January's Seed: Winter

2 paintings and a poem...


12x12
acrylics
12 seeds Project




15x20
watercolors
colored pencils
white gouache

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 --Demeter's Winter--


Sheltered
Failed to protect,
her forever.

shame, loss, grief.

Dark skies, cold air.
Fields lie fallow.
Winter comes,
again.

Missing her daughter,
her girl.
Missing what they once were,
together.

Girl no more.
Woman and Queen.
Her daughter,
Persephone.

retreat, mourn, wait.

Longing for spring
her return.
Flowers will bloom,
again.



art and words © 2013 Poppy Arakelian

Time to Paint

in progress painting (upside down) I spent some time painting today. I worked on this painting and my other "winter" themed painting. The other one is done in acrylics and I think it is done. I'll take another look at it in the morning and see if I still think so then. I just started the above painting today. I'm planning on doing two paintings for each 12 seeds project monthly theme. One in acrylics and one in watercolors.

Winter Returns

Looks Like Spring

Very warm and sunny this afternoon. Not like winter at all. Also the the snow is all gone from the backyard now...

The squirrels have been going crazy the last couple days and digging all around the place...

Still Melting

Melting

Things are melting a bit here in Massachusetts. We're seeing 40 degree weather and it's kind of nice but I looked at the upcoming weather predictions and it looks like much of the rest of the month may be like this. To be honest I enjoy it but it doesn't bode well with the whole climate change thing. Last winter was unseasonably warm and severely lacking snow. It doesn't look like this winter will be quite as bad but it is starting to look like it won't be like the New England winters from several years ago either. I guess time will tell.

Winter Photos