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founding

Absolutely stunning. So glad you have more time now for your personal work.

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Oct 10Liked by Michael Whelan

She looks like a slingshot in the V with her scarf. The butterfly is a beautiful transitory being and the hanging star is something we've seen in other personal works. And there are the jet trails. Does this mean Nature makes a comeback after this End? Or has she just come to the End of where her realm is. Curiouser and curiouser. And another stunning painting

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There's something in her pose that creates a fascinating ambiguity. The loaded V evokes a slingshot at first glance but when examined closer, it's clear that her grip on the cloth is restraining her from falling forward. She's suspended in a moment of near calamity that speaks to humanity as a whole. We're poised on the brink of environmental collapse as we recklessly push forward.

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