Pre-School Masterpiece
Strokes of gold upon Amethyst,
brush held firm, cream puff cheeks
inches from canvas, eyes intent,
her five little dashes, an inch long,
boldly slashed along the edge;
perhaps not a Monet
but my heart is captured.
My hand signals, bid escalates,
after all, priceless her marks
embedded in glistening paint.
by Margaret Bednar, January 8, 2018
I can honestly say, I put the fear of God into my husband that night at the fund-raiser for the pre-school. I was NOT going to be outbid.
This painting has been hanging in my living room for 14 years. I've had many people think this is a painting from an accomplished artist - I love telling them it is from my youngest daughter's pre-school class of eight children. I have photos of them painting it.
My daughter is the one in the pink shirt, sitting down.
This is linked with "dVerse Poetics - Come Hang with Me"
Strokes of gold upon Amethyst,
brush held firm, cream puff cheeks
inches from canvas, eyes intent,
her five little dashes, an inch long,
boldly slashed along the edge;
perhaps not a Monet
but my heart is captured.
My hand signals, bid escalates,
after all, priceless her marks
embedded in glistening paint.
by Margaret Bednar, January 8, 2018
I can honestly say, I put the fear of God into my husband that night at the fund-raiser for the pre-school. I was NOT going to be outbid.
This painting has been hanging in my living room for 14 years. I've had many people think this is a painting from an accomplished artist - I love telling them it is from my youngest daughter's pre-school class of eight children. I have photos of them painting it.
My daughter is the one in the pink shirt, sitting down.
This is linked with "dVerse Poetics - Come Hang with Me"
9 comments:
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What a treasure, Margaret! I love the ekphrastic opening stanza and then the wonderful lines:
‘perhaps not a Monet
but my heart is captured’.
Congratulations on winning the bid and having such a cute and talented daughter (not forgetting the other artists)!
That is wonderful Magaret, a lasting memory to cherish. I am building a collection of paintings and craft projectd my grandson has done since he entered pre-school. He is 5-years-old now. They hang proudly in a little alcove in my art studio.
Nice lines: "perhaps not a Monet
but my heart is captured."
Oh what a wonderful peek into your living room this is! So glad you decided to hang with me and post this! And oh yes.....you've described it so well in the poem. I love this photo of the painting because the children all look so proud! It does look like a wonderful piece of modern art but it's so much more than that! All those memories and the strokes of your daughter too! :) I'm sure this will be a family heirloom - perhaps it already has earned that distinction! :)
I love it, also for the fact that people mistakes it for an accomplished artist... maybe there is a boldness of a child which a grownup lack to do... I can understand it captured your heart.
This would certainly capture your heart more than a Monet. It’s wonderful, and your daughter is adorable.
It resembles a Pollock. What a great
keepsake. Has she a scrapbook of her work?
Oh you had me at cream puff cheeks. I can see her so vividly. Wonderful word picture. So hard to write a fresh genuinely sweet poem about childhood or motherhood for that matter. You wrote about such a sentimental moment without a bit of sentimentality. Love it.
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