man i needed something for the red spots on my feet. he gave me some ointment and then a needle with a tiny scoop on the end. He told me it was on ‘special’ and I would get it for $6 dollars that day instead of $12. I said it wouldn’t work, and he said without asking it might and then plunged the needle into my foot. I thought in the dream, this won’t work, he’s no where near the red spot. I thought it would hurt. Instead I felt a small pressure and as he pulled the needle out of my foot a vein came out… like a prawn vein, but a meter long. My initial reaction was embarressment, and I could see his disgust. I grabbed the needle with the vein from him and tossed it aside. The embarressment was overwhelmed by relief that this thing was no longer in me.

I shared my dream with a spiritual healer a few days later. My concern was that it was a warning that I was going to have a stroke and my veins were dying. The healer felt that it was not this at all, rather that I have been doing a lot of work on healing old wounds and clearing blockages… this dream revealing evident symbols of the process.

I guess, in relation to this painting, is that, with healing, purging, spontaneaty and an open mind I will hopefully pen and paint work of a calibre that is far greater in authenticity than I have ever known.

Max, I am looking forwars to going through more of your work. (I will delete this entry pretty soon so as not to give the whole world the impression that I am crazy : )... because infact, I am not!)

Max Gatrell, 6 months ago

Thankyou so much for taking the time to share that with me.I’m not Joseph, but I believe your dream was indicative of a hidden pleasure, you long to embrace, although if you declared this thing that you enoyed you fear reproach from those around you. Pleasue and Pain are two sides of the same coin ;)

You sound like me, I lie in bed and think about what i’m writing next, however I have gotten into the habit of reaching for my notepad and penning down my musings before they’re forever lost in the mist of dreams.

I look forward to you reading my work, i’m quite pleased with some of it.

M

Max Gatrell, 6 months ago

P.S. feel free to B-Mail me, anytime ;)

Carmen Cilliers in reply to Max Gatrell’s comment, 6 months ago

fuck your english is good for a froggie!

Carmen Cilliers, 6 months ago

“I believe your dream was indicative of a hidden pleasure, you long to embrace, although if you declared this thing that you enoyed you fear reproach from those around you. Pleasue and Pain are two sides of the same coin ;)”
—-—-—-
Are you a guru?! I came to a realization today/yesterday after some “Focusing” exercises that I am not living authentically – when I am my true self people find me to overbearing and strong… so for the last 25 or so years I have been mastering the art of tempering myself. now I am so well tempered i feel i am wading around in a black tunnel. yea, maybe i should bub mail you – but how the hell do you discuss this in email – with a stranger?

Max Gatrell, 6 months ago

I’m no Guru (lol) far from it, I just spend more time than I should with my nose in metaphysical literature. I just know that dreams are as relevant as our waking lives, often their too easily dismissed as mental by-priducts, when they should be considered in the Prophetic sense ;)

M

Carmen Cilliers in reply to Max Gatrell’s comment, 6 months ago

as long as you aren’t reading those lame dream books that you get on the shelves of news agents in the ‘psychology’ section… like snake = transformation… yea right, especially if it’s a mortal paralysing phobia… you know what i mean. the symbol in the dream is personal and applies to the person having the dream.

anyway… i am tired, time for bed. i had a long day today… one more day with my shamanic guru lecturer. don’t really know what to call him. you can google him – Rafael Loche (Dr). Glad to have made a new friend : )

Max Gatrell, 6 months ago

I try to avoid Those kind of books, I tend to stick to much older work, cause back in the day they seemed to have a better grasp on things. Have a great session with your Guru, i’d love to hear what his teaching’s entail.

Good Night New Friend ;)

M

Carmen Cilliers in reply to Max Gatrell’s comment, 6 months ago

Lol – he’s not really my Guru – I wish, but I am too basic to even search for one… but he’s a pretty interesting guy – i think you’d find the 10min on google worth it. I read the tanks… I have to say, I don’t know if I am in agreement with all the comments about it being dark twisted and sinister although some of it does go beyond me and I will take the time to look deeeper into some of the symbols later this week. I can say, I read some of your other works and am convinced that no native of France can write English like this (because most English can’t either). You are very talented, obviously very intense and very multi-faceted and it is unfortunate that we find these people on the internet and they always turn out to be on the other side of the world when it would be so much more convenient to have them near by so one can really get down to the nuts and bolts of it all and literally water the seeds of friendship. Oh well! Hope your day is one of wisdom, peace and utter shallowness – c’mon – just for the hell of it!

Max Gatrell, 6 months ago

Mon Anglais si daccord pour la Frencais, non?

Only joking, i’m from London really, i’ve just been staying here till my book’s published,
and then who knows where i’ll end up next ;)

That Tanks piece is quite twisted in a sense, but at the same time I feel there’s an alement of playfullness entwined within, guess it could mean different things to different people.
You’re so right it is shame that the best people always seem to be so far away,
i’d love to be able to personally interact with those of a like-mind.

M

Ruth Palmer, 6 months ago

This is just beautiful! Looks like it’s a very popular piece for you. Congrats!

Peter Evans, 5 months ago

Beautiful work.
I think she’s telling me that she has just about finished waiting!!

Carmen Cilliers in reply to Ruth Palmer’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Ruth, strangely popular! Not sure why, it’s not my fave… art is so subjective!

Carmen Cilliers in reply to Peter Evans’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks – I think she looks pretty peeved too hehe!

screamqueen, 4 months ago

I love it, very nice!

Laurie Search, 2 months ago

Wonderful!

rosamaria dudz..., about 1 month ago

EVERYONE HAS SAID IT BEFORE ME….........ALL THAT AND MORE!!!
STUNNING! :)