The writer and the...bon vivant?!

Very impressive creative work, Pierre!

PDE

... and not the critic? are you sure? ... well perhaps ... who would erect a statue of a critic in the first place? nice rendition. compliments -koushik

Thank you, Ruud!

Thank you, Koushik!

A critic may be a bon vivant, but not a statue, ha!

Cheers to that

PDE

playing with symmetry and not ...

I found nice the white pavement, looks like sand

Ha, ha! Maria,

I always wanted that texture to look like sand and it represents sand on many of my so called "desert pictures", and now you found it look like both, pavement and sand! Conclusion: Good universal texture!

Thank you

PDE

Hi Pierre,

  Wonderful creative work of art.  This looks great in b/w.  Take care, Patsy

I always have to take a look at your post when they come up on the forum. I get a chuckle, I laugh, I end up feeling good about stuff

Nice, I particularly like how the trees cause the statues to come forward.

Kudos to both you and the statues!

Jim Phelps

Your creativity continues to amaze  and entertain us PD. This is another fine example. I wonder where they are walking to?

BR,  Holger

Welcome and thank you, Jim and Holger!

Yes, Jim, I put the trees there because otherwise the image would have been too flat!

They are coming towards us, Holger! They don't go nowhere, just a social promenade!

PDE

Bellissima!!! Apprezzo gli uomini di cultura ma forse è meglio per chi si diverte nella vita!!!

Sono assolutamente d'accordo, Maurizio! Per essere un bon vivant si sente forse meglio, ma dobbiamo fare attenzione dell'aldilà troppo, ah!

grazie

Pietro il filosofo della vita e della morte

My senility and insufficiency of caffeine don't allow me to identify the gentlemen these statues portray.  Yet, their styles of clothing lead me to think that they are from different periods of time, which makes the dialogue they may wish to have an interesting proposition.  For the moment, they are content to walk together.

The leafless trees in the background, to me, symbolize the lifestyles each of these people may have had - - dead and gone.  Writers in our world are not respected for their craft and for their efforts alone; they are respected for how many dollars, euros, etc., their work earns.  Alas . . . there are days I long to be a statue.

My best always,

michael

Hey, Michael!

Maybe the two on the picture belong only to different lifestyles, not to very different epochs! 

Thank you for your thorough contemplative study of my picture!

I wish to be a tree, they last long and see everything...

PDE