Taerie's art: 'Angel Light' and 'Dangerous When Wet'

[mechtild]

~ Detail from Taerie's "Angel Light".



Away with the sauce and fluff of Faun and Bacchante; the time is right to present a piece I saw posted last week in the
journal of fellow LotR- and Frodo-fan, visual artist taerie. Her latest Frodo painting is ... sublime.

I apologize ahead of time that you will need to use your scroll bar to see all of this, but the full-size version of Taerie's
painting is that wide!

Since Taerie has a locked journal with a limited f-list, it bothered me that almost no one would see her new work.
I have asked her and she has given me permission to post it here.

Angel Light is a "winged Frodo" image, of which I am sure there are many, considering how often Frodo is compared to Eros,
the winged God of love. I've done Art Travesties of Frodo in Bouguereau's "Cupid and Psyche" paintings (who provided his
Cupid with ridiculously small wings), and I've featured the gorgeous scupture group of Canova's "Cupid and Psyche".

I've also gushed in various places over igraine's exquisitely imagined and written AU S/F fanfic, Psyche, which she
based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche (complete with ravishing writing about Frodo-Cupid's wings *swoon*).

I am betting there are Frodo fics and pieces of art based on the myth of Icarus, too, another hero with wings.

Whatever Taerie's inspiration -- Eros, Icarus, angels, or birds -- I think hers is the best "winged Frodo"
I've seen in fan art. See what you think.






Taerie's "Angel Light" reduced to fit on an LJ page:








Taerie's "Angel Light", full-size (use your scroll bar to view, or click enlarging icon in lower right if necessary):








~*~



Because I think Taerie's work doesn't get enough exposure, I also want to post a recent sketch of hers of great charm.
I encouraged her to post in a Frodo thread I visit at K-D, but its readership is small. Perhaps more people who might enjoy it
will see it here.

The sketch below depicts Frodo in the bath. What a look on his face! I am sure I am not the only fan who will be reminded
of at least half a dozen highly-rated fanfics, when she looks at this drawing.

Naughty Taerie!






~ Frodo in the tub, in "Dangerous When Wet":







And, just in case any of you missed it last year, here is a link to the LJ entry presenting Taerie's Frodo of the Shire,
the colour piece that reminded me of ancient Chinese silk paintings.



~ Mechtild

Comments

[summershobbit.livejournal.com]

That is just....beautiful. Just beautiful!

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting, Summershobbit. It really is worth raving over. :)

[bagma.livejournal.com]

The painting is breathtaking. I didn't know Taerie's work, but it looks very beautiful; Frodo of the Shire is lovely, and Dangerous when wet is deliciously suggestive. Thank you for posting!:)

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

"Breathtaking" - yes, Bagma. There are links to more of Taerie's work at Elfwood on her User Info page, I believe. There is a link for her general fantasy work, and one for her LotR stuff. There is not NEARLY enough Frodo in it! We must encourage her: More! More!

[mariole.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Thanks for posting Taerie's work. :)

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

You! Get back to work!!!! (((Mariole)))

[mariole.livejournal.com]

Dang, busted! *lolls around some more, drinking fru-fru drinks and eating bon-bons*

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

"Fru fru" drinks or "Fro fro" drinks?

[notabluemaia.livejournal.com]

Beautiful composition and textures (the smooth hair and the fluffed softness of the feathers). Love the position and Frodo's expression (in both!).

Perhaps she'd post her pics on Wyna Hiros' hobbitart?

[notabluemaia.livejournal.com]

That's actually hobbit_art. (oops)

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Actually, after Taerie posted "Dangerous When Wet", I gave her links and encouragement to post links at hobbit_art and M-E News, but I see she hasn't done it. Perhaps if we stamp our feet enough...?

[notabluemaia.livejournal.com]

*joins stamping* Beautiful art - and there are very nice people at Hobbit_art - the list owner, Wyna Hiros, is a fabulous artist, too, and a great person. (Met her at ORC.)

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

I'll point out your comment to her, Nota. Yes, folks are very nice at hobbit_art. I felt lucky to find it a few months back.

