JML - PLOGS
Nickel Yellow
Silent, immersed, alone
I hear an echo--
Standing on the platform watching
I see them all walking into light--
Its like climbing into space
A blank canvas ready-- Me ready-
Willing for the desire of a painting
I find my lights and darks--
Its about light and has no intention
Bound to color-- its not local
There's an atmosphere
There's a pressure
To defy gravity and come back
Because there was no meaning
In the empty, distant, vast-- Transformation
There's a ginko tree near the sidewalk
By my undergrad studio in Starkville
I was drawing that tree daily
I had 20 studies about the leaves
The patterns and flowing and hanging
When I woke up-- all my leaves
Were on the ground--
The weather man said it was just
A cold snap--
It was too disturbing-- those leaves were
my friends-- So, I'm guilty of loving too much
I'm guilty of allowing the ecstasy of escape
And I'm guilty of painting exactly how it felt
I reach for nickel yellow and dioxazine violet
To set the stage for the lights and darks
To present a solid vibration--
An experience of time and space--
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
youtu.be/HQe8Mk19_s4
Plate 2 - Seeing Things Illustrations
Digital Print, Jean-Marie Lee, 2006
(Original Painting, Private Collection)
LETS BRING PEACE EVERYDAY
Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2015