Hanging Gardens of Babylon Printer Friendly Version   By MALARKEY - Dec. 31, 1969 Hanging Gardens of Babylon This 48 x 60 inch mixed media painting uses hirst arts blocks for the basis of my depiction of the Gardens. This painting took me about 7 weeks divided between casting and then assembly and then painting. It's based on half inch mdf board which glued the blocks to then primed then gessoed to accept paint. Thanks for looking , Sandy   13 Ratings     12345      Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    Created  Comment  Aug. 28, 2006, 10:01PM  By: DUKEDREAL Being a painter myself i really love this work. Overall it is nicely handled and does suggest a structure that has deep relief although the relief is only one block thick! Great job. I had taken some of my old master molds that came out clean and used them as art similar to this...just never thought about using it in the HADD!  Aug. 25, 2006, 09:10AM  By: ABAROTH A great idea - truly unique. You're quite an artist and this Trompe L'Oeil works very well. My only slight criticism/suggestion is that the staircase in the middle doesn't quite work for me. If you agree, then you could try shading each level from light at the top to darker at the bottom. (Or you could just curse my opinion and not bother.) Apart from that I loved looking at these images. Reality is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there ;-)  Aug. 24, 2006, 02:23AM  By: STEPHAN Very well done, Malarkey. And a very innovative idea, too! :-) I imagine it will be a nice addition to any wall in someones home. I was really amused to see that someone had about the same idea is I had myself about a year ago. I even built the piece but never posted it. Will follow soon.  Aug. 21, 2006, 05:57PM  By: GAMER The first time I looked at it I thought it was a whole building. Very pretty and very original. Nice work Mal!  Aug. 21, 2006, 04:41PM  By: MALARKEY Thanks y'all for looking and commenting. I'm not sure about building this for real, one draw back would what in the heck would I do with it afterwards... lol  Aug. 18, 2006, 01:22PM  By: JUXTIMON great work! the clouds in the sky are beautiful. i really hope you're going to make the building for real, its something i'm sure everyone would love to see. a brilliant and truely 'unique' entry  Aug. 18, 2006, 01:34AM  By: YRM I love it. Seriously, that's a great concept and you executed it well. It's an 'artsy' piece, but, the technical quality and originality is very high. Haven't seen anything like it until now. Great work.  Aug. 17, 2006, 02:12PM  By: DNDOPMAN Great job on this one! It took me a while to finally figure out that this was a painting and the surface was just flat and not 3D. A really great piece this one!

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