Hidden Hollow

This painting has a very soft, pleasant tone to it, with a bit of a Gothic edge, just enough to show that there is darkness and light alike in every dream. And what a truly beautiful dream the girl in the picture seems to be dreaming! Reminds me of some of the crazy daydreams I had when I was a little girl. Very beautiful use of the color pink here too, in the flowers, the sparkles, and the little girl's dress. I see almost a meaning here, where the brighter dreams of her childhood are giving way to the darker, grittier realizations of adulthood, and so the enchanted forest here seems to be somwhat darkened, the trees just a little twisty. This has a great artistic depth to it, and I think anyone who looks at a painting like this is going to see something beautiful and truly unique in it. Thanks for creating this amazing work of art!

So as you can see, your vision here was astounding, and your artistic technique flawness in that it presents exactly what it should - a dreamlike atmosphere. So full marks for both Vision and Technique here. Now for Originality I'm only taking off one star because this is a subject that has been done before by many classical artists over the years. However, you tackled the idea of a little girl's dream in a very unique way by adding a darkness to it (as I noted before, which to me symbolizes the onset of the girl's maturity). This is not Alice in Wonderland here, in fact I'm more reminded of Pan's Labyrinth... so though some might not find this to be all that original of a concept, I see just how truly original your presentation of this concept was and so I have to give a high grade for that. To do otherwise would be a great disservice!

The only thing that detracted somewhat from the impact this scene has on the viewer, to me, was how large the artist's signature was and how worked into the scene it seemed to be. Had it been smaller and more in the lower right-hand corner I think it would have been less distracting. Before I realized that was the artist's name, I almost thought it was supposed to be the title of the painting itself. So yeah, that was the only thing I found to be a bit off. Otherwise, the whole image was ideal, dreamy, and simply enchanting!