Courage is part of every artist's palette, it helps to get over the fear of a blank piece of paper and the thoughts of what other people may think about the work. It also means the artist is not afraid to expand stylistically and try new themes. In this painting, an abstract tree clings for life on the edge of a rocky crag, it reminded me of an old line of poetry 'he clasps the crag with crooked hands.' which upon further googling I see is from a poem by
Tennyson: "HE clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls."
Just change azure to pink and it was like I made this painting to illustrate the poem!
5 x 7 " (12 x 18cm) cold press, watercolour, 2016
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