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"The Heart of Conflict" - oil on paper, 18.5 x 18.5. Available here and at Artfinder.
As the ruler of Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts is the character that Alice must inevitably face to figure out the puzzle of Wonderland. In a sense, the Queen of Hearts is literally the heart of Alice’s conflict. - SPARKNOTES.COM
The long passage down through the rabbit hole has landed us at the feet of the Queen of Hearts.
She's terrifying, absolute in her rhetoric and yet, ultimately, just a playing card - powerless to actually harm anyone. Kind of like the inner critic, yes?
She's terrifying, absolute in her rhetoric and yet, ultimately, just a playing card - powerless to actually harm anyone. Kind of like the inner critic, yes?
The Heart of Conflict
My inner Queen of Hearts shouts "off with her head!" over many things, both professional and personal. She's very loud, rather bossy, and takes up a lot of space between me and the other side of whatever she's yelling about. It is a challenge when the thing that trips you up is your own inner villain. Looking at this piece helps me shush her - I can replace her stern visage with an image of my inner cheerleader. Who might look something like Alice. :). More to come.
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About the art: the AI bot loves the Queen of Hearts. It has a way of making her quite frightening and imposing, if you give it enough words. Beginning with a soft pencil grid and adding a rough sketch, I placed a wash of thinned oil paint on the background. Then working from the face outward and gradually deepening the darks, making sure to keep blending the colors enough to mute them into this rather renaissance color palette. Ending with the hair, which was created with very thin paint and a round brush lightly held near the long end, dragged and rotated simultaneously to create a dreadlock/coil effect. She's beastly, and I kind of adore her.
2. You ARE going to make a deck of cards, aren't you?
I just ignore those inner yahoos with their loud obnoxious and critical opinions and stupid suggestions.
They can prattle, sidewalk-superintend and throw shade all they want, ultimately I have FINAL say.
I'm a firm believer (and follower) in listening to my GUT. Has never steered me wrong in 63+ yrs !