JESUS

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(See it on DeviantArt)

Jesus loves us!

This portrait is only made with "flat circles" on a black background. Every circle has a single color, a single tone and a single size. I placed each circle one by one. It's a time consuming method. One week of intense work for this portrait. Please see some details and the work in progress here below. If you wish, you can also view this making of my portrait of Elvis Presley (video) to understand how I'm exploiting this technique with circles...

Some details:

Work in progress:

(click to enlarge)

© 2011 - Ben Heine

Chaotic Balance
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(See it on DeviantArt)

I just spent a few days working on some new abstract paintings on large canvases. I wanted them to be very colorful, spontaneous and decorative. Here is one of them (70 x 90 cm). I love flashy colors and heavy textures!

If you wish, you can see some details of the above image HERE

© 2011 - Ben Heine

Changing Masks

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© 2008 - Ben Heine

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We Wear The Mask
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By Paul Lawrence Dunbar

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be overwise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!

(The poem appeared on Dunbarsite.org)

United

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© 2008 - Ben Heine

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Unity In Diversity
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By Rajaram Ramachandran

Tastes differ, Views differ,
Voices differ, Features differ,
Persons differ, Thumb prints differ,
Races differ, Castes differ,

Creeds differ, Customs differ,
Manners differ, Dresses differ.
Looks differ, Languages differ,
Songs differ, Speeches differ,

Trees differ, Plants differ,
Creepers differ, Creatures differ,
Birds differ, Animals differ,
Worms differ, Insects differ.

The food of one man
Is another man's poison
For a well known reason.

In the world of creations,
Sans matching relations,
Why numerous manifestations?

The patterns are symmetrical,
While the shapes are geometrical,
But why differences are astronomical?

How there's an unity
In such a diversity
Of forms live in conformity?

To these questions the answers,
The Almighty, God only knows.
What a wonder, are His plays.

(The poem appeared on Dreamagic.com)