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ILLUSTRATION / PAINTING / PHILOSOPHY

EXHIBITION : '​​STANZAS & SKETCHES'



'A SELECTION OF DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS &
ETCHINGS INSPIRED BY WORDS COURTESY
OF POETS OF THE PAST. 

​THE EXHIBITION OBJECTIVE; TO DETERMINE
WHETHER A VIEWERS REACTION TO
WRITING IS IMPACTED MORE OR LESS
​WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY VISUAL STIMULUS. '
​
​



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'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.'
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'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.'
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'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!'


​JOHN KEATS, 'TO HOPE'
STANZAS 1-3
​INK AND ACRYLIC ON PAPER

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LA BRUYERE, 'THAT WE SUFFER
OURSELVES TO BE GOVERNED.'
INK AND GRAPHITE ON PAPER.

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​VALIDIVAR, 'AN ASSORTMENT OF
TREASURES HEAPED HIGH.' 

​OIL ON LINEN.

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​​'RUTH' 

​GRAPHITE AND CONTE ON PAPER.

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​VALIDIVAR, 'NATURE'S SOLUTION.'  ​
GRAPHITE AND PENCIL ON PAPER. 
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