Eastern Point Light
original plein air watercolor seacsape: 11 1/2"w x 8 1/2"h
Symphony in Sea Major
Lobster buoys afloat
Lighthouses as beacons
Decorating the coast
Sublime northern light
Enveloping the sights
While dancing on tides
Tossing boats and floats
From side to side
Cormorants and gulls
Line up on the rocks
By the boats, or the docks
As they noisily wait
For some leftover bait
Granite boulders edge the shores
Firm foundations that endure
An applauding boisterous sea
BRAVO!
What a glorious symphony!
BB
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8 comments:
Love it Bertie! Your clean colors and the vibrant motion of your paintings are amazing. And the poetry! Wonderful!
So loose- yet so beautiful! It reminds me of when we lived in New England. The far background and trees are excellent!
I'm curious, Bertie--Do you compose your poetry first and then paint from the poem or compose as you are painting? The rhythms of the words and your images are so simpatico.
Thanks, Cecelia. I think I always do the poetry after the painting as that is my point of inspiration and reference... as titles usually come after the work is done or during the painting of the work. One of my artist friends remarked once that my work is so poetic... that was the spark that got my poetry going, though it took several years for it to take root...You never know what directions the words you give will lead to in others...and yourself!
My sunflowers were my poetry beginnings...then granddaughter, Sophie..and so it goes!
Love the rocks and the energy!
Beautiful and I'm beginning to recognize a BB piece right off the getgo. Love those foreground rocks!
Beautiful painting, Bertie. I, too, often wondered which came first, he painting or the poetry. Very interesting.
Wonderful work, Bertie. You NEVER disappoint me!
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