Woah, this is absolutely beautiful! I'm going to watch your from now on :3

Wonderful, I like the tense emotion and self-reflection you conveyed. The back and foreground are quite fitting too. This is beautiful, I like that you've shown his tail tip protruding from the water too :)

Poor guy looks like he is just about to break down and cry *pats his furry shoulder* It'll be okay guy. I promise it will.

"out out damned spot" ... a bit?

change your spots, just add water!

What a facial expression- contemplative, sad, numb, unsure... love the face, really do.

Just beautiful.

I wish Id sprung for the original of this when I saw your work at AC. its so amazing

And I dont know if you fully intended on it or not, but the christian allegory in this is beautiful. Theres a scripture that talks about leopards changing their spots (Jeremiah 13:23) but the phrase became 'change the leper's spots' from the use in the old hymn Jesus Paid It All. It's really become a picture in our faith of being washed clean by God's love, and made right. I wish it wasn't based on two weird concepts though.. but you've painted it beautifully regardless

Thank you for the kind words. While I know that the original quote was found in scripture, the line I used came from Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So Stories,' in which he took that line and elaborated on it in a short story. :) The picture itself can mean many things, depending on your point of view, but the inspiration behind it is very close to what you mentioned. It was done for a good friend who, through much determination and self-searching, made the choice to let go of things in the past and 'wash' much of his pain and old hurts away. -nod-

The original is still available, if you're still interested!

how much were you asking for it? I am very much interested

thankyou so much for selling this piece to me. Im genuinely blessed to own it. Its up on the wall in my office, everyday I see it.. it still gets me in the same way as when I first saw it

You're so welcome-! I'm very glad that my art can inspire in such a way. :)

Very lovely, love the color palate, so soft yet warm and on whole seems like part of a story or film

The emotion in this piece is absolutely beautiful. <3 I'm rather speechless.

This is Beautiful but it seems sad.

~QWTB

Beautiful! I like the expression on his face... almost sad.