Bouguereau’s Balance
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This picture is a detail of a digital artwork called Balance, by young British photoshop artist Silver5. Not much is known about the artist, and even less about his characters Silver, Omega and Soluus.
“Silver is my character obviously, anybody that knows me knows about him and who he is. This picture represents the relationship between himself and omega and soluus, the physical manifestations of light and darkness. Silvers job is balance and equilibrium, so in order to preserve and protect, he becomes the form of intent, a guardian.”
Balance is inspired by Bouguereau’s 1875 work La Vierge, L’Enfant Jesus et Saint Jean Baptiste (The Virgin, the Baby Jesus and Saint John the Baptist), and the relationship between the two becomes clear when they’re placed side by side:
Balance is also available as a wallpaper (shown above), be it at the relatively small size of 800×600 pixels.
Sat 11-Apr-09 | Posted in: Idols | Permalink | Share |
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Comment from Hannah
Time: April 14, 2009, 6:07 am
The guy who did this amazing piece is actually my best friend. I think it’s amazing that he’s been recognised for this piece because he put a lot of heart and soul into it. He has the most amazing skills I’ve ever seen. The two characters sitting on Silver’s lap (Soluus is the toddler and Omega is the young child) are actually the property of myself and my partner, Akihito. Soluus is my creation where as Omega is his, though Omega is “loaned” to me because he’s a part of the whole Soluus-Omega single entity thing that I won’t reveal. 
Anyway, beautiful, as always!
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