Poetry and Paintings: February 2014

Sunday, February 23, 2014

All's a Flutter

Welcome to the Ninth Edition of the Poetry and Painting Blog!

For this entry I would like to pass the baton to an amazing North Carolina artist, Ana Sumner. As a fiber artist, she loves exploring "the things not seen" and "the things seen"...what the natural world reveals to her. She expresses this using painted fabric, silk ribbon, threads and beads. Below is her own poem with her visual creation made of the above named elements.

"All’s a Flutter"

As the snow has covered the ground

in the early morning hours my imagination wanders off…

How I long to see the colors that spring brings

with all its purples, blues and greens
a dash of yellow, orange and pink

and the flutter of butterflies

With my creative being,
I begin to stitch a ribbon of purple and yellow

and one of pink and blue

Before you know it a garden art appears to warm my winter!

You may learn more about Ana and her work by visiting her Website at

http://www.sewuniqueart.com/

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You can also view my art at

KarenMeredithArt.com

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Monday, February 10, 2014

My Valentine

Welcome to the Eighth Edition
of Poetry and Paintings!

In celebration of Valentine's Day, we might consider man's very best friend, his dog. Long-time friend Bill Davis from Tennessee sent me several photographs of his dog, Pearl. He said he was in love with her...but of course not as much as his wife, Anne...but ALMOST! I have painted my rendition of one his photographs....with a related poem, below. My wishes for a Happy Valentine's Day to you!

Valentine, 11x14, oil on panel

And here is a fitting poem by Gene Hill:

He is Just My Dog

He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds;
my other ears that hear above the winds.
He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea.
He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being;
by the way he rests against my leg;
by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile;
by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him
(I think it makes him sick with worry when he is not along
to care for me).

When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive.
When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile.
When I am happy, he is joy unbounded.
When I am a fool, he ignores it.
When I succeed, he brags.

Without him, I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful.
He is loyalty itself. He has taught me the meaning of devotion.
With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace.
He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant.
His head on my knee can heal my human hurts.
His presence by my side is protection against my fears
of dark and unknown things.

He has promised to wait for me… whenever… wherever, in case I need him. And I expect I will – as I always have.
He is just my dog.

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