Tuesday, April 1, 2008

IF: Homage

IF: Homage
My homage to mothers.
(I am in the mood of doing something more folk art-ish. I am trying to combine Chinese folk art with Russian nesting dolls and throw in a little bit of East European flavors into it.)

31 comments:

  1. That's beautiful. I especially love the wings :)

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  2. I this is lovely, I mean the illo and the blog!!!

    come visit my children illustration blog... you migh like it it's in spanish and english!

    www.caracarmina.blogspot.com

    can I link you? let me know

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  3. This looks a little different from what you normally do, but I like it so much. I especially like the little person. She's adorable!!!

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  4. Hi Flora,
    It's great to see your work!
    Love the theme and the color's:)

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  5. I'd like to have a poster of this one. Thanks for this homage ;)

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  6. Lovely. This reminds me of these wooden dolls I had as a kid where there's one inside the other as you open each.

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  7. i absolutely adore this one, so sweet!! i love the color story as well, it's perfect!

    a : )

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  8. I think this is amazing! Very nice work.

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  9. very nice, flora. love the clothing she is wearing.

    teri

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  10. Very nice. You really managed to capture that warm maternal feeling. Great color choices and detail in the wings too.

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  11. I love it! My first thought was "very traditional Eastern European". I especially love the angel wings.

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  12. Great Flora!! I love it!!
    (^v^)

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  13. flora - love the folk artyness of this piece! very cool homage. I also adore your sketches of faces...there are some really great ones! yes, I have seen Enchanted and loved it! I thought it was wickedly creative!

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  14. wonderful image....love the bright colors....

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  15. I love it. The wings are adorable. Very folk;-) The colours and all the details are just great:)

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  16. I love this. It definitely reminds me of folk art, and the colors make me think "vintage." Great detailing in the wings :)

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  17. Excellent! Great work! :Di love her wings.

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  18. This is really top-notch work! The combination of influences works to beautiful effect!

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  19. I like it Flora. Different but very nice.

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  20. this is so wonderful! i love your work and especially this folk art style! ( i live in kutztown, aka: pa dutch folk capital of the world!) i hope you don't mind i linked you in my blog before – you are so inspiring! best to you, melanie

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  21. Love the colors and the concept!

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