WALK Gallery

Margery Wentworth and I kept in touch by email.At first I assumed she would be writing a haiku poem inspired by one of my paintings. As time went on, it seemed that my schedule was lighter than hers so it was decided that she would send me a list of her Garden haiku poems. They [...]

Closer to the finish date I emailed Bryan photos of the painting when it was about 75% complete. He responded with three haikus he composed. I love the poem he chose, with its perfect description of the Ashley River and sense of history with “my grandmother’s braid”. I feel Bryan’s poem and my painting are very harmonious in their expression. I am so pleased that we both arrived at the same place with our artistic responses.

Rebecca Shaw’s experience working with poet, Dan Wright. Check out their profiles here. Dan and I had recently met when I heard about the Juxtaposition show for WALK Gallery.  I knew that he had been a literature major in college and so I asked him if he would write some haikus that I could make [...]

“Mary’s Words” was created while Mary read some of her poetry and then continued to write as I painted. At one point I became self-conscious. I called out that I was “finished,” but she continued to write. I got over myself and continued to paint. If Mary had not had the tenacity and intuition to continue writing, instead of listening to me. The painting would have been a “cute” experiment instead of inspired art.

We will be installing Juxtaposition today at the Millennium building. There is some really great art and poetry going up — so come and say hi! Find out more on the show.