[frazzylou.livejournal.com]

Oh, those are both beautiful, thanks for showing them!

I particularly love the hands in 'Dangerous When Wet', the way they fade into the water. But then I do love line-art. ^_^

I hope you let her know about all these comments she's receiving.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Frankie. Oh, I'll drag her in here to look at her reviews, mark my words!

[melyanna-65.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting those wonderful pieces of art.

I don't know the artist, but I think I'll go and have a look, her Frodo is just so gorgeous.

*hugs*

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Melyanna, I clicked links to her "gallery" of space at the Elfwood Galleries -- my links and the ones in her LJ -- and none of them are working. I am thinking it's a site malfunction. She hasn't posted very many Frodo pieces, but they are all good or excellent.

[whiteling.livejournal.com]

Woo Hoo! *standing ovations* for Taerie's beautiful artwork and a *hug* for Mechtild for promoting it so wonderfully. Thank you, ladies! :)

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Hey, you should know, Miss Artist Person. :D

Yes, when I saw this picture on Taerie's LJ, and saw that she didn't even link it in The Harem, I had to put my foot down. Luckily, Taerie was amenable to "a showing." :D

[taerie.livejournal.com]

Heavens! **blushes** Thank you Mechtild! You really know how to jump-start that muse of mine!
Now if we could just figure out where to put the jumper cables on yours we would be all set!..( but maybe we better not mess with it... yours does SUCH a great job of writing after it has had time to get in the mood.)

Thanks for all the kind words!! You guys are so sweet.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Hey, did you see those comments? Hunh? Hunh?

"Why not post this at hobbit_art?", Notabluemaia suggested. And, below, the estimable Estelanui (a Tolkien afficianado and art fan from Italy) has said, "Why not at Middle-earth News?"

See? You should feature these things. Remember, to post at either of these sites, you merely have to follow their formats on their User Info pages (very simple) and post a link. If you don't want to unlock your own LJ posts to link the images there, you can link to my pages where I've hosted your work. My LJ entries, except when they are about family, are always public.

~ Mechtild

[taerie.livejournal.com]

Whats all that noise? Sounds like an earthquake!! Ah.. Makes me feel right at home like I'm back in my native San Diego.

I actually meant to post both places.. I just didn't manage to do it for some reason.

Mechtild you are such a sweetie!! Thanks for offering to host my piccies to the world. Now I just have to figure out how to do this right without mucking it up. I'll go look at the User Info pages. What exactly should I put for a link? Is there a good place to cut and paste it from that it wouldn't end up sending people to the wrong place or something? Am I asking something that makes sense?

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

What ever you want to link to, just copy and paste the address from the top tool bar on your monitor which says, "Address."

For instance, if I go to your LJ and open it to the "Angel Light" post (although you haven't called it that in your actual entry),
if I copy the address in the upper tool bar, called, "Address", it says:

http://taerie.livejournal.com/29123.html

All I did was copy and paste that. It copies into your LJ comment or entry as a live link.

The problem is that your entry is friends-locked, which will not help you in posting it at these two places.

Here is the copy-and-pasted address of this page, on which your pics are being presented. If you click it,
you should get this same page.

http://mechtild.livejournal.com/41617.html

Anyone can open this one, since most of my journal is not locked.

If you want to host the pic at your own site (which seems sensible), you could unlock that particular post. If you click "Edit Entry"
for that post, you can scroll down to the bottom after the text box, and there will be a selection box called, "? Security."
Scroll through the choices and click "public." It will change the setting for only that entry.

See if that works.

[taerie.livejournal.com]

THANKS!

I was thinking that if I sent people to your page there would be more there for them to see! You have all kinds of great stuff.
I will put it on my page if you would rather. Which would be good?

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

It's fine if you link it here, but don't forget to come by periodically to see if there are any comments.
I have found that many more people look at something, even favourably, than atually comment.
Therefore, it doesn't mean you'll get that many more comments one way or the other.
But I'll bet a lot more people look. People like clicking open visual art;
it's so quick to see whether you like it or not.

