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ROSIE HARPER
Thinking outside of the Easel
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Falling into you Soft, romantic and sensual painting in hues of blue, grey, black and white. Would make an ideal bedroom artwork to just get you ′in the mood′
Falling into you
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Take a life, an artists life Make it hard, give them strife Turn them into someone forlorn Dont think twice about pouring scorn Upon their work, for all to see Does it well with intense glee Cloaking you with their disdain Its not the trend Are you insane Its too much this or not enough that With a sneer you are turned down flat Time ticks away, you still produce Your heart and mind need no excuse To create at will, is your Endeavour To climb the ladder of success, however Many times they snap the rungs You will climb and shout with expanding lungs You will not hide your work away In dusty drawers in disarray You want the eyes of the world to gaze Upon your work and lift the haze To break fragile shells, and look inside No longer run, no longer hide Break through the fabric of your life Your brush becomes a switchblade knife.
Angst
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Glad to be Home ″It′s been one of those weeks, the roads were rammed, the Boss was a bully AGAIN, the heel broke on my new shoes, the cat did a whoopsee on the carpet, my boyfriend has not phoned all day, the lift still does not work, the landlord has not fixed that light even though I have asked five times now, that bloke is staring out of the window at me and it′s just started to rain. God, I am glad to be home″.
Glad to be Home
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2 Beats in a Bar are two oil paintings on box gallery canvas each measuring 31cm x 61cm. When I listen to music I often think of the musical notes as being a solid form so painted some jazz with the notes floating around the musicians on ribbons some being blue for the blues and others being sharp and white, with some light blue in between. Sassy shoes finish them off! A couple of fun paintings for a music fan. Currently being exhibited at The Art Boutique, Tauranga
2 Beats in a Bar
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Saved. Out there, somewhere, when you need them, there is someone who will save you. Either from you, or the elements, or danger of all kinds as danger takes many forms. I am one of those fortunate souls who was saved by the depth of love from another human being. That certain someone, who can pick me up, hold me close and carry me to safety, before I drown.. Print Available - Email Your Request
Saved
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Two Lost Souls is a depiction of the lyrics to Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. So, so you think you can tell, Heaven from Hell Blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail. A smile from a veil Do you think you can tell. And did they get you to trade, your heroes for ghosts. Hot ashes for trees Hot air for a cool breeze Cold comfort for change And did you exchange, a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage. How I wish, how I wish you were here. We are just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have you found. The same old fears. Wish you were here..
Two Lost Souls
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Mark Knopfler The Sultan of Swing. Another painting inspired by song lyrics. You get a shiver in the dark It′s been raining in the park but meantime South of the river you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie double four time You feel all right when you hear that music ring You step inside but you don′t see too many faces Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down Too much competition too many other places But not too many horns can make that sound Way on downsouth, way on downsouth, London town You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords Mind he′s strictly rhythm he doesn′t want to make it cry or sing And an old guitar is all he can afford When he gets up under the lights to play his thing And Harry doesn′t mind if he doesn′t make the scene He′s got a daytime job he′s doing alright He can play honky tonk just like anything Saving it up for Friday night With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing And a crowd of young boys they′re fooling around in the corner Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles They don′t give a damn about any trumpet playing band It ain′t what they call rock and roll And the Sultans played Creole And then the man he steps right up to the microphone And says at last just as the time bell rings ′Thank you goodnight now it′s time to go home′ and he makes it fast with one more thing ′We are the Sultans of Swing′
Mark Knopfler
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Basque in Bilbao. The structures are there, albeit in tatters The people walk by, who cares, what matters We have the museum of beautiful art The Guggenheim sitting there, gleaming and smart How can it be, these buildings decaying Left untouched, unloved, sadness conveying The city is now so crumpled and shallow The city once loved, the city Bilbao. Print Available - Email Your Request
Basque in Bilbao
