Mixed media collage (8.5x10 in). two layers. Top layer: oil pastel on 2 pieces of jute floral netting that are crooked on a background of oil and chalk pastels collaged with yellow/orange and pink/white flowers on a blue. Back later: watercolor and acrylics with blue paper flowers in four corners.

Stunning #poeticstanza to my Garden Trellis #art #Day25 #EkphrasticChallenge2024 @merrildsmith.bsky.social:
Sapphire is the late September sky
with maple leaves turning, and purple shadows
waiting for winter to appear. Blue is a shade of snow
and ice. It’s my bedroom walls. It’s a dream.

overhead photograph of coffee, filter dripped. Looks like a flower whose outer petals of paper are coffee-yellow and coffee-orange. The center is a swirl of coffee when the pouring is done

My first act every day! This particular #photograph is my #Day9 contribution to #EkphrasticChallenge2024
@thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Check out what #artists & #friends #SaraElizabethBell @icefloepress.bsky.social offer too. #GetInspired #NationalPoetryMonth #Write bit.ly/3U9T6KL

This photo was taken in Vancouver British Columbia. The images, their whites softened to a glowing amber/gold are, an analog clock that reads 8:23 pm and a street lamp of nine round globes. Its post rises up out of a bed of red flowers.

Here is my contribution to Day 7 of the #Ekphrasticchallenge2024 hosted by @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social Read what poets this #photograph and the artwork of others have inspired. bit.ly/3JfLOyN

3 willow branches wrapped in an asymmetrical hoop. Hand-painted with orange, green, yellow acrylics

Am pleased to present 'Painted Willow Wrap' for #Day4 of #EkphrasticChallenge2024 Host: @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social I am joined by 2 other artists whose work also inspires #poems. If you're inspired, share your poem! bit.ly/4aE50SG #acrylics #willow #treetalk #nature #art #awe