The other thing you can do is post the pics right in hobbit_art, as an lj entry there.
Once you have friended the site, you can prepare your LJ entry as usual, but then you can chose
"Post to--" and select hobbit_art.

Here's a link to my "Update Journal" page, which will look just like yours.

http://www.livejournal.com/update.bml

Go to the bottom below the box where you enter the text and on the bottom tool bar thing,
it says "Post to", just to the left of "Update Journal."
You can select the other site from the list, and then it will post to their journal,
not to yours. Just remember to follow their instructions on the User Info page.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about it, and I think that posting directly into hobbit_art might be the best way to go for you --
I don't mean writing a post and then giving a link to your journal, but actually posting the pic right there
(behind a cut, of course, per their rules). That way the post would truly be your own and you'd get the comments
and the notifications of reply, yet you wouldn't have to change your own journal from private to public.

Whaddaya think?

If I don't respond, Taerie, it's because I've gone away for the weekend. I'm driving away Sat. a.m.,
until Monday afternoon, to see an old friend of mine who lives across the state from me.

[estelanui.livejournal.com]

Taerie, it’s easy to have your drawing links on middleearthnews; you have to send an email to middle_earth_news@yahoo.com with the information below.

Change the [ and ] to < and > and replace URL LINK TO YOUR ART with the address page (not friends-locked) of your drawing; then add the ART TITLE and YOUR USER NAME HERE.



FIC/ART NEWS

[a href="URL LINK TO YOUR ART"] ART TITLE [/a] by [lj user="YOUR USER NAME HERE"]

(RATING, PAIRING (IF APPLICABLE), BRIEF SUMMARY (IF APPLICABLE))

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

See? See? Notabluemaia responded above again, stamping her feet for you to post at hobbit_art.

[estelanui.livejournal.com]

Both drawings are so beautiful!
Thanks for showing them, Mechtild!

Perhaps Taerie would post the links of her works on middleearthnews?

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Estelanui. I just relayed your suggestion to Taerie in the comment above. I actually did ask her to post links to her stuff at M-E News back when she posted "Dangerous When Wet". She just needs a bit of prodding, I think.

[goldberry-b.livejournal.com]

**claps**

these are wonderful! I love the expression and the hands on the "wet" one, and I know how hard those are to do!

the Winged one is stunning and looks so natural I esp like the white against the color background

and special thanks for the link to the one from last year :) I missed it the first go around, and its wonderful.. the texture is yummy!

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

All three of them are exceptional, aren't they? - yet all of them are different. The mediums make them look different, but even the particular visions of Frodo are different -- that is, although they all look like the same person -- they all display very different moods or attitudes. I do think Taerie's awfully good.

the Winged one is stunning and looks so natural I esp like the white against the color background

I agree. And I love it that she included Frodo's wounds, if quite subtly.

Thanks for stopping by to comment, Goldberry. :)

[starlit-woods.livejournal.com]

She does wonderful work, thank you for sharing it with us, and for sharing the other links too! :)

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

You are welcome, Starlit (P.S. I love the shot in your icon - who could not love that face?).

[starlit-woods.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I call that the "Baby Face" icon! I could pinch his cheeks in it, and in the one you used too, such a lovely smile :)

[este-tangletoes.livejournal.com]

Mechtild, thank you for bringing Taerie’s beautiful works of art here.

I hope that many more Frodo fans get to see them.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Did you see she broke down and posted it in hobbit_art? It's been getting great feedback. Woo hoo!

[julchen11.livejournal.com]

Stunning. I'm STARING at the drawings for 3 days now and I can't find the right words. I'm sitting here and all I have to say ... they are breathtaking. This is one of the best Wing Art I've ever seen. Thank to both of you.
The "wet one" ... god how I love this expression on his face.
Great works.
Thank you Mechtild for this wonderful post! Thank you so much.

Love and kisses to both of you
Julchen

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome, Julchen. Taerie has a wonderful eye and vision for portraying Frodo, doesn't she? I really love her Frodo work. I wish she would do more.