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Submitted: April 6, 2009
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The Shell Maidenby `Foxfires

Digital Art / Photomanipulation / Fantasy

© Aimee Stewart, Foxfires
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Shell Maiden can be seen in the inspirational Duirwaigh movie called "My Wish For You" - found here on dA: [link]

EDIT: THANK YOU!!! I'm SO thrilled to have woken up this morning to find this as a DD!!! Thank you ^Sander-Seto and everyone leaving such beautiful comments, I owe you many hugs and cupcakes!!!

*This piece is for sale privately. Please note me for details!*

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The Shell Maiden

I come from the rain of sky and sea, caught
on the web of a shoreline daisy, braced low
and spinning in carnival delight with the
kiss of Pacifica's mist.

I come from the company of driftwood and seashells, bleached white as a wedding train waiting to be worn.

The waves roll like a wedding march
announcing the union of land and deep blue dreams.
They bring a dowry of tangled vines and sand dollar spines,
and my heart says YES to this sailors treasure.

I come from the flutter of dry seaweed,
no longer rich with Oceana's brine, and yet
adorning the beach with seafoam flare,
like rice and petals clinging to the foot of a runaway bride.

Bring me the delicacies of your wedding feast, snapped up in the yellow of a jealous lover's bill, for I am treading softly here on honeymoon beds of ancient sand,
inscribing moon colored vows
on the framework
of whales.

-Aimee Stewart- Foxfires April 2nd, 2009

(Poem written at ArtFest 2009 - in Port Townsend, Washington while in the class instructed by Susan Wooldridge, author of PoemCrazy and Fool's Gold [link])

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The Shell Maiden by `Foxfires ( Featured by !Sander-Seto )

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~Caelis-Avis 10 hours ago New member Hobbyist General Artist

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~BubblePopPerfection Mar 10, 2012

this is gorgeous! Its amazingly beautiful! I wish this was on my wall in my living room. Lol!! Beautiful. <3

~Orwellisms Jan 24, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

Gorgeous! I LOVE it! <3

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~Razzle-dazzle1606 Jan 7, 2012 Hobbyist

W.O.W. So gorgeus! It looks like a Terry Pratchett book cover!

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*incolor16 Dec 27, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

this is beautiful!

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*ErinM31 Nov 26, 2011 General Artist

I have featured your beautiful work in my journal: [link]

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*LindsayLemonade Oct 30, 2011

Shell Maiden? what a beautiful idea

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~MadalinaGulerez Oct 16, 2011

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*ErinM31 Oct 14, 2011 General Artist

Mesmerizing beautiful work!

The lighting and the colors - especially in her dress - are amazing! I love it!

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`AutumnsGoddess Aug 4, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

your amazing and beautiful art was featured in my journal!!

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