Samples for a mural

Three paintings that I quickly did up for work. I have been commissioned to paint a mural on one of the walls and needed to provide a few samples for selection. Still working on a couple to submit. 

I ADORE the beach/water one. Took me the least amount of time and it just feels like something I'd love to jump right into. The other two are peaceful to look at, but the colours in the beach one just bring me something that I cannot put a finger on. There is a feeling of calmness and happiness that swarms the mind and makes whatever is going on in my life that's upsetting, somehow okay. I need a larger one like this for my wall. lol Maybe I'll do a mural at MY place. :)

Dandelion Days

I wrote this for my sister Janene who died, September, 2002. I miss her every day.  I mostly remember those days in the summer when we left the house at the crack of dawn and didn't find our way back until the sun was setting.  Those were the best days! The Dandelion Days.

Softly the light pours through the trees

falling down in radiance on silky brown locks

that whip through the air on wings of the wind

flowing like the white fuzzy seeds we set free

Smiles and giggles, packaged from before

are let loose to the gathering wind

and carried off to the land of never wonder

where hearts are light as lazy clouds

and souls delight, removed of shrouds

I remember you
I remember this
I remember absence;
our moment of happiness

Tulip trails and butterfly dreams

fluttering for your laughter

that taunted my mood and so easily

broke my frown

you, whom life was too crowded for

Death, that eager chamber of darkness,

envious of all the joy and breath

you gave to the earth;

bitter and cold in his loneliness

abducted your innocent heart

leaving your absence lingering

with a stinging, ceaseless ache

The only solace now are the memories

of those glorious sun-swamped Sundays;

those water-logged, carefree, monumental

child-minded eternities;

the remembrance of every smile

and all those dandelion days

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