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Lia Melia

Cambridge, United Kingdom

I had a wonderful teacher who taught me that no matter how technically good an artist is, if they do not paint from the heart and soul, they said nothing. I paint because I have to, and from the...

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Pen and ink drawing on 135 lb paper; I used Tria pens and blender to create a work made up of the word; never.
The Never Room is where we store our unfulfilled dreams and aspirations. They are not disgarded, but we know they will never be realised.

Created September 20, 2011
Posted September 22, 2011
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Keywords
acceptance, room, symbolic, rose window, lost dreams, spiritual peace

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karien deroo This is a beautiful drawing Lia, with these warm colors and the fragile light glowing up from the figures in the back...it gives the work something sacred in my opinion, because you mentioned that you made up this work with the word "never", only this word...and your title, the Never Room can be a place of lost dreams, maybe?
It's an emotional piece, I think..., a very special idea to write the whole paper full with just one word.
Great work Lia!
September 24, 2011 at 4:57 am
Lia Melia Thank you very much for these words karien, and yes, I forgot to say in my description; The Never Room is the place of lost dreams, hopes and aspirations, and the acceptance that so it is; we all have a "Never" room.
September 24, 2011 at 5:41 am
karien deroo very wise words Lia... we all have a "never" room, I agree with you.
well done!
September 24, 2011 at 6:49 am
philip mckay something i would have done in photoshop. love the textures and the light. very mysterious just the sort of images i like.
September 24, 2011 at 9:37 am
Roberto Prusso Lia: Creative, stylish, with emotion!!
September 24, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Pavel Lefterov It strongly reminds me of Luis Carrol's Alice worlds... A magnifficent eye-catcher...
September 25, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Lia Melia I really like that idea Pavel; if I created a tunnel instead of a room, I could be Alice falling foul of the rabbit hole...
Thanks to you all, for engaging with me me in my first drawing for 20 years!
September 26, 2011 at 9:27 am
Sal Hunter Intriguing and captivating!
September 26, 2011 at 10:48 am
Iliana Tosheva Lia, what I love most about your art is that each piece you create can be interpreted in so many ways! I love the lightness and effortlessness of The Never Room; I love the see through walls tempting the viewer into the unknown, no fear there, just going through and into another dimension; very fairy tale effect! Beautiful work.
October 3, 2011 at 6:32 am
Graszka Paulska Excellent work
October 7, 2011 at 9:54 am
Joe Tymkow Hi Lia, I really like the sense of light, depth and the ethereal quality of the work. It is indeed a departure from your usual style, but it still works none-the-less. The multi-layering of the text adds an attractive depth without cluttering the image. Well done.
October 10, 2011 at 4:20 am
Cynthia LundTorroll Wow. What a work.
And your process.
And your story here.

Deeply moving.

xx
October 12, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Lia Melia Thank you so much Cynthia, for your understanding of what I am expressing here.
October 12, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Ken Omom strong and great works like the composition
April 9, 2012 at 1:48 pm
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