Artist: Diane Copenhaver
Artwork Title: Beauty; a Flower Study
11 X 14 (framed 18 X 22), Acrylic on Paper, Painted Paper Collage
” I painted using several different techniques; included one with the ‘misty’ look; actually painted bits of one piece using a twig (to get closer to the idea of nature); brush, palette knife, as well as my hand. ” —Diane Copenhaver
Artist: Diane Copenhaver
Artwork Title: Mist on the Hills
30 X 40, Acrylic on Canvas
Poetry Inspiration:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay
Ten Thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
William Wordsworth, “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud”, 1804
“I painted using several different techniques; included one with the ‘misty’ look; actually painted bits of one piece using a twig (to get closer to the idea of nature); brush, palette knife, as well as my hand.” — Diane Copenhaver
Artist: Diane Copenhaver
Artwork Title: Flowers at Sunrise
18 X 24, Acrylic on Canvas
Poetry Inspiration:
“Give me odorous at sunrise
a garden of beautiful flowers
where I can walk undisturbed.”
–Walt Whitman
Artist: Diane Copenhaver
Artwork Title: Flower’s Breath
24 X 30, Acrylic on Canvas
Poetry Inspiration:
‘Tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes!”
William Wordsworth, “Lines Written in Early Spring”/ Lyrical Ballads, 1798
“I have painted four new pieces inspired by the Fairweather Gallery April exhibition, ‘Observing Botany’. I used poetry related to botany as my inspiration for each piece. I considered the words and feelings of the poem/phrase as I painted.” —Diane Copenhaver
Diane Copenhaver, artist, spoke during the opening reception for Observing Botany at the Fairweather House and Gallery for the April Seaside First Saturday Art Walk.