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Death of the Silents depicts the final day of shooting for the silent movie stars. The Talkies were now what everyone wanted to see and hear. The film strip continues around the outside edge of the canvas.. Currently being exhibited at The Art Boutique, Tauranga
Death of the Silents
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When you take a look through darkened eyes Do not linger on what you despise Cast a gaze at the beauty therein And allow the warmth of the people to come in You say all we see are landmarks of time That the buildings depict what is yours and mine Great towering fortresses that laden the sky Round beehive buildings that are used to defy The distinguishing flags that our forefathers left Which one has to fly to stop feeling bereft What you see are reflections of what only you see What we do is look through them, for you are not me. ON EXHIBITION AT THE HOT GINGER GALLERY - KERIKERI
Kia Ora
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Attitude - a model with a definite air. Pop Art Portrait. Print Available - Email Your Request
Attitude
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Wine O′Clock is an oil on box gallery canvas, painted on all sides so ready to hang. That time of day when all is done Meet up with friends and have some fun Not too many, just a few Just enough to subdue The working hours, the tension eases Merlot, Pinot, the senses pleases Look at the watch, horror and shock It must be time for Wine O′Clock. Currently being exhibited at The Art Boutique, Tauranga
Wine O′Clock
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True Love means loving someone Heart Mind Body and Soul. 4 25 x 25cm canvasses linked together with chains showing Celtic designs for the Heart, Mind, Body and Soul painted in detail with Artist Quality Metallic Acrylic.. Print Available - Email Your Request
Heart Mind Body and Soul is True Love
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Relax is a Contemporary spin on a still life of Fruit, Flowers and Wine. It has a Chinese influence with a lacquered bowl and blossom. At 100 centimetres square, this is a large painting. Acrylic on a box gallery canvas.. Print Available - Email Your Request
Relax
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Roundabout Way represents lifes twists and turns. You can head off in one direction, only to find yourself being diverted into another. A bit like roundabouts and junctions on the road and there are roadworks making you turn off into a direction you just don′t want to go down. The background is a rainbow just to be sarcastic - well you have to be sometimes and then laugh about it.
Roundabout Way
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Blockade Most of my work is produced on large canvas sizes, so this was a challenge for me so I chose rough canvas which has a lot of body to compensate for the small image that I painted onto it. In a way I felt that it was in need of nourishment I suppose. It was fun to do and there are four of these little paintings. Small does not necessarily mean quicker though as this painting took a month to complete and a certain amount of eye strain.. Print Available - Email Your Request
Blockade
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Osmosis. The human membrane that binds us all. Look after your sisters, daughters, mothers, aunties, grandmothers as they are precious, but most of all look after yourself because without you they are lost. You are never alone even when I am not there You are never alone even when you think I dont care You are never alone because you are part of me You are never alone because your heart is free You are never alone even in the darkest of nights You are never alone as our love is the brightest of lights. Print Available - Email Your Request
Osmosis
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The Treaty I am but a man. I am not anything. When my family smile I feel my heart sing. I toiled through life, to give it away. I sense that is my destiny, every day. The Treaty I follow, in all its meanings. No selling of souls or devilish leanings. I came to terms with my life and living, I will stay true and be more forgiving. Look into my eyes and tell me I am wrong. That there are unified tongues elated in song. There are mountains to climb and bridges to cross. That mankind means just that and all is not lost.. Print Available - Email Your Request
The Treaty
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Blitz Kreig. The night sky is split open with the lightning bolt tearing through the blackness, highlighting the ferocity of the storm. The lightening is etched into the oil.. Print Available - Email Your Request
Blitz Kreig
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Twister is a tryptich representation painted in acrylic on three canvasses. Print Available - Email Your Request
Twister
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Pure Greenius. Cicadas singing in the tree Amidst a glow and mystery They sing their song in constant rhyme They do not care of space and time People below are in constant chatter About silly things that do not matter Soon all will be quiet and they will be free To continue their singing with abandoned glee. Print Available - Email Your Request
Pure Greenius
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