Flowers many hued and starry eyed - (April 30) This quick desktop-sized piece owes its inspiration to a lot of different sources. The results of my quick little dabbling with using a photo of my english wallflowers to test some brushes last week suggested that I try and do something with the dozen or so other photos I've taken of them. And I was so happy to see some blue sky last week that it occured to me to go take some pictures of the filmy clouds, one of which was used as the basis for the upper left corner. Then there was Linzee's suggestion over at Collage howto... about overlaying star images from gettyone.com to add sparkliness. And the desire to use some of Vered's brushes (some from the new abstract set, plus the tried and true watercolor set). And then finally I just searched google for "nature flower poetry" until I found something apropos, settling on this snippet from a Amy Lowell poem "The Little Garden".
THE LITTLE GARDEN
A little garden on a bleak hillside
Where deep the heavy, dazzling mountain snow
Lies far into the spring. The sun's pale glow
Is scarcely able to melt patches wide
About the single rose bush. All denied
Of nature's tender ministries. But no, --
For wonder-working faith has made it blow
With flowers many hued and starry-eyed.
Here sleeps the sun long, idle summer hours;
Here butterflies and bees fare far to rove
Amid the crumpled leaves of poppy flowers;
Here four o'clocks, to the passionate night above
Fling whiffs of perfume, like pale incense showers.
A little garden, loved with a great love!
Amy Lowell