Pot and Shawl

Pot with Shawl:

Above was painted this morning. The pot and shawl were in the process of being set up when I arrived in the studio. They looked so innocent until the drama was achieved through the lighting, the bright colors and shadows.

12”x16” Acrylic on canvas board

Pot and Shawl

A day at a flea market

A small coastal town

So happy To be

Finally in the day.

Her arm above his elbow

Pulling him

Leading him

One display to the next.

The weaver

Looking through him

As the girl poses

Trying on each shawl

Which one to buy?

The weaver suggests red

Still staring as he pays.

He thought he’d be happy

This young girl on his arm

Seen only by strangers

Away for the day.

The copper pot purchased next

like her grandmother had

In a cottage on a rocky shore

Summers in her childhood

A time she had loved.

In the daylight

Framed in red

Seeing her

For the first time

Happy

Glowing.

The ride back to the city

Silence

Except for the radio

The sun setting behind them

The energy gone.

The shawl

Pulled tight around her

The pot

Hidden in a bag

Like the memory.