Monday, July 12, 2010

Spirit of the Tao

This is my entry for the Digital Whisper challenge where we were given this beautiful image of a horse and I thought of the wonderful horse images from the illustrated Tao Te Ching. The horses are a bit more stylized in Asian art but they often depict wild , muscular animals which this image conveys. I added overlays of Asian symbols and text and used color from some vintage Oriental stickers for added texture. Background from scrapbookgraphics.

14 comments:

  1. Lori-this is really nice. I love the colors and textures and the horse image you have chosen.

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  2. so impressive. my favorite was also street tempo. thank you for visiting my blog.

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  3. Stunning piece Lori! This would make a superb pposter, or greeting card... =D

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  4. Oh my gosh this is stunning.
    I love everything about it. Is it for sale ?
    VERY nice!

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  5. aww.... magnifique, Lori ! absolument superbe !

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  6. So beautiful.
    Very fabulous horse. Love them Lori.

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  7. Gorgeous work! I also love Rust and Reason and the Blues of the angel...Beautiful. Thank you for visiting my blog!

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  8. oh this just stunning Lori.... my daughter would love this as she is very into horses....
    thanks for visiting and your kind words, i was very touched...
    your other artwork is just beautiful too, i love all your layers..jenxo

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  9. Hi Lori
    I've really enjoyed looking through your recent posts that I'd missed. Your work is truly amazing...I love every one. But my absolute favourite is the 'Rust and Reason' - what fabulous colours!

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  10. Stunning piece Lori, as you know I love all of your artwork and I love this one lots.

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  11. This is amazing Lori!! I have to say, it's one of my favorites!! love everything about it!! bravo!

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  12. I love this piece.....I love horses so I was immediately drawn to this one....You did a great job...

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  13. such power and freedom, wonderful piece.EE

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  14. This image appeals to me.

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