Category: painting

Fire Ring

Fire Ring, ©2013. Ink on paper. Crucible Hot gold runs a winding stream on the inside of a green bowl. Yellow trickles in a fan figure, scatters a line of skirmishes, spreads a chorus of dancing girls, performs blazing ochre evolutions, gathers the whole show into one stream, forgets the past and rolls on. The… Continue reading Fire Ring

Fixing A Hole

Weaving My Nest, ©2012-2013. Oil, ink, wax, on panel with etched glass. I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go I’m filling the cracks that ran through the door And kept my mind from wandering Where it will go And it really doesn’t matter if… Continue reading Fixing A Hole

Pleasure Pool

The Pleasure of the Pool-Pull, ©2012-2013. Ink, oil, on panel with etched glass.

Summer Moonlit Garden

Summer Moonlit Garden, ©2013. Ink and oil pastel on paper. Summer midnight joined in circles, phloxes and coneflowers keep rhythm with constellations ’til the sun and moon go down. By dawn light in the water bucket tumbled down petals launch like life rafts crossing the sea of whirling vortices  to rescue the stranded beetles. Sarah Figlio… Continue reading Summer Moonlit Garden

Gold Against Blue

The Only Gold I Ever Cared, ©2013. Oil, ink, on panel with etched glass. PEACE ON EARTH The Archer is wake! The Swan is flying! Gold against blue An Arrow is lying. There is hunting in heaven— Sleep safe till to-morrow. The Bears are abroad! The Eagle is screaming! Gold against blue Their eyes are… Continue reading Gold Against Blue