Cliffs of Dover

by Lianne Schneider

Title

Cliffs of Dover

Artist

Lianne Schneider

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art

Description

Another in my "Sea Stories" collection in the "Down to the Sea in Ships" series based on photos or scans of black and white drawings done about 1840 and purchased as a public domain collection. Hand painted and textured.

I've Never Lived Beside the Sea

I've never lived beside the sea
Though I feel as if I have
but the sea fascinates me.
Its power, its moods, its vastness...are somehow
an endless source of inspiration to me.
I think of an ocean in a raging storm and I'm reminded
of the storms that life can bring to us
and the deceptive calm that often precedes them.
I think of the ship of my life
occasionally adrift, no wind to lift the sail,
at times, no landfall or welcoming shore in sight.
Some nights the stars wink out
and all seems black and endless
my astrolabe of little use.
But now and then
I see a lighthouse and I know that there is somewhere -
in a friend's heart, a lover's touch
a light to guide me through.
I think of the journey each of us is on...
our own personal quest for peace,
for truth, for wholeness...
the journey of self-discovery -
and it takes me to the sea. Lianne Schneider

"Every human life has elements of a sea voyage, a journey and an arrival. We must not postpone our living as if we will last forever." David Whyte

"If you let your heart be your compass, your mind your map, your soul your guide, you will never get lost." Unknown

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The small original is from Knight, Charles: “Old England: A Pictorial Museum” (1845) and has been out of copyright for more than 100 years.

Image Copyright - Lianne Schneider http://lianne-schneider.artistwebsites.com This is a rights managed image available for licensing at
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All images and my personal poetry/prose are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist. My copyright does not imply rights to an underlying public domain image and I make no such claim. Copyright on works derived from or based on images in the public domain applies only to the subsequent manipulation or painting resulting from my changes. The original image remains in the public domain and such images are used with in accordance with international copyright laws

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