July 15, 2009
My recent body of works have related to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, so I thought it only appropriate to do a "self-portrait"--in the photographic medium--there. As you can see, I had some fun.
In addition, you can see my newest painting of my new friends, Renee and Alkendrick. Renee recently gave birth to Alkendrick III, and both mother and baby are healthy and happy. I hope to take the couple back to the gardens soon.
I think I'll call this painting "First Love," after a poem by William Butler Yeats. I also like the ambiguity of the name. "First Love" could refer to the relationship between the couple. Or it could refer to the love for the child that is to come.
The poem is not a particularly happy one--like many of Yeats' poems related to Maud Gonne--but the title is still appropriate for my subject. You might notice that poetry has inspired the renaming of a few other paintings.
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