Painting Shadows and Light

Posted on March 1, 2015 by kp

I dusted off my paints this week

and lost myself

in the contemplation of colour and space.

With a photo of my younger self,

I struggled to create

The shadows on her skin

And lost my self in blues and browns

And touched the sadness in her eyes.

With a photo from my daughter’s youth,

I tried to capture

Sunlight bouncing off silky hair

And lost myself in pinks and whites

And swelled with the joy in life.

I dusted off my paints this week

and lost myself

in the contemplation of time and place.

About kp

I am a woman and a mother, a sister and a wife. I have called myself a socialist and a feminist, an environmentalist and an activist, a pagan and an atheist. But, at this stage in my life, none of these labels feel right. I am searching; trying to find an inner calm; trying to make peace with life's disappointments; trying to answer the big questions in my own small life.

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6 Responses to Painting Shadows and Light

Sue Dreamwalker says:

March 1, 2015 at 11:18 AM

Brilliant paintings and words Kim.. x

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- kp says:
  
  March 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM
  
  Thanks Sue…
  
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Oriah says:

March 1, 2015 at 5:02 PM

Wonderful paintings Kim!

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kimberlyharding says:

March 9, 2015 at 1:23 PM

Oh, I just loved this! How did I not know you painted?!?!

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- kp says:
  
  March 10, 2015 at 8:14 AM
  
  Thanks Kimberly…I have painted off and on over the years; sometimes for pleasure and sometimes for therapeutic or spiritual reasons. I have posted a few other paintings on my website (i.e. my tree woman and my gravatar) but have never declared them to be mine. Kim
  
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Alarna Rose Gray says:

March 22, 2015 at 11:49 PM

It’s wonderful you are rediscovering painting. Beautiful. You must keep it up.

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