For this month's Nibblefest theme: "Illustrate a Story or Poem", I chose an Edgar Allen Poe poem to illustrate.
"Spirits of the Dead" By Edgar Allen Poe (1827)
Thy soul shall find itself alone
'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone;
Not one, of all the crowd, to pry
Into thine hour of secrecy.
Be silent in that solitude,
Which is not loneliness- for then
The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.
The night, though clear, shall frown,
And the stars shall not look down
From their high thrones in the Heaven
With light like hope to mortals given,
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which would cling to thee for ever.
Now are thoughts thou shalt not banish,
Now are visions ne'er to vanish;
From thy spirit shall they pass
No more, like dew-drop from the grass.
The breeze, the breath of God, is still,
And the mist upon the hill
Shadowy, shadowy, yet unbroken,
Is a symbol and a token.
How it hangs upon the trees,
A mystery of mysteries!
This large piece is 18x24x1.5", and I used only one pigment, Payne's Gray which is a blue-ish gray (in varying shades) in it. There is alot of texture as well. The sides are painted in the undiluted shade of payne's gray which resembles a dark navy blue, so there's no need for expensive framing.
I signed it on the lower right hand side.
This is my entry in the Nibblefest Art Contest, a themed art contest beginning on the 20th of each month. Please be sure to search for NFAC to see more great entries, each starting at just 99¢. Thanks for looking and Happy Bidding!
