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Tolkyes — Cold Dawn

Published: 2010-07-02 03:13:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 3848; Favourites: 128; Downloads: 0
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Description Oil on canvas. 15"x30".
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Comments: 23

madmadman01 [2013-09-15 05:46:03 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely gorgeous. You do ice especially well imo.

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Tolkyes In reply to madmadman01 [2013-09-18 21:49:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Even though I live in Florida I love ice and snow.

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forgetyoself [2012-06-02 01:14:22 +0000 UTC]

wow the right side of this looks very photorealistic

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Tolkyes In reply to forgetyoself [2012-06-02 20:57:59 +0000 UTC]

I collect black and white copies of photos that I keep on hand as research. That's what I painted from for the sunset and bare trees on the right.

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forgetyoself In reply to Tolkyes [2012-06-02 22:22:16 +0000 UTC]

wow, that's fascinating. Thanks for sharing your methods behind that

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Tolkyes In reply to forgetyoself [2012-06-04 02:06:27 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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Vital-Vittles [2011-11-11 18:41:41 +0000 UTC]

I really enjoy the way you paint these winter scenes...The cool tones are great, but then you've got little pink highlights of warmth to complement them. The shine of the sun and edges of the ice are nicely done as well.

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Son-of-Incogneato [2011-04-21 20:21:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow - great painting.

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Tolkyes In reply to Son-of-Incogneato [2011-04-23 01:01:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. This was one of my earlier paintings and looking at it now I'm not really satisfied with the shape in the foreground. I sold the painting though(which so far, hasn't happened very often yet) but if I had to paint it over, I would paint that shape a little differently now.

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Son-of-Incogneato In reply to Tolkyes [2011-04-25 16:05:32 +0000 UTC]

To be honest when I first saw the thumb I thought this was a photograph.
The artist is seldom satisfied with the end result. But the viewers often are!
I think this is a great piece.

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Tolkyes In reply to Son-of-Incogneato [2011-04-28 00:48:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I do paint from photos to a degree in order to make some areas more realistic looking. Where you see the sun shining through the trees is painted from a photo.

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Goldchild [2010-12-16 17:43:45 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! It looks like a photo.

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Bernhoft [2010-08-15 20:30:22 +0000 UTC]

This is great! I love the icesculptures and the mood in this painting.

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flow-hamen [2010-08-10 11:25:21 +0000 UTC]

very nice work![link]

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Tolkyes [2010-08-03 13:43:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. The sun shining through the trees in part of the background was from a photo in an old calendar of mine that I used to paint from.

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MartinSilvertant [2010-08-02 18:24:43 +0000 UTC]

The background is so good it looks like an edited photograph. Fantastic work.

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DMSandler [2010-07-03 17:21:54 +0000 UTC]

The rising sun is a perfect balance to the frigid cold of the ice and snow. It's warming me up as I look at the painting.
It's beautiful. Peace.

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Tolkyes In reply to DMSandler [2010-07-03 18:55:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoy it.

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MOONDOGPROD1 [2010-07-03 04:34:28 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of an artists rendition of the surface of Pluto!

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Tolkyes In reply to MOONDOGPROD1 [2010-07-03 15:34:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. There's no trees on Pluto, though.
I assume there isn't anyway. No one is ever going to go there since its been demoted, so we'll never know.

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Visocacae In reply to Tolkyes [2012-05-13 02:34:32 +0000 UTC]

Actually there's a probe called New Horizons on its way to pluto scheduled to arrive in 2015. Then we'll get detailed pictures of what Pluto and its moons look like

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Tolkyes In reply to Visocacae [2012-05-14 04:53:19 +0000 UTC]

That should be interesting. I like astronomy.

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MOONDOGPROD1 In reply to Tolkyes [2010-07-04 01:50:41 +0000 UTC]

Ha, quite rightly so!
I have not, and never will will demote Pluto.
The PL in Pluto is used for Percival Lowell's initials.
[link]
Viva el Pluto

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