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"Coventina" by Cristina Marsi

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Coventina by Cristina Marsi

Coventina was a British Goddess: although worshipped during Roman occupation she is of Celtic origin. She is sometimes pictured as a water nimph, pouring water from a vessel. What mostly interested me in this picture is the transparency effect in the water.

Update: Jan 19th, 2006. This is part of a project in which I'm planning to slowly substitute my old and quite naiv pictures with new ones. The main concept and composition will not change, however I hope the result will be more pleasant to the viewer, since my painting skills have hopefully improved. The old transparency effect has now developed in a more abstract pattern. Enjoy!

Pastels on ash grey Ingres paper. 24*32cm.

Date	Name	Comment
1 Feb 2003	Elyzabeth Smith	Loading... Wow..What a beutiful nymph...And i learned something..Beautiful
1 Jun 2003	Anonymous	Loading... Awesome drawing of the goddess with my name! =)
5 Oct 2003	Kristi <wharkr@nwl...org>	Loading... I am amazed by this picture. I think it represents the celtic river goddess perfectly.
14 Oct 2003	Neville Coventry	Loading... Thankyou. I love the continuity of the nymph qualities and the flow of the water, as if one. All is as it should be.
14 Sep 2004	Samantha Peterson The Dark One	Loading... It reminds me of a tarot card... "The Star", I believe, from the Universal deck. I like muchly. Cristina Marsi replies: "Thank you, never actually thought of tarots, but i guess it might be a decent subject for it. Only... picture is sooo old, I really need to redo it if not remove "
29 Jan 2006	Steph Steph Salt	Loading... I love the water effect Cristina, you are soo good at it. Cristina Marsi replies: "I will save this comment since it fits new upload too But original is pretty old and although i was already working on rendering water, paper, pencils and scanning don't do it any justice: it is almost impossible to see it. Anyway new picture is on its way "
8 Feb 2006	Carrie Bauch	Loading... I really like how you did the water. The shading on the figure is amazing too. I think what you did with the lighting/color really makes the picture stand out. Nicely done. Cristina Marsi replies: "Thank you very much, This one is a remake of a very old and pretty naiv picture. I tried to give it a fantastic/unreal feeling while keeping the goddess as human as possible. I'm happy you like it, this means my skills have improved "
7 Oct 2007	Isabelle ´Strawberry Shortcake´ Gélinas	Loading... I think this piece is standing out. I really enjoy the colors you used here: sort of like entering in one of your dreams. Delightful!
18 Oct 2007	Michael pixie john	Loading... Wonderful magical scene and beautiful girl
13 Jan 2011	Chantelle Johnston	Loading... Beautiful.