moon sole arrives in a 16x18" white shadow box frame with museum glass.
While painting moon soleI wanted to capture the spiritual essence of the moon as a symbol of inner emotion, mystery, and femininity. I titled the painting after the opening line in E.E. Cummings’s poem Amores ii because I admire the beautiful language he uses to describe the pain of loneliness and deep longing for connection and love. Also, I couldn’t pass up the homophone “sole” for “soul.”
Title and inspiration come from Amores ii, a poem by E.E.Cummings
there is a
moon sole
in the blue
night
amorous of waters
tremulous,
blinded with silence the
undulous heaven yearns where
in tense starlessness
anoint with ardor
the yellow lover
stands in the dumb dark
svelte
and
urgent
(again
love i slowly
gather
of thy languorous mouth the
thrilling
flower)
From Tulips and Chimneys (Thomas Seltzer, 1923) by E. E. Cummings. This poem is in the public domain.
moon sole arrives in a 16x18" white shadow box frame with museum glass.
While painting moon sole I wanted to capture the spiritual essence of the moon as a symbol of inner emotion, mystery, and femininity. I titled the painting after the opening line in E.E. Cummings’s poem Amores ii because I admire the beautiful language he uses to describe the pain of loneliness and deep longing for connection and love. Also, I couldn’t pass up the homophone “sole” for “soul.”