The Stranger

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Wow Debs, beautifully portrayed, love your palette and your poem;)

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 03 Sep 09:36:40

Lovely work, Debs! Love the tonal work and the dreamlike feel of the painting. Goes perfectly with the poem!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 03 Sep 14:06:05

Rather spooky, but in a good way. Your interpretation of this figure completely suits the subject - the purples and touches of pink add to the ethereal drama of the painting. Trust you to come up with something completely different!! Really well done!

Posted by Thea Cable on Thu 04 Sep 12:34:01

Thank you so much Carole, Seok and Thea. I love old Victorian graveyards and so I had to have a go at this one, unfortunately the picture is not very clear, but heyho what can you do!

Posted by Debs Jones on Thu 04 Sep 17:08:30

Quite extraordinary and spooky too Debs but after having read the poem it makes sense and the figure is beautiful. Well thought!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sat 06 Sep 17:44:55

I'm so glad you enjoyed the poem Satu, and thanks for your lovely comment too!

Posted by Debs Jones on Sat 06 Sep 19:15:34

Playing catch up on POL Debs so coming a bit late to this one but you already know how I feel about it anyway :)

Posted by Val Kenyon on Sun 07 Sep 11:38:05

Hang on Studio Wall

13/04/2015

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As you may know I'm a sucker for poetry, and when I saw this photo on PMP I straight away thought of Walter de la Mere's lovely evocative poem The Stranger. It's last lines are :- Day breaks in heedless beauty, Kindling each drop of dew, But unforsaking shadows dwell Beneath this lonely yew 'And all else lost and faded, Only this listening head, Keeps with it's strange unanswering smile, It's secrets with the dead

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