In a dramatic desert landscape, navel oranges form a whimsical pyramid on an African birthing stool. This painting loosely inspired one of the poems in
Category: Inspirations
Where do poems come from? Poet and columnist Jackie Craven blogs about her inspirations.
Carnival
For many years, this bright yet foreboding carnival scene hung in my childhood bedroom. My mother applied the paint with a palette knife, slashing black
Old Woman with Goose, 30 x 24, Oil
A goose struggles in the grip of a haggard old woman. With hollow eyes and enormous hooked nose, she might be a witch. In “Old
She Snapped Sister’s Diary Wide
When assigned to paint a self-portrait for an art class, my mother made this nightmarish collage. A serpent, fabric patterns, flames, and octopus arms swirl
Flight
As a child, I didn’t know what to make of my mother’s wild brush strokes. She didn’t title this painting, so the subject is a