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Acrylic on canvas textured oil painting paper. Standard A4 size.
Reference photo used from my own private collection of self portraits.
I added the lily as an unconscious symbol that I was drawn to and a lovely artist pointed out the meaning of the lily which I thought was quite amazing and felt very happy as to why I unconsciously added this symbol.
*Lily-lilium candidum*, symbol of purity and virtue, emblem of St. Mary the Virgin. Purity, innocence, virginity. Heavenly bliss. Annunciation.
I loved the idea of adding a mix of body painting as well as henna to the back tattoo. I tried to keep it simple so it did not take away from the skin and the curves which are the main focus. I tried adding highlights to the background but it kept taking away from the figure so I just added some simple gold dots.
11 Comments
Geoff Cooper 04 Nov 2011
I am anonymous guest, forgot to sign inAnonymous Guest 04 Nov 2011
Great work, love it, is it a self portrait ?tim linville 08 Dec 2010
Beautiful Painting,Tahnja!I like the meaning of the Lily!nikos kanellos 08 May 2010
Very nice artwork Tanja!Maria Murphy 06 May 2010
STUNNING!!!!!Olga van Dijk 06 May 2010
AS ALWAYS: BEAUTIFUL MY FRIEND!! Missing you on AW! Love and Light, OLGAKaterina Koukiotis 23 Jan 2010
beautiful painting tahnja!!Renata Cavanaugh 05 Jan 2010
BeautifulFrancis Rivera 01 Jan 2010
Wow! This is just amazing, and the meaning of the Lily flower is just beautiful! ^_^Shahram S. Nahavandi 31 Dec 2009
One of my favorites....! Thank you...!Emily Reed 31 Dec 2009
Amazingly awesome! Happy New Year!