| More tags [ 3.Feb.2007] |
And more beautiful tags recieved today... Shannon Blank 
Marie Archer 
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| Tags [ 1.Feb.2007] |
After my permission for PSP groups I started to recieve lovely creations with my art. So once in awhile I will be updating my fans page with them - dont forget to email yours if you would like them to be placed here. THANK YOU for your beautiful work! Shannon Blank 
Jennifer 
Kelly Phillips 
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| Most flattering email [26.Jan.2007] |
I have recieved the most warm and flattering email today from one of my fans. Carolyn Zardoust recently learning in University to be a teacher and wanted to write about painting I sent to her in 2002... oh my, time flies isnt it? This what she wrote to me... "Maria, here is the art paper. :) I was given the choice of writing a paper about Monet or da Vinci, or Mona Lisa, or Picasso. I chose you because you and your painting means more to me than the rest of those guys. Love, Carolyn" ART PAPER "Little Angel" was painted in 2002. It is an oil painting 8 ½ "x11" in size and was painted as a personal gift from the artist, Maria van Bruggen. Maria van Bruggen, http://www.elfies-world.com/bio.php, to myself. It includes her signature and the year in which it was done. From the bottom up to almost the middle of the painting, there is a field of flowers. It has shades and tints of pinks, purples and reds. The artist’s brush strokes are playful and layered into a slight impasto in the case of the flowers. The detail in the flowers is left primarily up to the viewer’s imagination. The angel is bright yellow. Its wings are feathery, wispy strokes of white, purple and pink. The artist took more time painting the yellow. This allows the child itself appears to be calm and serene, whereas everything around it is almost in a blur. The angels’ body is in proportion to its head. Its wings seem to be a bit larger than the standard wings of an angel normally depicted in artwork. You see the angel viewed as from behind so you annot tell whether it is supposed to be male or female. The angel is surrounded by the clear night sky expressed in deep blues and violets. It is looking into space. The sky is filled with stars painted in white. The strokes are whisked on quickly, leaving an area in the top left corner without paint. The artist has intended to pull the viewer into seeing what "could be there" by using implied lines instead of what is obvious to the eye. This is also expressed by the lack of paint in areas around the bottom and the bottom left of the piece. Included in the color scheme is a balance of yellow and blue. Red however is left unbalanced with the absence of green. The artist may have done this intentionally to express the emotions of love and the desire to visit her friend who lives across the planet. As symbolism is expresses its own language, this artist uses color to put emotion into words. "The remoteness of the muted colors and the lack of narrative create the sense that the artist is illustrating a mood rather than a moment from real life," as quoted from Art in the Modern Era, better explains this concept Art in the Modern Era, Amy Dempsey, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,publishers, pg. 43. The implied lines compose a pattern that divides the painting in half width-wise and brings to attention on side of the painting in a triangular pattern. (Fig. 1.1) This outline creates a much needed balance to the painting. Understanding Art, Eighth edition, 2007, Lois Fichner-Rathus, Thomson Wadworth, pg. 30-31 "Little Angel" is a very special painting to me for two reasons. First and foremost, I treasure it because Maria painted it on the spur of the moment just for me and secondly, because it expresses spirituality and nurturing of the child within ourselves. It inspires the imagination because angels do not exist in the natural world. This speaks to the child within me because I believe in their existence. The painting says to me, "Don’t forget about the fun you had with your imagination." I see the beauty of the child and instantly I’m reminded of how I feel when I gaze into my children, especially that first time when they finally made their appearance. That is healing to my spirit. I believe the brightness of the angel is meant to represent the inner child; our never-ending wish to laugh and be free amidst emotions that can hinder our progress. Considering the place where the Maria van Bruggen was living when she painted this speaks volumes for the health and balance of her spirit. "Little Angel" was painted at the artists home in Israel. It’s my belief that this painting is meant to open the mind to believing that love has no limit or social boundaries; that anything is possible if we just make a choice to listen to love and not to hate. |
| New additions [31.Aug.2006] |
And here are some new additions from our wonderful fans to our Fan Gallery... Amethyst Minning sent a photo of two ACEO prints in between her gorgeous stone collection. 
