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Friday, July 7, 2006

Illustration Friday: Skyline


I don't know if this will ever be used or not, but it's a scene from the mid-grade fiction novel I'm currently writing. The setting is based on a real town called Copperhill, Tennessee. The mining practices there were so bad for so long, the entire region was completely denuded. The astronauts on the space shuttle mentioned being able to see three man-made things from space: the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids in Egypt, and the landscape of Copperhill, TN. If you'd like to learn more, click here:
Copper Basin History.
In this scene, the mother is checking the weather for wind. The sulfuric acid fumes in the air were so bad, that the wind could eat a pair of drying stockings in a matter of hours.

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16 Comments:

Blogger Diane Duda said...

Lovely!

5:55 PM  
Blogger Maria Eugenia said...

it's beautiful...

6:20 PM  
Blogger JO said...

This is nicely done.

6:24 PM  
Blogger claudine hellmuth said...

wonderful! it has a wyeth sort of feel. I love it!

10:07 PM  
Blogger Jana Bouc said...

Beautifully rendered illustration. It's so painterly and expressive.

11:30 AM  
Blogger carla said...

I love this illustration. This looks familiar...I think you posted it before and I loved it then. The quality of the light is amazing, and there's so much feeling in the figures. Beautiful!

8:35 PM  
Blogger Roz Foster said...

Beautiful image - dramatic and soft, as well. What an intense spot for your book! Nice work.

9:50 AM  
Blogger michael dailey said...

wonderful illo and yep that last part has the colum dumps of a coal mining town beat. they smelled real bad and lite the night up with there glow but they didnt eat socks.

6:46 PM  
Blogger Alina Chau said...

charming beautiful piece!!

7:11 PM  
Blogger Jessica Wong said...

This is beautiful. Your illustration seems to tell a story by itself!

8:02 PM  
Blogger mimu said...

nice work, the colors really capture the moment

9:39 PM  
Blogger Colorsonmymind said...

I love their positions and the colors are terrific

10:31 PM  
Blogger Edric Hsu said...

This is lovely, and heartwarming! :D

2:22 AM  
Blogger potatomamma said...

Nice atmosphere, nice painterly feel! Your artwork makes me want to go outside and enjoy nature =)

6:49 PM  
Blogger aurangelica said...

I like it very much!

12:42 AM  
Blogger scribblesk said...

Extraordinary glowing image and signifigant environmental story, very enlightening!

7:28 PM  

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