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The Colour of Dragons

April 19, 2019Amsterdam, art, dragon, Fantasy, poem, Poetry, Science Fiction Poetryart, Berlin, dragon, dragons, Eastercon, Fandom, Fantasy, London, Paris, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

The colour of dragons
Depends

Sweet green for new hatchlings
To hide in high grasses

Black and red for an Emperor
Or a burner of crops
Many turn as gold as their treasure
Perhaps part of ageing

What colour a city dragon
Lurking on rooftops?

In Paris, creamy white as the buildings
In Berlin and London
Perhaps a glassy hue
Criss-crossed

In Amsterdam?
Turquoise and purple
With scarlet undertones………

I’m at Eastercon (the UK national Science Fiction convention) this weekend, with paintings in the Art Show……..

Echo

April 10, 2019art, beauty, poem, Poetryart, dance, echo, poem, poetry, soulThe Cheesesellers Wife

When a poem dances with your thoughts
Sunlight and shadows mark the walls of your soul
Something echoes within
You change

Painting: My kind of Dragon

March 25, 2019art, dragon, Fantasy, Painting, watercolourart, dragon, dragons, Fandom, Fantasy, Painting, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

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:

Painting : Valley of the Rocks

March 18, 2019art, England, exmoor, Painting, Poetry, watercolourart, exmoor, Painting, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

Here is a watercolour view of the Valley of the Rocks on Exmoor:

Painting and Poem: Art for my sake

March 13, 2019art, Painting, poem, Poetry, watercolourart, Painting, poem, poetry, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

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

Painting: Who’s looking at you?

March 11, 2019art, Painting, watercolourart, Painting, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

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:

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Painting: Mad March Hare

March 7, 2019art, Painting, watercolourart, hare, Painting, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

Dancing more than mad……..

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Painting: Hey Mr Spaceman

March 4, 2019art, Painting, Science, watercolourart, astronaut, Fandom, Painting, Science Fiction, space, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

An Apollo astronut floating high….

….plus a bonus poem, this time about someone in a red suit:

Resplendent in red

She came to see me
Resplendent in red
Glittering with dust
Her elegant bone structure evident more than ever
Desiccated and dead
Spacesuit blown
Floating past the view screen
When I know we retrieved her from orbit yesterday

First published in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Associations print journal Star*Line 40.4

Painting: Sacred Stones

March 3, 2019archeology, art, Painting, watercolourart, Avebury, Neolithic, Painting, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

Part of the Neolithic Avebury stone circle, in watercolour:

Painting: Blue Anchor Beach

February 28, 2019art, watercolourart, beach, exmoor, Painting, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

A watercolour painting of the eastern end of Blue Anchor beach, near Exmoor. This is where we have collected many fine fossils. Painted in 2016 — the rocks have been battered by further winter storms and are very different now.