And Deana Rackley sent two photos of wonderfully framed print and original painting... 
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| Rainbow faery [ 8.Aug.2006] |
And here is a photo of the wonderfully framed Rainbow Faery. It looks so special! Joan Cook 
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| Alice in Wonderland [10.Jun.2006] |
And today I recieved a photos of two framed paintings from Jennifer - they looks wonderful! 
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| Cross-stitch [ 8.Jun.2006] |
And another beautiful cross-stitch made from my With But-terflies painting was sent to me by White Willow Stitching (http://www.whitewillowstitching.com) 
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| Dragons [ 6.Mar.2006] |
And here are two beautifuly framed comissioned ACEO's of mine - Dragon fairy tale 1 and Dragon fairy tale 2. I love how they looks framed :) Joan Cook 
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| Cross stitches [ 6.Mar.2006] |
And this was as well lovely to recieve an email from Jamie (White Willow Stitching - my licensing company) with examples of work in progress of cross stitches done from my original paintings (you can see I forsee, Go and be free, With butterflies and On the wings of the moon) White Willow Stitching http://whitewillowstitching.com/  
 
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| Furry fans [ 6.Mar.2006] |
And lovely photo from my other fan where several of my paintings (Dream within a dream, Goblin Princess, Am I bad?, two Crow related paintings and Native portrait) are displayed on his wall... I even have a furry fan there :) John 
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| Fragile [ 6.Mar.2006] |
Big thank you to Chrissie for sending me those two gorgeous photos with my Fragile painting on them. Christina Michelle Ehlinger is artist as well and you are welcome to visit her website to see her paintings. Christina Michelle Ehlinger http://www.marronex.com/  
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| Two portraits [15.Feb.2006] |
And look at my beautiful model Carrie Hawks who was a special inspiration for both of those paintings - I am happy they found a great home at her place. Here is she holding Kitty Love and Lets talk about magic, I hope you can find a resemblance. Dont forget to visit her lovely website as well - Carrie is painting most precious cats - in between them are also cat fairies, mermaids, wisards and so on :) Carrie Hawks http://www.tigerpixie.com/  
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| Beautiful! [15.Feb.2006] |
Look what a gorgeous frame :) for my Following the way of your heart portrait - it has also a written words that belongs to this painting under it and I thought it looks just wonderful. Big thank you going to Matt for making them for us! Matt Cook  
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| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.... [ 9.Feb.2006] |
And because I reiceved so many wonderful comments on my last painting Magic old as Eternity on my Artwanted gallery and on Epilogue, I decided to put some of them that was a real stories specially here... THANK YOU SO MUCH! 
"She is wonderful. Love the bell. It's something an elderly lots-of-water-under-the-bridge witch would do. When I'm old I'll wear purple and a red hat....or in this case a bell on my hat." "I agree with you. Delightful painting, wonderful colors too. Artists and art students I know have told me that they enjoy sketching older people and people who are overweight because there are more interesting lines and details to study than there are on thin, plain 'generic' model types." "DEAR MARIA...I ADMIRE THIS PICTURE MORE THAN MANY OTHERS... FOR ALL THE TRUE WORDS YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO GO WITH IT...I AGREE WITH THEM ALL ADVENTLY...IT IS ABOUT TIME WE BECOME REAL AND DEPART FROM THE PERFECT PLASTIC WORLD OF AIR BRUSHED PHTOS AND FAKE IMAGES..ALL GROW OLDER...JUST ASK ELIZABETH TAILOR...IT IS THE SOUL THAT GROWS MORE LOVELY WITH YEARS OF WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE..IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT IS THE LIFE FORCE THAT BRINGS THE FLESH ALIVE WHICH OTHERWISE ARE MERE PARTICALS OF DUST...I AM SADDENED TOO BY THE WAY MANY FOCUS ON HUGE JUGS OF FAT ON A WOMENS' CHEST AND THE CLEAVAGE OF THEIR BEHIND...IT IS A SHALLOW PERCEPTION THAT I HAVE SEEN CELEBRATED BY MANY EVEN HERE ON THIS SITE...BRAVO TO YOU DEAR ONE FOR BEING TRUE AND REAL AND FOR LETTING YOUR HEART SPEAK...I AM NOT AGAINST BEAUTY ONLY THE MOLD AND EXPLOITATION OF THE HUMAN