Paintings from Mediterranean Countries
Carried By Light
The beauty is enveloping
The embrace og nature
The blessing of nature
A homage to this earth
that nurtures us
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Nature’s Quiet Room
Nature is the quiet room of the eye and soul
To create a painting
to create a quiet room
A refuge
An escape of time
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Kissed by Nature
Eliane Elias pianist and singer
Has been my loyal soulmate
on my journey
into the magical universe of painting
A heartfelt thank you
obrigada querida, Elaine
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The Cathedral of Nature
High-ceilinged
The church room of nature
Greatest is my sense
of belonging
and my sense interconnectedness
beneath the immensely wide sky
Connected to the Universe
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Trees Grow into the Sky
I believe
that trees grow into the sky
Trees are existential to me
They connect heaven and earth
They extend their roots deep into the earth
They reach their branches high into the sky
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Sky Ladder
On Samos we walked
on paths a thousand years old
The cobbles are polished with use
Used by people
and donkeys carrying baskets filled
with firewood, grapes, olives, walnuts
Sky paths
Sky ladders
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Pillars of Life
The olive trees connects
The trees connects generation
with generation
Everybody has tended the very same trees
Pruned, harvested, and pressed
their olives year after year
The sense of Interconnectedness
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Morocco
To sit on the master’s bed
invoke a kind of deference
We visited Matisse’s room in Tangier, Marocco
After my stay in Afghanistan and the Middleeast
Matisse’s paintings have
had a special place in my heart.
Studies abroad and sketches are connected
to keep my hand busy
to keep my line alive
through reiterated sketches
It is my sketching living hand
that helps my flow
when I am painting
