Spring Trail
by Nancy Merkle
Title
Spring Trail
Artist
Nancy Merkle
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
There is nothing like a walk on a sunny day. This painting was inspired by such a day. Enjoying fresh air and warmth is such a delight. The original painting from which this image is derived was a 16x20 inch oil painting on canvas. Summer greens and cool purples covered the canvas and helped to create the feel of sunshine and cool shadows. Robert Louis Stevenson captured the atmosphere well in his poem, "Summer Sun". Here are the words to his poem:
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Summer Sun
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Great is the sun, and wide he goes
Through empty heaven with repose;
And in the blue and glowing days
More thick than rain he showers his rays.
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Though closer still the blinds we pull
To keep the shady parlour cool,
Yet he will find a chink or two
To slip his golden fingers through.
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The dusty attic spider-clad
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;
And through the broken edge of tiles
Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.
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Meantime his golden face around
He bares to all the garden ground,
And sheds a warm and glittering look
Among the ivy's inmost nook.
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Above the hills, along the blue,
Round the bright air with footing true,
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The gardener of the World, he goes.
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March 10th, 2013
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