Horizon to horizon, seeming limitless
amniotic, her salt courses our veins
waters of our longing
Copyright © 2020 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Horizon to horizon, seeming limitless
amniotic, her salt courses our veins
waters of our longing
Copyright © 2020 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Shards of rock lie silent
as ferns lean toward the sun
along the sides of the great vent
cut into a perfect dome above
sulphur from a tepid celadon lake
fills the air
Copyright © 2016 Kim Whysall-Hammond
From a visit to Furna do Enxofre, an empty magma chamber on Graciosa island in the Azores. Empty of magma, not fumes….
…the painting is my own, and one of several of the vent….
Deep on the earth, crystals grow…and perhaps Dragons too….
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
(shown at Eastercon 2019)
I am both happy and somewhat sad this week. I exhibited several of my paintings at Ytterbium, the 2019 Eastercon — a science fiction convention that was held across the Easter weekend. Amazingly I sold three paintings, which is wonderful, but this means that I will never see my lovely Phoenix again. She’s off to Los Angeles California and this is all I now have of her:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Here I am at the Eastercon Art Show with my paintings:
A car left abandoned in a field:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
When I set about trying to paint a dragon for my good friend Larry, I was keen not to copy anyone elses dragons. This is what I came up with:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Here is a watercolour view of the Valley of the Rocks on Exmoor:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Art for my sake
Brush in hand
I decide on the first stroke
Relieved to have got this far
Having chosen what to paint
Searching through ideas
Photos
Then mixing the colours
A bit of this
No, not that
Thinning, adding
Finally
Pausing
Contemplating the paper
That moment of peace
Stillness
Before I take action
Both painting and poem Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
I’m re-starting my Monday posting of my art. Here is one my watercolour paintings that I often use as banner art on this blog:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Dancing more than mad……..