It’s with a touch of mystery, we wander through the viridian and umber tinted glades. Indeed, as my little one calls it in a whispered voice ……”THE Beyond.”
To imbue that sense of magical wonder, from her child’s mind I have specifically chosen to create the scene as a monotype print, in a limited palette, with a definite movement through the image. Through the Forest Glade is really an adventure, with a child back into one’s own childhood I discovered.
As I was creating the image I was going for a loose and free approach. No tight details or rigid rules.
Just a just careful placement of my tonal values and shapes to lead the viewer in and through the scene.
This photograph, is one of my 100 + reference photos, taken from our stroll through the forests of cyprus like swamplands, a place of shadows and hidden things.
A place called The Beyond.
debi riley 
Wow!!! I would love to visit “The Beyond” Deb! So full of wonder!
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bring Charlie! he’d like it too 🙂 thanks Jodi, we’d love to see you !
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Hi Debi – what a mystical looking place “the Beyond”. I’ve looked at your painting several times. The color and texture is so intriguing.
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much appreciated Sharon 🙂 I actually painted the image onto a printing plate, then printed it – thats what created the strange textural marks!
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What a good idea, very nice effects.
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Superb! Love it. ~Rita
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HI Rita, I definitely thought of you and your own nature walks when this was in the works 🙂 Glad you like it too!
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You’ve captured the essence of “the beyond” and pathway…with a few amazing strokes. So great! I enjoy your work and descriptions so much.🌿
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hi! thank you very much for that!! it is fantastic to realise others see and share the same (or nearly) feeling one gets with an art creation. 🙂
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Mysterious and wonderful….I’m thinking Halloween ghost story? Thanks for sharing, Debi.
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thats cute! some places give an ‘eerie, creepy’ vibe; some are more like Enchanted and wonderful…. this was more enchanted kind of ‘feeling’ it brought out in us as we walked. I don’t like the creepy places!! lol
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Ooh, flip side, gotcha! Sounds wonderful. Like a light, beautiful fantasy novel. :)))) Enchanted is a great word.
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Beautiful painting, Debi and I love the ‘monotype print’ treatment! 🙂
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thank you very much !
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Exciting piece Debi, with minimal color expression – wonderful!
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thank you so much Mary! that was a very very nice artistic comment… made me SMILE ! 🙂
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