Rise Up Singing
by Beverley Harper Tinsley
Title
Rise Up Singing
Artist
Beverley Harper Tinsley
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
Rise Up Singing is a lovely floral watercolor done in my best attempt at the sumi-e Asian style of brushwork, with a meditative focus, although without ink. I wanted to embody with simplicity, the charming combination of delicacy and strength paired in these flowers, allowing the natural movement of the water and blending of my chosen colors to create the effect of sunlit petals and stems. The painting is based very loosely on some iris buds that are almost ready to open to the light, although I have seen many different kinds of flowers that these could represent. To me they symbolize the enduring strength of the feminine spirit.
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According to:
http://japanesqueaccents.com/?p=5
The iris has captivated the hearts of the Japanese since ancient times. Kakitsubata, a native species of iris, became especially popular from a story in the tenth century, �Tales of Ise.� An aristocratic poet, weary of the fashionable life in Kyoto, set out on a long journey. Arriving at Yatsuhashi (meaning �eight bridges�), he saw irises in full bloom in a marsh crisscrossed with the eight bridges that gave the area its name. The sight filled him with such longing for his wife in far away Kyoto that he wrote a verse for her, beginning each line with a syllable from the flower�s name, ka-ki-tsu-ba-ta. Ever since, kakitsubata and zigzag wooden bridges have been linked as a motif in art, literature, and gardening.
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The iris is also known as hanashoubu, hana meaning �flower� and shoubu, a play on words that can mean �martial spirit� or �victory or defeat� as in a match or a showdown. Designs of hanashoubu and dragonflies were often stamped into tanned deerskin and worn into battle to protect a warrior.
It was once believed that the iris gave protection from the evil spirits that were abroad on the fifth day of the fifth month. Traditionally, young boys would bathe with the iris�s sword-like leaves on this day. The iris also symbolizes the warrior spirit and is displayed, along with koinobori (flying koi banners), on May 5th, Children�s Day (once known as Boys� Day or Tango no Sekku).
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March 20th, 2014
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Barbara Chichester
CONGRATULATIONS your outstanding artwork is FEATURED in the highly viewed Art Group: MOTIVATION MEDITATION INSPIRATION! From the hundreds of pieces of artwork received daily to review and choose from, your work has been chosen because of it's excellence!