Saturday, December 31, 2011

With a Palace...


Eugeniusz Zak (1884-1926​) (Polish) - Landscape with a Palace (1921)

Reflecting...
Quiet stream
Tiny bridge for those who walk alone
Wild rocks

A shepherd dreams alone...

A palace
In the distance...
In the far distance...

Saturday, August 27, 2011

There's a room...


Franz Sedlacek (1891-1945​) Song in the Twilight (Lied in der Dämmerung) - Oil on canvas - 1931

There's a room in my mind that is
A little Dali and
A little Magritte
Where Gothic cords slip
Like ghostly skaters in
Foreign realities
Where dark wings
Breeze and
Siren colours
Pulse
An invitation to be
Another

There's a room in my mind that is
A little Dali and
A little Magritte
Where Sedlacek dreams are
Welcome

Friday, August 26, 2011

Gauguin Connections?


George Owen Wynne Apperley's Sea Idyll (Tahiti) 1939
In 1945 he was awarded the Order of Alfonso The Wise ('Encomienda de Alfonso X El Sabio') by the Spanish Government - an honour which no other British painter received during his lifetime.
For more details on Apperley see HERE!

Two worlds
A meeting
An overlay
Harmonious discord
Discordant harmonies
A paradox
Uneasy
Romance

Monday, May 2, 2011

Eagle Point


Garry Purcell (Melbourne, Australia) ~ Eagle Point - Lake King (oil)
~

I wandered with you
A long time ago
The weekend was our time
To just be in
 Open grasslands
Wetlands
Wild trees and
Wildflowers
I was just a young child
But you were my guide
My spirit
My father

Sunday, May 1, 2011

The Old Tree


Anne Sudworth (UK) ~ The Old Tree
~

Like some old
Rip Van Winkle
Waking in
A lost world


Tangled beard
Locked in the grip of
Bark chains
But leafy long locks
Free to stretch and
Wave and
Dance
In the glow of a
Moonlight
Chandelier

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Heights of a King


Denis Mayer (Canada) Heights Ahead
~

There is a kind of
Majestic
Loneliness
If you are
Tall
A leader
A seer
A long ruling
King in a world
Chequered with chains of
Tall
Majestic
Mountains
~

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Oracle of the Pearl


Andrew Gonzalez (1963 - ) - Texas, US - The Oracle of the Pearl (2001)
~

Inner sanctum of a sea gem
Where the whorls of infinity
Create
The impassioned wisdom of a
Mystical
Pearl
Enchantress

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Did You Notice?


Mari Ten Kate (1831-1910) ~ Dutch
Even though there appears to be many works by this artist, biographical information seems to be strangely silent.
~

A tiny world ~
Somewhat meaningless
Insignificant
To a passer by ~
But to the little ones
Who live there
It is a happy
Momentous
Everywhere

Did you notice the smiling sunlight?

Monday, April 25, 2011

Apple Tree


Paul Ranson (1861-1908) ~ Apple Tree with Red Fruit
~

Golden worlds of sweet
Blood red
Fruits
Where the clouds rain sunny smiles
On the weathered twists
Of gnarled woods and
Shiny
New leaves

Sunday, April 24, 2011

A Winter's Street


Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) ~ Danish West Indies, Caribbean + France
~ Street Winter Sunlight and Snow (1872)
~

Skeletal threads of the white season
Tall ribbons of darkness
Low drops of warming colour
Tense canvas of
Breathless
Quivering silence

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Book of Books


Book of Books ~ Vladimir Kush (1965-  ) ~ Russia and Hawaii
~

In the mystery of old visions
On pages
Barely connecting in
The whims of the winds
There is still
The sacred butterfly of
Spiritual
Hope

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Peril...


John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) ~ In Peril
~

Trapped
By seas
Hurling free
At the old wall.
Terror burns to ice.
Mesmerising moonlight
Pale, gaunt and unromantic
Haunts the upturned graveyard of fear
Hypnotising our cold dark wonder


Trapped by seas hurling free at the old wall.

NOTE: Poetry form - dectina refrain - created by Catherine Mackie, South Africa

Monday, April 11, 2011

When winter's breath...


Chen Baiyi  (1926- ), China
~

When Winter's breath must drown the world in ice
And you are feeling lost in silent space
There is no need to roll the chance of dice
When Winter's breath must drown the world in ice
I am right there to swirl my blanket twice
And fold you in the love of warm embrace
When Winter's breath must drown the world in ice
And you are feeling lost in silent space

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Whispers Brueghel?


Zima by Mijo Kovacic (1935 - ) ~ Croatia
~

A little raw reality
Chilled by the routine of a simple winter life


A small corner of humanity
Drifting in a dream of
Warm fantasy

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Mirror Portrait


Artist and Pilgrim 2006 by Anatoly Kontsub (Belarus)
~

A kind of haunting


A pilgrim
Yearning to be an artist


An artist
In touch with
His pilgrim spirit

Friday, April 8, 2011

Rose Garden


Paul Klee (Switzerland) 1879-1940 ~ Rose Garden (1920)
~

Glitz, glamour and gloss
In the high season


But in the sunless
Wintry greys
Distant
Stark
Thorny shapes
Sleeping


Ironic
Lifecycle of
An urban rose

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Unity in the Dust


Fareeha Ghezal Yousufzai (Afghanistan)
~

A new waiting
Waiting for some leaf
Some green leaf


Rising from our ashes
Writhing in
Dusty sunshine


Some Godot
Rising


May our circle
Be unbroken

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Queen Bianca


Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905) - Finland - Queen Bianca (1877)
This is a portrait depicting medieval times.
~

Beyond the costumed ceremonies of
Queen and prince


In a room
Behind dark traditional doors


A moment of joy
And light


Young mother and child

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

In the eyes...


Paresh Maity (India 1965- )
NEWS: In mid 2010, he completed a huge painting to adorn New Delhi International Airport
~

Gentle face
An innocent palette
Smiling
A little
Waiting for
The carvings of experience to
Etch their footprint


But in the eyes
A secret
Hollow sadness
Resigned to watching
Freedom
Pass by

Monday, April 4, 2011

As it was...


Soft Blue Landscape [1979] by Richard Hamilton (AUS) ~ Collotype and screenprint
~

Cascading
Crumbling
Jumbling
Beauty


Like a gush of Nature


Re-creating

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Dancing Elves


Älvalek or Dancing Elves (1866) by August Malmström (1829-1901) ~ Sweden
~

Pale landscapes
Powdered with
Ancient
Sombre
Sleeping light
Sprayed with a
Luminous
Bouquet of
Rushing springs
Etching
A heart-shaped
Fairy ring

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Faceless Focus


José Portocarrero Millones, native of Arequipa, Peru ~ 66 in 2006.
Work on display in the Tora Mata gallery, Washington, 2006
~

Intense
Still
Gathering of questions
Lined and
Angled with
Circular
Faceless
Answering
Focus

Friday, April 1, 2011

In the melting feelings of light...


Cliff Warner (UK 1961- ) ~ Dancer 2 ~ acrylic
~

In the melting feelings of light
In the sway and swoon of the moment
Camouflaged
Inner music
Breathes
A dramatic
Telepathic
Monologue
~
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