Album Cover Challenge 148 by olivetreeann

Album Cover Challenge 148

Artist: Murasaki Shikibu- c. 973-1014 or 1025. She was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial Court in the Heian period. She was best known for the work "The Tale of Genji". Murasaki continued to write while serving the Empress Shoshi, and retired to the Lake Biwa region after depicting court life in many of her works.

Album title from John Lennon-
Now and then I miss you
Oh, now and then I want you to be there for me
Always return to me

I know it's true
It's all because of you
And if you go away
I know you'll never stay

Do you recognize the painting?
Lovely art. "The Tale of Genji" is a very famous novel but I have not read it.
November 4th, 2023  
Excellent album cover (girl with pearl earring?)
November 4th, 2023  
neat!
November 4th, 2023  
Visually grabbing, very well done.
November 4th, 2023  
Super cool edit and cover
November 4th, 2023  
I love this, wonderful album cover and story. The painting looks familiar but I cannot place it.
November 4th, 2023  
An intriguing album cover I need to buy it.
November 4th, 2023  
Masterfully done, Ann at first I did not recognize the painting because of whatever you added to the top that looks like leaves or feathers. Only when I saw the pearl did I realize it was. I also like the treatment of texture and color you have added. This one is amazing.FAV
November 4th, 2023  
Wonderful and a great entry.
November 4th, 2023  
@amyk @grammyn Yes- that's the one. I didn't add anything Katy. It's a Van Gogh application from the Night Studio Cafe program. This is actually a sculpture at the New Jersey Grounds for Sculpture and I think what you see as feathers are leaves from the shaded area where this statue was on display.

@wh2021 @amyk @koalagardens @joysabin @edorreandresen @ludwigsdiana @wendyfrost @grammyn @kametty

Thank you all- I really liked this combo. Finding the right artist was tricky. At first I thought I'd use some recent pictures of my granddaughter Leigh, but she was smiling too much for the title. So went to the archives and found something from the New Jersey Grounds for Sculpture which displays 3 D sculptures of famous paintings. This was the Girl with an Earring. Her tentative look worked well for the title I think.

A quick reply and post tonight- I'll be back tomorrow to catch up!
November 4th, 2023  
Looks a edit of a Vermeer to me. Great ,nice album cover.
November 5th, 2023  
@olivetreeann how fascinating that it’s a sculpture!

Good luck to your son’s team
November 5th, 2023  
This is a wonderful edit
November 5th, 2023  
A lovely album cover. I did recognize the face of the girl with the pearl earring.
November 5th, 2023  
@pyrrhula @grammyn @eudora @randystreat
Thank you Ferry, Katy, Diane, and Kathy!

@grammyn They won in overtime, 3-2. It was a nail-biter! Next game on Wed., a semi-final.
November 5th, 2023  
@olivetreeann Oh! how exciting! Good luck on Wednesday
November 6th, 2023  
So beautiful. I'm thinking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring for the painting?
November 6th, 2023  
@corinnec yes Corinne- that's the one. thanks for the fav!!
November 6th, 2023  
Congratulations on another challenge win with this one Ann
November 28th, 2023  
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