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Tennyson's Dragon-fly
~"Tennyson's Dragon-fly"~
(Click HERE to read my blog post about this painting)
(Click HERE to read my blog post about this painting)
My entry for the September 2015
Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC), the
theme being 'Dragonflies',
features a portrait painted in loving tribute to the English, Victorian-era poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Alfred
Lord Tennyson, author and British poet laureate hand-selected by Queen
Victoria herself, was extremely popular during his lifetime, while
continuing to be much admired yet today. He lived for much of his life
in the country, often writing poetry describing the natural world around
him. The following short poem was one written by Tennyson in 1833,
which, as part of my ongoing Poet Tribute Series, I used as my
inspiration this month (with the first two lines of the poem written
along the edges of the painting)...:
The Dragon-fly
By Alfred Lord Tennyson
Today I saw the dragon-fly
Come from the wells where he did lie.
An inner impulse rent the veil
Of his old husk: from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;
Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew
A living flash of light he flew.
By Alfred Lord Tennyson
Today I saw the dragon-fly
Come from the wells where he did lie.
An inner impulse rent the veil
Of his old husk: from head to tail
Came out clear plates of sapphire mail.
He dried his wings: like gauze they grew;
Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew
A living flash of light he flew.
Using a 5 x 7 found wooden plaque, this original, "Tennyson's Dragon-fly", is painted on all its beveled sides....
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