​'Stanzas and Sketches' - Exhibition Work

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A selection of drawings, paintings and etchings inspired by my favourite teachings from wordsmith's of the past.
The exhibition objective; to determine whether a viewer's reaction to writing, is impacted more or less, when accompanied by visual stimulus. 

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​     John Keats, 'To Hope', Stanzas 1 - 3. Ink and acrylic on paper.

'When by my solitary hearth I sit
When no fair dreams before my 'mind’s eye' flit,
 And the bare heath of life presents no bloom;
   Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
   And wave thy silver pinions o’er my head.'

 ​  'Whene’er I wander, at the fall of night,
  Where woven boughs shut out the moon’s bright ray,
  Should sad Despondency my musings fright,
  And frown, to drive fair Cheerfulness away,
      Peep with the moon-beams through the leafy roof,        
 And keep that fiend Despondence far aloof.'

'​Should Disappointment, parent of Despair,
Strive for her son to seize my careless heart.
When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air,
     Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart: 
Chase him away, sweet Hope,
​with visage bright,
And fright him as the morning frightens night!'

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