AN ARTIST SHOULD BE ADMIRED

 

An artist should be admired

Treasured and inspired

And encouraged to create

Art to which we can relate

THE PAINTER AND HIS MODEL

 

The painter and his model

Were smitten from the very start

And every stroke of his brush

Said “I love you with all my art”

THERE WAS UPROAR AT THE BAZAAR

 

There was uproar at the bazaar

In fact, it was a little bizarre

When the face painting artist

Turned out to be a Surrealist

VINCENT VAN GOGH’S SUNFLOWERS

 

Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Brought me to tears

If I had painted them, I would

Have cut off both ears

THE SCULPTOR CREATES

 

The sculptor creates

With skilful hands

The beauteous article

An artistic gift

Its concept borrowed

From his dreams

And his subconscious mind

To infuse in his design

And create a work of art

ARTISTIC PRACTICE

 

The potter breathing life

Into cold dead clay

An artist and his canvas

Killing the White

The sculpture seeing visions

In the lifeless stone

Wordsmiths weaving

Elaborate fabric with their words

Wood carvers releasing

The image hid within the wood

The unity between hand and mind

Artists and artisans all

FREDERICK BAZILLE

 

In the woodlands of burgundy

A bright light of impressionism

Was cut down by Prussian rifles

In the name of French imperialism

 

His corpse left decaying in a ditch

Found by his father under burgundy skies

A founder member of a movement

Unnamed until long after his demise