BODY AS IF IT WERE A THING TO SELL THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A MIND...I SEE IT ALL AROUND SO MANY IMAGES ESPECIALLY CREATED AND VENRATED BY SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS SOME WOMEN TOO ...AND MEN MORE THAN OTHERS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SAY ...HEY!!! WE ARE MORE THAN JUST THE SKIN WE ARE IN...GUYS!!! IT IS ABOUT TIME WE SEE THE REALITY OF WHAT A HUMAN IS...AND LOOK TO THE SOUL...THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUTH. I LOVE THIS PICTURE VERY MUCH...SINCERELY CB" "I agree with everything you have said Maria, and even though I do tend to draw or paint the normal bimbo type fairies, I do spread my wings occasionally and draw something different. For instance I have an Elf with stubble, and an old wizard or two. They aren't the most popular of my images, but who cares :D" "It's beautiful, and the words next to it express it even more. They all seem to need no till just tiny bits of clothes, and it's very irritating. There's a whole world of amazing things in front of you, which you can make amazing things of, but when you keep drawing girls in little bikini's with lots of make-up, it's just not worth it all. I really like this one a lot; if I could do such things with watercolor. :)" "I agree with you, old faces are magical, full of wisdom and knowing. That is what makes them so lovely to look at. This is a wonderful piece." "So many artists would agree with you about the "babes" in fairyland! your lady here is so much fuller in her grace and her charm. There's definitely wisdom and a bit of girlishness in her eyes! I love the colours and the Autumn/Winter symbols."
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| VERY special fans :) [ 8.Feb.2006] |
And here is a little dedication for my VERY special fans from the Basic school OLV where my son Daniel is learning. I was touched and happy to be invited by teacher to give a special presentation about me and my art. It was LOTS of fun, I explained why I actually paint fantasy, showed my creations, explained differences in between fantasy creatures and than we had a time for painting games (where I was painting on a school board) and questions. 
But the most special part of it that after this lecture kids were painting and creating things inspired by my art and fantasy. I opened a special part in my gallery for their beautiful creations - please visit and leave them some comments! :) - just click here: KIDS CREATIONS - MY SPECIAL FANS |
| Thank you! [ 8.Feb.2006] |
I was so happy to recieve these two photos with my paintings :) First of all Once upon a time... was one of my favorite comissions, and I happy to have a photo where a lovely couple posing near it, and look what a gorgeous frame for my comissioned Green Magic ACEO! Joan Cook  
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| Thank you! [ 2.Jan.2006] |
And again HUGE thank you to one of my wonderful customers - Joan for sending me a photos! They all looks gorgeous in these frames, I truly love it. Here it is - two comissions "Trouble" and "Guardian" and my "Fairy Christmas" painting. Joan Cook  
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| Beautiful! [27.Dec.2005] |
And I was so glad to recieve a photo of my "Waterfly" print - it looks so wonderful in this frame and a color combination is just great. Please dont forget to visit website of the Brenda - she is very talented artist as well! Brenda Mousseau http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~rbmouss/ 
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| New beautiful photos [14.Dec.2005] |
And here are new beautiful photos from my fans :) Look how gorgeous looks my comissioned portrait with Christmas decoration and in the wonderful golden frame? Thank you so much Joan! I am truly happy to see it. Joan Cook 
And here is a tiny ACEO card "Morgana Le Fey" that is standing in a very special stand - this painting featuring my beautiful model Deana and cat of her mother. Deana Rackley 
And this is a "Cold" painting and ACEO Christmas card adopted by Jessica, thank you so much Jessica! Jessica  
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| ACEOs [10.Nov.2005] |
And here is a photos of my ACEO cards that found a wonderful home. I am happy you enjoy this tiny creations :) Jessica 
 
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| Photo from the fan [10.Nov.2005] |
And this is a beautiful photo of You came from my heart that has been send by my fan and beautiful model of this painting Deana. This is a fantasy portrait of her and her special daughter Caitlin. 
