From dark moist soft
secrets
an orchid shoots up
to vertical stretch.
Yellow, green, purple
transformed
into plum
moonshine.
So sweet with sticky juice
Is it the mouth of Jonah’s whale
this tongue leading to the freckled
depths
of a measled ocean?
Tags: Abstract Art, abstract painting, beauty, Gardens, Jonah, La Jolla Cove, ocean description, Open water swimming, poetry, swimming, Visual Arts
December 10, 2012 at 6:02 am |
Beautiful, Carla!
December 11, 2012 at 6:00 am |
This was made with wax, squirts of water color. and a little gold paint on mulberry or ‘rice’ paper.
December 10, 2012 at 6:06 am |
Yes, beautiful.
December 11, 2012 at 6:01 am |
Thank you. where do I see your paintings?
December 10, 2012 at 7:03 am |
Yes, indeed!
December 11, 2012 at 6:01 am |
I’m glad you like this one richard.
Carla
December 10, 2012 at 7:51 am |
thank you, Carla. With hurrahs for all things freckled, speckled, who knows how.
December 11, 2012 at 6:04 am |
I think this poem was written with Carolyn.
December 11, 2012 at 2:43 am |
Yum.
December 11, 2012 at 6:03 am |
Working with hot wax on mulberry paper was challenging but the results were so beautiful especially when the sun peeks through them
December 11, 2012 at 8:16 am |
mouth of Jonah’s whale – so I don’t like to swim in the ocean …
December 11, 2012 at 8:34 am |
LOL I think of Fairyland when my children were little.It was small and pink but to them huge, a little walk down a hill to look into the mouth of the whale. There was a little fish tank there displaying little fish
December 11, 2012 at 9:17 pm |
I love both painting and poem. Really lovely. I am happy to have found you!
December 11, 2012 at 9:58 pm |
I enjoyed reading your posts. Gus would have liked to meet Darwin.
December 12, 2012 at 7:17 am |
I like the tale of Jonah, but this painting opens up for so many interpretations. For instance I see – not necessarily clearly – a shark speeding down in the sea. I just love the colours and the shapes. All so dynamic and organic. Beautiful words, too.
December 25, 2012 at 5:05 am |
Thank you, Otto. Happy holidays to you. I look forward to another year of blogging with you. Carla
December 24, 2012 at 5:37 pm |
I’d be very marvelous for me to be in the bottom of the ocean, and miraculous
.
Happy Christmas and A Merry New Year!
December 25, 2012 at 4:07 am |
Merry Christmas Rommel ! Happy New Year !!
January 5, 2013 at 10:10 am |
Great work! I really liked this one
January 6, 2013 at 6:22 am |
Thanks. I wish I could come up with more like this one. My muse just visits every so often
January 7, 2013 at 5:19 am |