Tag Archives: art

Whaling Boat

May 29, 2019art, Azores, poem, Poetryart, azores, poem, poetry, whaleThe Cheesesellers Wife

Cleaving through the waves
Slender, fragile
A wooden sailing boat
Races its kindred
In the regatta
Brought back to life and beauty
Restored to some use
But not the original fatal one
Man against beast
Hand launched harpoon
Against the deep diving leviathan
A dreadful trade
Forged in harsh necessity
Killing Whales and men
In this isolated archipelago
As the boat turns into the wind
A bright Orange speeder passes close
Bouncing from wave to wave
Full of tourists
Out to hunt whales
With their cameras

Art: Dragon Geode

May 6, 2019art, dragon, Paintingabstract, acrylics, art, dragon, dragons, Eastercon, geode, PaintingThe Cheesesellers Wife

Deep on the earth, crystals grow…and perhaps Dragons too….

(shown at Eastercon 2019)

Huginn and Muninn

April 29, 2019artacrylics, art, Eastercon, Huginn and Muinn, Odin, Painting, RavensThe Cheesesellers Wife

Huginn and Muinn bring information to Odin, here they are flying against the sun:

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Pheonix rising —and gone!

April 25, 2019art, Painting, Poetryacrylics, art, Eastercon, Painting, pheonix, YtterbiumThe Cheesesellers Wife

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:

Here I am at the Eastercon Art Show with my paintings:

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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