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A painting that sprang from a friend's image of the goddess Al-lat; he envisions this pre-Islamic goddess as striding across the dunes at night, her hooded garment sweeping back behind her. This came directly from a doodle, so I'm not so confident about it.

Al-lat is mentioned in the Qur'an, and is the source of the Islamic symbol of the crescent moon and star. She was one of the primary deities worshiped in pre-Islamic Arabia.

Here's a lovely little article about her:
[link]

Acrylics on pine.

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~Lesyeuxmagique Dec 26, 2012
This is really evocative! The stars and her eyes just pop out of the picture.
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~NibbleKat Dec 26, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you so much!
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Mood: Love *skycladarts Nov 1, 2012
wow, I think this is one of your most beautiful pieces to date!
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~NibbleKat Nov 5, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I appreciate the comment!

(I don't agree with you, but I appreciate it!)
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*skycladarts Nov 5, 2012
:D
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*Gremlich Oct 28, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Very nice piece. My grandfather was an antiques collector seller in addition to being a painter and singer of light Opera decades and decades ago n(look for Wally Olsen at --> [link]). He used to find old window frames, smaller ones were preferred, and paint special scenes or details on them and mount one of his canvas paintings behind/in the frame. Some of your work reminds me of what he liked to do with his art and found materials.
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~NibbleKat Oct 29, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hey, thanks for the link! I'm going to have to investigate further!
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