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| Present from the heart [27.Oct.2005] |
Look what a beautiful Halloween present I have recieved today in my mail! It is gorgeous little ACEO portrait of me and my husband done by so incredibly talented Erika Nelson. Thank you so much my friend! Dont forget to visit her website - I promise you will not be dissapointed :) Erika Nelson http://portal.erikasfriends.com/ 
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| Faery ACEO [ 9.Oct.2005] |
And with a huge thanks to Joan for sending me a photo of my "Faery Whisperer" Aceo that now is framed and standing on her computer desk. It looks so lovely there! Joan Cook 
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| Comission [20.Sep.2005] |
I was so happy to recieve today photos from one of my wonderful customers. It was a comission painting that was supposed to be a present for her friends birthday. I am glad to know she loves her portrait and look what a great photos :) THANK YOU SO MUCH! Comission portrait for Tammi Grant - as a present to her friend Krista Here she is opening her present... 
And here is the present! :) 
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| New photo from the fan :) [ 6.Sep.2005] |
And today I recieved another lovely photo from my fan :) - here is her doll Little C posing with my "Tiny Dreams" ACEO card :). My fan also has a beautiful pixel art website - so dont forget to visit it! Cathy Holford
http://www.freepgs.com/pixie/ 
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| Wonderful surprise again [16.Aug.2005] |
One of my best customers told me that she wanted to paint me because I always paint other people :) I couldnt be happier with this wonderful portrait :) I love it and I think it was something so generous and so sweet I had to post it here. Thank you Deana!!!!! Please dont forget to visit her auctions where she lists her art too - just click on her name to go there. Deana Rackley 
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| Wonderful birthday surprise and paintings [ 1.Aug.2005] |
First of all I just recieved wonderful birthday surprise :) One of my special fans made an ACEO portrait paintings of me, my daughter and my grandmother (my grandmother is also the one you can see on my "When angels dream" painting)....it was so special I had to share it with you! Sandra Fenton 
And two of my other wonderful fans sent me a pictures of my paintings and prints hanging in the ir house - thank you so much for sharing! It is definately looks wonderful. Susan with "Green Paradise" print 
Carmen - "Fortune Goddess" and "Magical Druid" paintings 
Please remember that I am always happy to recieve your emails and your photos - it is a best feedback for the artist! Just email me to info@elfies-world.com with FAN in your subject line and I will be happy to place it here. |
| Beautiful inspiration [21.Jul.2005] |
Just recieved a heart warming email from one of my fans and I thought I should share it here beacuse you would love to visit her gorgeous website...just take a look.... Dawn Landrum http://landrumcreations.smugmug.com/ "Hey Maria, I notice in your art that a lot of your images resemble my youngest daughter Tia. I know it has to be by accident but obviously you have images like her in your mind. It is so awesome! Here is a photos: Angel Breeze 
Angel of Light 
Fallen Angel 
See what I mean? She looks a lot like your work. I think its great that your natural inspiration looks like my Tia. I love it. I cant wait to see what you do next. You are great! ....Dawn Landrum" |
| Photos from my fan [12.Jun.2005] |
I am sharing another couple of photos of the framed prints from one of my supporters and fans. I think they look gorgeous in this frames! Deana Rackley 
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| New surprise [ 5.Jun.2005] |
Look what a wonderful surprise I have :) I hope you can recognise my face - I am an Autumn and first from the right. Huge thank you going to wonderful Lindy Van Den Bosch (that is also a fantasy artist and you can visit her website here - http://www.lindyvandenbosch.com/) 
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| Thank you! [16.May.2005] |
And another wonderful photo of my fan together with my painting \"Dark night magic\" - he is also the owner of the wonderful E-cards website that you have to visit if you still didnt had a chance. Thank you so much Steven! Steven http://www.virtualcards.co.uk/ 
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| About my style from my fans.... [12.May.2005] |
