In the Deep Fall

“In the Deep Fall”        9” x 12”          Pastel         $100      © Sharon Lewis

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               I love the poem by Mary Oliver, “In the Deep Fall” from which I borrowed the title of this painting. She writes:

 Don’t you imagine the leaves think how
comfortable it will be to touch
the earth instead of the
nothingness of air and the endless
freshets of wind? And don’t you think
the trees themselves, especially those with mossy,
warm caves, begin to think

of the birds that will come — six, a dozen — to sleep
inside their bodies? And don’t you hear
the goldenrod whispering goodbye,
the everlasting being crowned with the first
tuffets of snow? The pond
vanishes, and the white field over which
the fox runs so quickly brings out
its blue shadows. And the wind pumps its
bellows. And at evening especially,
the piled firewood shifts a little,
longing to be on its way.

            Happy Fall and Happy Weekend!

 

Fall at the Lake

“Fall at the Lake”      Pastel             8” x 10”            $75             © Sharon Lewis
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                I often look to poetry for titles for my paintings or to be inspired about what to write each week. Poets seem to paint so well with words. I found this poem by Rita Dove titled “November for Beginners”. There is a line I love in this poem that seems to fit this painting better than anything I might add so I leave you with this:

             “We sit down

            in the smell of the past

            and rise in a light

            that is already leaving.”          

            Happy Weekend!