On the Irreversibility of Time

My friend Mame Willey has just published a book of poems  with the title above, published by Antrim House.  The poems are wonderful–accessible, thoughtful and structurally sophisticated.  I think one of the great functions of art is to make people aware of the moment, to get them to notice something they might otherwise miss.   And all of that is to be found in this book.  I urge you to run out and buy a copy.    Of course I have to mention that Mame used one of my paintings, “Flight of Fancy” for the cover–a real honor.

Echo

Echo  oil on birch panel 9 x 12″ in gold frame  $400 framed, $350 unframed but ready to hang

 

Here’s a painting that I started way back when the peonies were in bloom.  Last year we were in Syracuse to hear our grandson play viola in the Syracuse Youth Symphony (brag, brag).  With a couple of hours to kill while Mason was rehearsing before the concert we went to the Everson Museum, a really nice small museum downtown.  In the gift shop I found a thin-lipped mug–the object of many a search–and Ed bought it for me.  I loved the flower and thought it would look nice in a still life with another white bloom.