Once in awhile every artist has his "down" days where he/she is wondering about how recognisable his style is.....I had to say a HUGE THANK YOU for my fans for their support and feedback that they always give me.... "You DO have a style, first it's about color, your images always have beautiful colors in them. Second, your images always portray emotions that are usually beautiful feelings. You always manage to show a person's true feelings using only a few lines of a pencil." "Maria, you have a very recognizable style. it is very clean and hm... how to say. i can always pick out your work before seeing that you did it. what i like the most about your work is that it has it's own voice, and i don't think i've ever seen something that you've painted that didn't speak on it's own." "Your style is very gentle and sweet and soft. I guess I have to say what the other person said, it's hard to describe, but I know it when I see it. Your pictures always treat the subject with respect and love, and it's not about being perfect, like some models always are, just being beautiful in each one's own unique way." "I think you do have a distinct style Maria. Your art is very close with nature, with the animals and flowers you include. I always recognise your art and I greatly admire it." "YES, you have a VERY recognizable style. First of all your faces are very distinctive. And then the little details you add in - sometimes they're a little funny (like frogs), and they give your paintings a slightly humorous touch that keeps them from being too... I donnu how to describe it... " "Yes of course you have your own special style! I would describe it by the characteristic way you handle your lineart- like painting those fairies and flowers just comes so natural to you, like second nature; you have a very light touch. Also your painting technique is instantly recognisable by the colour palette you use, which is quite light in colour also. There is an easy, gentle spirit that can be found in your work that can make people very happy and at ease with the world :)" "You have a VERY recognizable style, Maria. Whenever I surf artwanted, or vote in their contests, I don't need to read the copyright to know it's you." |
| My best fans in the world! [10.May.2005] |
And this picture just brought a warmth to my heart :) It is my definate best fan ever! Little Rylee is holding a portrait that I made for her year ago, it is a photo done on her birthday party - little Rylee is now a big girl - 2 years old. She wants to show it for everybody because it is one of her favorite paintings. Thank you so much little Rylee!!! From Colleen Holland (and her beautiful granddaughter Rylee) 
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| THANK YOU! [ 5.Apr.2005] |
This truly brought tears to my eyes! Thank you so much! I think its a best present you can recieve and it brings you such a warmth to the heart. Look what a wonderful packages I have got in the mail today! Thank you for being the best and painting me :) Wonderful portrait from Natalie Hamann (Germany) You should visit her wonderful Live Journal with a most special kids stories and illustrations: http://www.livejournal.com/users/nanina/ 
Wonderful portrait from Kat (USA) Dont forget to visit her special art gallery here: http://nibblekat.deviantart.com/ 
I have a huge smile on my face right now :) |
| More pictures! [ 1.Apr.2005] |
And here are more pictures coming! Thank you so much guys! Please dont forget that if you own original or print of Maria we will be glad to add you to this gallery - just sent us email to info@elfies-world.com with "Photo from Fan" in the subject line. Ariel Aurora Dawn 
Deana Rackley 
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| Pictures from fans [31.Mar.2005] |
As I always say - this is one of my most important pages of the website. Thank you for being my fans! Here you can see coming up photos that people made of my works hanging in their house. If you happen to own Maria's original or print and would like to send us photo too - we will be very happy and honored! Just email it to info@elfies-world.com with "PHOTO from fan" written in the topic of the email. Photos from Deana Rackley 
Photos from Trish Gaunt  
Photo from Christine 
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| Signature Tags competition results! [29.Mar.2005] |
Through my artistic career I think I recieved around couple of thousands of emails with questions for permission to use my art for signature tags....I thankful to my fans that keep my copyright marks and help me to promote myself as an artist. I thought the best way to make this communication better is to show you what beautiful works some of my fans do. As some of you remember I sent out invitations to participate in my Signature Tags competition about a month ago. So today I am happy to present you three winners of this competition :) First place Signature Tag Arena Lewis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cool_Tags_With_Permission/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cool_Babes_Yes_Tubes/ 
Second place Signature Tag Lisa 
Third place Signature Tag (and definately my personal favorite) Angela Jones 
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