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Alley Saunders, artists, Jennifer Vranes, Jim and Lynn Lemyre, Jinnie Nieviadomy, Michaela Sagatova, new beginnings, Shay Davis, Solange Brown, Sylvia Chan
Welcome to our first Poetics for 2017!
The New Year has a way of restoring our hopes and aspirations, nudging us to set new goals, follow new dreams and create “new beginnings”. With this in mind, I decided to visually inspire you with the help of 8 wonderful artists. Although the titles of their work may be very similar, each piece is an example of their very unique styles. ALL artists were contacted via email and have kindly given permission for us to use these specific images for our prompt today. I hope you are as excited about that as I am!
Choose the piece that speaks to you and let the words flow. You may be moved by more than one.
**If you are including one of the images with your poem, PLEASE REMEMBER to credit the artist with their name and a direct link to their work as I have given this information for each piece. **
Enjoy!
Ally Saunders – “New Beginnings”
“My paintings and my processing comes from my core, feels like soul work, my passion for understanding Family Patterns, all our humanness, relationships and most importantly myself.” ~Ally Saunders~
“Sylvia is an Ontario Certified Teacher who creates opportunities for people to get in touch with their inner ‘artist’ and inspires youth to make a difference in the community by use of their creativity and imagination.” ~About Sylvia Chan Art~
Jinnie Nieviadomy – “New Beginnings”
“Jinny Nieviadomy is trained as an arts educator and self-taught as an artist. After moving from small town southern Saskatchewan and teaching junior high art she now follows a dream lead by the artist and entrepreneur within.” ~Bio- Jinny Nieviadomy~
Michaela Sagatova – “New Beginnings At The Ends Of The Earth”
“Inspiration comes from the world around me, my relationships, experiences, nature, the universe.” ~ Michaela Sagatova~
Jennifer Vranes – “New Beginnings”
“Jennifer Vranes is best know for her large and vibrant paintings of Aspen Forests and European Landscapes. Her trademarked technique of using a pallete knife to ‘sculpt’ in thick textures has become a favorite among collectors and Art Galleries world-wide.” ~ About the Artist-Jennifer Vranes~
“Shay has recently received recognition for his work including being nominated for 2011 SD Art Prize New Contemporaries and being one of 8 artists selected as a “Heartist” for San Francisco General Hospital’s 2013 fundraiser, “Hearts and Heroes. His original works grace the homes of such people as actress Halle Berry and Jayne Seymour, athletes such as Tony Hawk, Bill Garnett, and Koy Detmer, and music legend Gregg Allman.”
Solange Brown – New Beginnings
“Expressing the emotion I feel when painting the beauty and sensitivity of nature and the human figure through the mystery of imagination brings me great joy in my artistic life.” ~ Solange Brown – About ~
Jim and Lynn Lemyre – New Beginning
“We invite the viewer to engage with the imagery to discover their own interpretation and to share it with us. It is art as dialogue rather than monologue, a fabric of conversation, in which we invite the viewer to participate. ” lemyreart.com
This is Michelle (“Mish”) for this week’s Poetics. I will be in a little later. Welcome everyone! A big THANK YOU to all of the artists, some of whom may drop in to say hello.
Here’s how to join in with us:
- Write a poem inspired by the artwork above and post it to your blog or website.
- Enter your name and a direct link to your poem by clicking Mr Linky.
- Leave a comment below or join in the discussion.
- Read and comment on other poet’s work. We all go here to have our poems read.
- Please link back to dVerse from your site/blog.
- Have fun!
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Welcome to Poetics everyone ~ Mish will be around later to visit and comment on your links~
Cheer to new beginnings ! Amazing artists, wow!
I love picture prompts… hopefully we will have more.. I know that they attracts writers.
Nice to showcase the artwork of others as well ~ I really admire the surreal ones as they bring you out of your world ~ Definitely looking forward to more picture prompts Bjorn ~
They’re my favorite kind.
Hello… Mish will come in later, and I will try to welcome you instead. Just came in through the door… currently it’s snowing here…
Cold and grey here too~ Looking forward to reading the poems in a bit ~
Thanks Bjorn and Grace for covering for me. I just had a drizzly, foggy drive home from work.
I know that fog and cold weather Mish ~ Get comfy, warm and relax a bit ~
It’s very cold and grey here too. Things are looking very dismal. I have to post and go.
🙂 snow changes things… reshapes it all.
I wish it were snowing here – I miss proper mountain climate! It’s been frosty but boring grey all day here. These images really help to brighten things up – and I’m sure the poems will too!
The poems are really brighter with all the colors.. I think I need that.
Surreal, out of this world. Interesting to chase the threads tha join these, like among the Aspen trees, or butterflies spilled from a bucket. Ah snow! I do love snow, blankets over all the imperfections, glittering in the moonlight! Till the apes come and scrape the beauty away from their ugly constructs. Ah but I digress. This one took too long to write. An excellent prompt, thank you Mish!
Thanks erbiage, nice to see you. Will be by soon to read your poem.
Hello everyone! I am a bit rain-sodden but invigorated from a long walk to the local cinema to see Rogue I (excellent fun!) and home again. Just set up the umbrella to dry and will now put the proper dVerse link into notes at end of my post.
PS: would MUCH rather have snow in January than rain!!
PS 2: LOVE this prompt — many many thanks to Mish for setting this up with the artists! I might come round again tomorrow for a second helping 🙂
I hope you do, lillian! Glad you enjoyed the prompt. 🙂
Oh, Mish. What a feast for the eyes and muse this was! Thank you!
Thank YOU De! It was fun to arrange. I just got home from my first day at a new job, so I will settle in soon to read responses. 🙂
A wonderful themed collection of art. I’m impressed by the time it must have taken to pull it together…I hope to drop by again to savor the art and read some of the poetic responses…I may not have time to write on this one, but I never say never 🙂
Thanks for dropping in to take a look, Janice…and I appreciate your comments on the prompt. Very kind.
And yes…never say never. 😉
Quite a diverse group of inspiring artists to stimulate the poetic flow, Mish. ❤
Thanks for joining in, Olga. 🙂
I’m working on my contribution at this moment. 🙂
The artwork is amazing, but one spoke to my muse so here I am with my humble offering.
Hi Truedessa. It’s always nice when an image speaks to you. Will be by a little later to read. 🙂
A snowy day in many parts, a cheerful welcome to the pub. Thanks, Mish, for the excellent prompt. I guess I could have chosen several~just tried to post to your blog but failed…will go back and try again.
Hi Kathy. Glad you could join us! 🙂
Although I didn’t write this poem for the dverse challenge, in looking at the paintings,…I was struck by Solange Brown’s painting and the connection between nature and humankind. This interaction. My poem does express this but in a tragic way. Paintings certainly inspire poetry.
Hi ladyno…yes, I was struck by her work as well. Looking forward to reading your poem a bit later.
Thanks for hosting Mish. I chose a work I’m busy with at the moment as it was closest.
Now….what irresistible paintings…I had to use All…hope it’s okay…Happy New year to you all 🙂
some lovely pictures, I could have chosen any of them! I had a bit of a battle with the technology, so please let me know if I have got it wrong…
Good evening… now I’m home ready to catch up with all the aditions… 🙂
Great prompt. Might have to do more than one as the artworks are very inspiring. Have just about caught up with submissions and so will catch up on comments over the next few days. Happy New Year All.
We have OpenLinkNight next week, Thursday. Feel free to add more poems with these artists. Good to see you Paul. Happy new year as well!
Happy New Year to you too Grace.