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This painting means a lot to me because it's the first I've done in a long time that I'm proud of at all. And it's the first I've used watercolor in a while; I've missed my baby! lol. The text on the "path" is from the poem.
Inspired by Charles Bukowski's The Blackbirds are Rough Today: lonely as a dry and used orchard spread over the earth for use and surrender. shot down like an ex-pug selling dailies on the corner. taken by tears like an aging chorus girl who has gotten her last check. a hanky is in order your lord your worship. the blackbirds are rough today like ingrown toenails in an overnight jail—- wine wine whine, the blackbirds run around and fly around harping about Spanish melodies and bones. and everywhere is nowhere—- the dream is as bad as flapjacks and flat tires: why do we go on with our minds and pockets full of dust like a bad boy just out of school—- you tell me, you who were a hero in some revolution you who teach children you who drink with calmness you who own large homes and walk in gardens you who have killed a man and own a beautiful wife you tell me why I am on fire like old dry garbage. we might surely have some interesting correspondence. it will keep the mailman busy. and the butterflies and ants and bridges and cemeteries the rocket-makers and dogs and garage mechanics will still go on a while until we run out of stamps and/or ideas. don’t be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors. watercolor on illustration board, 14x22" |
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your work throughout your gallery is incredible, but this is something else < 333
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You've done a good job here.
I'm not too familiar with art-related terminology, so here's a layman's critique:
The sky rocks.
The trees rock.
The bushes rock.
The cobbles rock. Though they may be steps. I like the poem's words on them.
The birds are lovely.
The trees ROCK.
The colours are gorgeous.
Might I ask why you've stopped painting? You don't have to answer; it was probably a very personal and important decision.
Either way: reconsider.
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