Swan Songs & Painted Rêveries

Persephone - The Lady of the Beautiful Garden (2022)

by © sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

It started with a longing for the sea, yet the sea was far. So, in the summer heat waves, the Lady of the Beautiful Garden bathed in the morning mist with her beloved flowers. As she was lost in her rêverie, he saw her and her eyelashes like butterflies wings.

He gave her a crown of burning ashes, sun and silver, kissed her lips with white orchids, and took her down for an ever after in his kingdom of dormancy …

Persephone - The Lady of the Beautiful Garden was composed on iPadPro with Procreate. As in all of my digital work, my signature plays a role in the composition : A little enigmatic accent, here, two white doves holding my name displayed in the form МаОфели (M’âOphélie).

Giclee prints available:

https://www.saatchiart.com/maopheliesophia

In her dreams

birds stole ink,

Tattooed whispers

on her soul.

Spell of Wings (February 11, 2023)

by © sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

… and closeup

Shamanic (2022) (with closeup)

by © sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

Original artwork 34x34 in.

Open edition fine art prints available at :

The story of this art piece started a long time ago with the imaginary portrait of a shamaness. Initially, it was her and only her, holding a screen of blossoming blue clouds. And her skin and fingers were blue also, as a summer sky.

Then, the picture got blurred with flames of fantasy, orange diffused shapes swaying around the central figure. And I let it go …

A few weeks ago, I found an antique bird, small and smooth as a fetish. And it occurred to me that this bird belonged to the shamaness. Floating on a sea of white clouds, the bird entered my old painting with the first snowflakes, and in this midwinter sweetness, the shamaness blushed, as her screen cleared out to become a bronze mirror revealing a golden bird.

Now is the time of enchantment - all walls have faded away, a tree has grown in the sweet moss and receives the caress of the snow, the birds hold precious gifts in their beaks - a peony and a necklace of ground glass pearls -, the shamaness wears a mysterious ring on her finger. All is silent.

Shamanic was composed on iPadPro with Procreate. As in all of my digital work, my signature plays a role in the composition : A little enigmatic accent, here, my name displayed in the form софи (Sophie) in a square partially hidden by the magic mirror.

Embellishing a giclee print with metallic golden leaf …

Writing the title and signing …

Closeup on a one of a kind …

Caresse du cœur (2022)

by © sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

Giclee print on archival FB Gold Silk paper

Embellished with metallic golden leaf

One of a kind - 30x30 cm

Private collection

A Girl With A Bird (2022)

by © sophiE D. S. wright alias MâOphélie

These is a three stories construction. A first version, inscribed in the tradition of japonisme was released in 2017 under the title Path of Beauty. Then, in 2019, the painting evolved in another direction, the lady shed her skin, put a fair eighteenth century wig on and became part of a short film made of stills set in motion, being one of the Gifts of Birds as the story unfolds :

There was once a Cheshire Cat Owl in my Garden

In his sleep, many many song birds :

Acorn woodpeckers, jays

& dreamy ladies.

Gems, Flowers, Berries

All telling stories …

In 2022, the lady took off her wig to reveal a braided hairstyle intertwined with the berries gifted by the bird. In one of her many hands, she holds three crystal balls pierced by a golden arrow with a leaf - the weapon of Love. She looks pensively and smiles gently, floating on a dreamy flower bed, as the bird carries to her the enigma of a fourth crystal ball.

What lies ahead ?

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A Girl with a Bird was composed on iPadPro with Procreate. As in all of my digital work, my signature plays a role in the composition : A little enigmatic accent, here, two birds in a magical square holding my name displayed in the form софи (Sophie).

Aurora (2022) - Closeup

by © sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Giclee prints available :

By ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

By ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

https://swansongsandpaintedreveries.carbonmade.com/blog/7102310142896504845

Read the story behind the story on my blog or on my YouTube channel

The Look (January 14th, 2022) (with closeup)

by ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed with Procreate

On iPadPro

Original 3000x3000px

*Printed only once and already owned*

Blessed With A Tattoo and Wings (August 14th, 2021) (with closeup)

by ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

Original 5050x5050px

Transmittance (July 17, 2021) (with closeup)

by ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

Original 5050x5050px

This is a story of the Otherworld. A vivid dream. With no other timeline than flowing hair. Serene, a Lady blown away by a gentle breeze. She raises her tattooed palm, glowing lilies and an inky heart. Drawn to the heart, a bird lands on her shoulder, tightens his grip, becoming a wing at her side, as his beak rests on a sweet spot where a flower blossomed for a bee …

The Path (May 24th, 2021)

by ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

Original artwork 5050x5050px

Print - Giclee on Archival Paper (Cotton) - Limited edition of 10, 13x13 in.

On display at the McCloud Mushroom Festival (California), May 29th-30th 2021

Phoenix (March 11, 2021) (with closeup)

by ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

Original art 5050x5050px

Fleur de neige

Au cœur du gel

Ainsi ne dépose nulle empreinte

Mais se mire

Et ce reflet abyme

S’attarde comme une ombre déliée

Une aile charbon à son œil

Et rouges baisers.

Ondine (January 26, 2021) (with closeup)

by ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

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Swan Song (January 15, 2021) (with closeup)

by ©️ sophiE D. S. wright - alias MâOphélie

Digital mixed media

Composed on iPadPro

With Procreate

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