Flower In A Thorn Tree (Inspired by paintings of Graham Sutherland)

By well-wisher

Tue, 02 Aug 2011

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Let us join hands, we five
and sing a roundel of purple;
purple that pricks with beauty
against the thorny grimness
of a stone shattered world.

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I liked this and when I

Permalink Submitted by Highhat on Wed, 2011-08-03 07:51

I liked this and when I looked him up and saw these incredible paintings I thought your words suited his style very well. I hope you don't mind me including a link to some of his works? Maybe others would like to see a few of his paintings? especially like your "stone shattered world" and the shades of purple that are repeated. Captured really well in my opinion. http://found0bjects.blogspot.com/2011/02/graham-sutherland-1903-80.html atb ;)Pia

Thanks, Pia. He uses the

Permalink Submitted by well-wisher on Wed, 2011-08-03 16:51

Thanks, Pia. He uses the thorn tree to represent a harsh modern world but, when I looked deeper into thorn trees I discovered that they had flowers and so I thought that, perhaps, it was possible to be a flower amidst this modern world. JoHn

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

There are lots of flowers in

Permalink Submitted by Highhat on Wed, 2011-08-03 17:04

There are lots of flowers in the modern world I think. You can also always look to nature can't you? ;)Pia