Spring Gardener

Welcome to my Poetry and Painting Blog!

The current selected poem below is by Carolyn Brunelle:

Spring Gardner

Plants, flowers, shrubs, trees

all warmed by the sunshine 

kissed by the bees; 

encouraged to grow so evergreen.

Sweetest blooms we’ve ever seen

arrive in Spring 

with each new breeze; 

and dropp us faithfully 

to our knees. 

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 I am smitten with spring, especially this year after what seemed to be an eternal winter! Every year I miss the best of peony season in my garden...But this year I am here to enjoy them. This painting (10x10 in oil) is called "Garden Gift".

COMING EVENT:

By invitation, I will have a solo show "Celebrating Color and Light" at the Page Walker Arts and History Center in downtown Cary, NC. This show is sponsored by the Town of Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources. 

You are invited to join me at the reception there
on Friday, June 26th at 6pm.

Exhibit dates are June 23rd to August 16.

119 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC 27513 (919) 460-4963

Also...

Victoria Park Florist is featuring a collection of my artwork. 
If you are in the neighborhood, please stop by to see it. 

1129 Weaver Dairy Rd

in Timberlyne Shopping Center

Chapel Hill, NC 27571

phone: 919 967 9394

.......

You may see more of my art and to follow other showings and events, visit

KarenMeredithArt.com

I welcome you to sign up, below, for this occasional blog and share it with your friends who might be interested. AND I invite you to (continue) to send  favorite photos you have taken and writings (inspiring, thought provoking, or humorous) 
 to me at kmeredithart@gmail.com.  

Flower God, God of Spring

Welcome to my Poetry and Painting Blog!

The current selected poem below is by Robert Louis Stevenson. 

FLOWER god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful,

Cold-dyed shield in the sky, lover of versicles,

Here I wander in April

Cold, grey-headed; and still to my

Heart, Spring comes with a bound, Spring the deliverer,

Spring, song-leader in woods, chorally resonant;

Spring, flower-planter in meadows,

Child-conductor in willowy

Fields deep dotted with bloom, daisies and crocuses:

Here that child from his heart drinks of eternity:

O child, happy are children!

She still smiles on their innocence,

She, dear mother in God, fostering violets,

Fills earth full of her scents, voices and violins:

Thus one cunning in music

Wakes old chords in the memory:

Thus fair earth in the Spring leads her performances.

One more touch of the bow, smell of the virginal

Green - one more, and my bosom
Feels new life with an ecstasy.

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 I thought of these words when recently painting outside (en plein air) in a nearby neighborhood. Although the sky was overcast, the color provided by the redbud tree and neighboring flowers inspired me. "Redbud Reverie" 8x10" oil on panel.

Other notes:

I am honored that my oil painting, "Sonatina" (below 10x8" oil on panel) was given second place award in the Small Treasures Show at the Cary Gallery of Artists. 

COMING EVENT:

By invitation, I will have a solo show "Celebrating Color and Light" at the Page Walker Arts and History Center in downtown Cary, NC. This show is sponsored by the Town of Cary Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources. 

You are invited to join me at the reception there
on Friday, June 26th at 6pm.

Exhibit dates are June 23rd to August 16.

119 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC 27513 (919) 460-4963

Also...

Victoria Park Florist is featuring a collection of my artwork. 
If you are in the neighborhood, please stop by to see it. 

1129 Weaver Dairy Rd

in Timberlyne Shopping Center

Chapel Hill, NC 27571

phone: 919 967 9394

.......

You may see more of my art and to follow other showings and events, visit

KarenMeredithArt.com

I welcome you to sign up, below, for this occasional blog and share it with your friends who might be interested. AND I invite you to (continue) to send  favorite photos you have taken and writings (inspiring, thought provoking, or humorous) 
 to me at kmeredithart@gmail.com.  

Egg Gathering

Welcome to the Eleventh Edition
 of Poetry and Paintings

My dear friend, Ellie Densen, sent me the following poem by Margaret Hasse, which was written in 1974. She writes in a voice described as “potent, clear-cut, honest – no posturing, no distractions. All heart and soul and care.” I thought it fitting for this season.  

Benediction to Egg Gathering

I put my hand on the head

of each in my family.

I am counting fresh eggs again...

warm and whole

from the feather duster bottom

of the hen who polished the brown ones,

the white ones with yolk shining through

When you think of eggs,

do not think of chicken coops,

air grey with lung-coating dust,

do not think of supermarkets

cold storage and grade A.

Think of clover barns,

hens nesting in green-golden bales.

Think of straw basket...

not a styrofoam carton...

a basket with a cone of eggs,

warm like fresh bread,

rich like vanilla ice cream,

and nestled in a simple

blue cotton kerchief.

My friends,

I collect enough to eat and to concoct with.

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My painting related to this poem is..."Chick Reflections"

For information about the above painting and my art in general, please visit ...

KarenMeredithArt.com

I also would like to share photos of two sets of eggs recently found by Renee Thompson on her property. She is a true lover of birds and author of The Plume Hunter. Visit her blog at http://www.reneethompson.com

For your calendar....I will be having a show of my available works at the Campbell House in Southern Pines during the month of May. Let me know if you wish specific information...

or just stop by if you're in that area. 482 E Connecticut Ave. 

I welcome you to sign up, below, for this occasional blog and share it with your friends who might be interested. AND I invite you to (continue) to send  favorite photos you have taken and writings (inspiring, thought provoking, or humorous)  to me at kmeredithart@gmail.com.  

In the following section, I hope that you will add personal comments and links to your own images related to this posting. I would like to make this creatively interactive!

Daffodils

Welcome to the Tenth Edition
 of Poetry and Paintings

Yes, Spring is finally here...perhaps a little late this year...But I'm already affected by the pollen...so I know it is truly happening!  

Good friend, Lila Wolff, sent me one of her favorite poems, by William Wordsworth, (1770 – 1850) an English poet who was instrumental in launching the Romantic Age in English literature. 

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils. 

For information about the above painting and my art in general, please visit ...

KarenMeredithArt.com

For your calendar....I will be having a show of my entire works at the Campbell House in Southern Pines during the month of May. Let me know if you wish specific information...

or just stop by if you're in that area.

I welcome you to sign up, below, for this occasional blog and share it with your friends who might be interested. AND I invite you to (continue) to send  favorite photos you have taken and writings (inspiring, thought provoking, or humorous)  to me at kmeredithart@gmail.com.  

In the following section, I hope that you will add personal comments and links to your own images related to this posting. I would like to make this creatively interactive!