Day 30. Deep Breath.
Untitled. 6×6, oil on canvas, $105.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/untitled/444696″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] When I started this project I think I thought that by the time it was finished I would not only have thirty paintings that went with thirty poems, but that by the very last day I would have written a […]
Day 29. What Have I to Say to You?
“Honey-Thick Stain” 10×10, oil on canvas, $170.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/honey-thick-stain/444487″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] This poem begins with a question: What have I to say to you? It’s a question I ask myself often. What do I, the artist, have to say to you, the viewer? Here’s the answer: I’m not sure. I […]
Day 28. To the Right, To the Right.
“Sheltered at the Heart of Me” 18×24, oil on canvas, $350.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/sheltered-at-the-heart-of-me/444220″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Everything you paint in a diagonal to the right. At this point, I’m not even ashamed of my really bad Beyonce reference. But I am noticing that there’s this little theme emerging in my recent abstracts where […]
Day 27. More Advice
“When the Tower Falls” 18×24, oil on canvas $350.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/when-the-tower-falls/443914″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I love advice poems (see day 6). Especially when the advice is good. “Do You Have Any Advice For Those of Us Just Starting Out?” by Ron Koertge Give up sitting dutifully at your desk. […]
Day 26. A Poem that Keeps Buzzing
“Debauchee of Dews” 6×6, oil on canvas, $105 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/debauchee-of-dews/443648″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] It’s the same poem from yesterday, but, as I mentioned I kept thinking about that bee. Bring Me the Sunset in a Cup by Emily Dickinson Bring me the sunset in a cup, Reckon the […]
Day 25. Where to Go When I’ve Got Nowhere to Go.
“Breadth of Blue” 20×20, oil on canvas, $340.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/breadth-of-blue/443350″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Do you know what they hardest part of this thirty days has been? The poems. There are hundreds upon hundreds of poems that I love (or would love) but I have trouble finding them, reading them on […]
Day 24. Big World.
“Travel this Immensity” 20×20, oil on canvas, $320 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/travel-this-immensity/442996″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I’ve been holding onto this poem, not sure what I would do with it. I thought, of course, that it would be a bird painting, and maybe it is except there is no bird. I guess, she’s […]
Day 23. Wedding Blessing
A Blessing for Wedding BY JANE HIRSHFIELD Today when persimmons ripen Today when fox-kits come out of their den into snow Today when the spotted egg releases its wren song Today when the maple sets down its red leaves Today when windows keep their promise to open Today when fire keeps its promise to […]
Day 22. Overwhelmed by Grandeur
“Over the Bent World” 30×30, oil on canvas $510.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/over-the-bent-world/442571″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”red” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] God’s Grandeur Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844 – 1889 The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of […]