My Mother - Painting and Poem

By: artandverse Mood: happy Date: 04/22/2008 04:26:59 Music: None

I delight in creating a fusion of paintings and poems produced as signed and numbered Giclee prints. Following is the poem inspired by, for me, the emotionally charged painting of my mother completed in March, 2008. I have uploaded two images of the oil portrait and one of the Art & Verse Giclee print. The print measures 329mm x 483mm. The original painting measures 356 x 455mm. The poem reads:

My Mother
So honoured to have been her son,
So sad that she is gone,
Yet enthralled that her memory lives on.
With Honesty freshly gleaned,
Her bearing tells so much
About her gentle charm,
Soft nature and loving touch.

An Authentication Certificate accompanies each print explaining my inspiration for this work:
The artist's mother, Nora Louise Butler, 1916 - 2003. Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, yet to her family, simply Nan. Aged 70 she suffered an aneurysm and at that time was the oldest patient to undergo life saving brain surgery at London's Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. Despite dire possibilities the operation was a great success and she lived life to the full for another 17 years. Accompanying her in this portrait is Sir Charles Carver, her favourite cockerel, who used to answer her call for a handful of peanuts.

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