I did this watercolour today for the WetCanvas.com November challenge. The subject is Baddesly Clinston Manor in Warwickshire, from a reference photo from Google Street View provided by the group’s administrators. http://goo.gl/maps/TjvfL
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Whale of a Tale (poem and painting)
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A Whale of a Tail
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
it’s a whale of a tale, i tell you
is it a tail of a whale you see?
i can’t really believe what you tell me
i don’t have to listen to you.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Two Ships (poem and painting)
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Two Ships
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
silent dark water
bereft of light
two ships cross each other
in the silence of the night
what life is there on either
what work or play or fright
what unknown seabound voyager
in doubt awaits first light
how many lie in slumber
ensconced in surreal plight
how many wait and wonder
when land will be in sight
and still the ships forge deeper
in pertinacious flight
away from one another
away and out of sight
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Sunscape (poem and painting)
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Sunscape
waatercolour on paper
12″x18″
red
hot
sun
hot
red
heat
hot
heat
waves
red
hot
glare
bright
sun
flare
bright
yellow
glare
bright
yellow
sliver
yellow
orange
flare
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
1-800-Hotlips (poem and painting)
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1-800-HOTLIPS
mixed media on paper
12″x18″
call the number
if you dare
up from slumber
drop all care
get it right
don’t hesitate
don’t take all night
don’t start too late
who will answer
can you know
miss or mister
high voice or low
do you dare
to call the number
bring the player
into your chamber
hesitate
a moment more
you won’t find fate
at your front door
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Rosy Morning (poem and painting)
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Rosy Morning
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
a sliver of time before sunrise
wild buds burst open as if in surprise
raise dainty little heads in expectation
turn motley bright heads in exaltation
eastward into the early haze gazing
at the rising sun on a rosy misty morning
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
A Strand of Hair (poem and painting)
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A Strand of Hair
watercolour on paper
11″x15″
on a hot somnolent afternoon
her brown face smooth and clear
except for a single strand of hair
fallen loose from behind her ear
draws a wavy line down her face
distracting disturbing his pace
as he tried to keep hands in place
to keep from that wayward strand
to keep from her face his strong hand
on that hot tantalizing afternoon
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Black Mood (poem and painting)
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Black Mood
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
i’m in a black mood
can’t you tell?
with a shade of purple
in there as well
when i’m all knotted up
i start to see red
cross me if you dare
if you want to be dead
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Spring to Fall (poem and painting)
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Spring to Fall
watercolour on corrugated cardboard
12″x15″
does Spring spring to Fall
or does Spring fall?
do you fall when you spring
or do you spring when you fall?
can you spring on springs
and not fall or do you fall?
it’s all a pun on nature
and that’s au naturel
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Blue Concerto on a Green Planet (poem and painting)
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Blue Concerto on a Green Planet
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
when blue spirits frolic
in the green planet
taking over the environs
they blend, create havoc
seeping through elements
tinting all conditions
nurturing all of nature
ensuring life ever after
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
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