Wednesday, June 1, 2011

As I promised...






...of Tea & Oranges

9 x 18 inches
Oil on Board

Currently available through The Gallery Collection at La Posada de Santa Fe
call Sara Eyestone at 505 954-9668


I enjoyed painting "Orange Peeled" so much that I decided to follow it up with this one. I enjoy painting the luster of silver and copper so I paired up my oranges with this old silver pot. It's always fun to play with the reflections and trying to get just enough presence in it was a challenge.

I am now represented by La Posada de Santa Fe... call Sara Eyestone at 505-954-9668.

Just yesterday I was working with a radio playing in the background and I heard "...and she feeds you tea & oranges that come all the way from China" in the lyrics of a song I had long forgotten! (the title link will take you to a video Leonard Cohen and Judy Collins performing the song live in 1976)

Suzanne
by Leonard Cohen


Suzanne takes you down to
her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body
with your mind.

And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body
with his mind.

Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body
with her mind.

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