Every portrait that's painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist,not of the sitter-Oscar Wilde
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by mitalapo:
I like the energy of your brush strokes

Lizzie Borden
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Comment by Leo:
Top three. Well done.

Lizzie Borden
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Comment by jusjoshing:
Creepy!

Lizzie Borden
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Comment by littlemav:
This is really cool... not over done, not under done... just right!!

Lizzie Borden
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Comment by CNovack:
Some fairytales are just Grimm. Sorry, stream of conscious going full steam and just had to be said:-) It has been a while since I heard the Lizzie Borden rhyme. Being honest, it doesn't fit into a nursery rhyme definition nor does it quite fit into fairytale even though the classic fairytales are quite grim - some downright nasty. If you take a stroll through Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors (12 books) you will understand what I mean. Lizzie Borden is more a local folklore poem with the sing song rhyme illustrating the murder. It is a rather dark subject...o.k. I am getting off track here aren't I?:-)

Back to the composition. The mood/lighting is dark and gritty which complements the subject matter. The child holding the hatchet is both disturbing and menacing when standing over the hand that is reaching up from the ground. The numbered count on the back wall is a direct nod to the '40 whacks' and 'gave her father 41'. I must admit I am rather a stickler for detail and I see you did pay attention to detail. If one adds up the count on the back wall and takes into account for the sets of five that are hidden behind 'Lizzie' it very could add up to 81 which again connects the visual composition to the rhyme.

So this is rather a very strong and well done composition illustrating a local folklore rhyme that is an exploration in the dark side of human nature. I honestly feel that this is just the wrong challenge for this art piece and that it would do far, far better in a challenge topic of Folklore, Human Nature, or heck, it would even do great in a Halloween challenge.

Every portrait that's painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist,not of the sitter-Oscar Wilde
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by grahamgator:
Nice abstract. I like that you can see the lips just enough to make it a portrait.

Lizzie Borden
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Comment by ThingFish:
Very nicely done. 8

Lizzie Borden
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Comment by Venser:
#2, tied with another
I almost took marks away because the numbers on the background count to more than forty, a lot more. The idea was there so I still gave it high praise. The didn't like the hand coming out of the bottom. It's not lit correctly for the mood. I find it slightly too bright and not in the right position. Minor quibbles, but regardless, you couldn't have shared the top vote anyways.

Lizzie Borden
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by tanguera:
Truly creepy

Lizzie Borden
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Comment by bmartuch:
Nursery Rhymes were so brutal.