Ode to the sea (oil on canvas)

in #hive-15650920 days ago

Hello hivers, I'm back here again to show you, like I promise you this morning, the final result of the oil on canvas I just finish to paint!
I started to work on it around a couple of weeks ago and now it's drying (I think it needs 2 or 3 weeks to be ready).

A detail of the piece I titled "Ode to the sea":

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The canvas on the easel in my lab room:

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As you can see, the subject is one of my usual woman with a "special" hair style that reminds the shades of colors of the sea and a paper boat on her head.
On the paper boat I wrote some parts of an italian poem titled "Ode to tea sea" written by Edmondo De Amicis. I didn't find an English version of the poem, so I can just copy here the original italian text:

Salve, o gran mar! Come un eterno aprile
Al canto sempre il riso tuo m’invita
E mi fa ne la carne invigorita
L’onda bollir del sangue giovanile.

Salve, adorato mar! Sgomento al vile,
Tripudio al valoroso, all’egro vita,
Mistero immenso, gioventù infinita,
Bellezza formidabile e gentile!

T’amo allor che l’immane ira nei liti
Frangi, dei lampi al funeral bagliore,
Amo i tuoi flutti enormi e i tuoi ruggiti;

Ma più assai de’ ruggiti il tuo sussurro
Lento e solenne che addormenta il core,
O sterminato cimitero azzurro.

(you can find the poem here ).
My English is not good enough to translate a poem, but this one talk about the passion and the love for the sea, about how it can make you feel younger and brave, about the roars and the whispers of the sea.

As usual, I took some pics while I was painted it during the last 2 weeks so you can see the process too:

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I hope you like it!
See ya soon and stay safe,
Silvia



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This is so beautiful I love your studio setup 😊🫶🫶🫶 can I find you on IG with this username ?

Greetings Dear Silvia,

What a lovely painting! The addition of poetry is the chandelier on top....bon idea!

Wishing you and yours a lovely week's end. ^__^

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Bleujay

NB Thank you for the reblog...very kind of you!

It's beautiful, the subtle colours and the poetry, it's really awesome.