Angel Among Us

One of my favorite activities is to paint at Wine and Design.  I treated myself on 5/25/2019 (wedding anniversary) by taking a class.  It was so relaxing and gratifying to be instructed on how to create such a  piece of art. My "masterpiece" is pictured below and the experience inspired this poem:

The Painting

I find my seat at the canvas, excited to take part,

The instructor is beginning to speak; I know within my heart,

That this time is special, to create a painting is grand,

As I gently place the largest brush into my right hand,

Gracefully swirling the gray paint upon what once was entirely white,

I am in a peaceful calm, this moment is pure delight,

With the background completely filled, it is time to paint the moon,

Stipple, stipple…  texturing the craters, and very soon,

Painting a black tree trunk with branches that are long and thin,

If it weren’t for the instructor, I wouldn’t know where to begin,

Soft rock music is playing and creativity is flowing like the song,

It is an individual work of art.  There really is no right or wrong.

The roots of the tree are creeping down over a cylindrical mound of stone,

And everyone’s looks a little different- to each his very own,

We paint a body of water in the foreground of the tree,

And a shoreline of large rounded rocks, just above the sea,

Highlights of grays and white gives the appearance of moonlight reflection,

With plenty of guidance from the instructor, our paintings are perfection,

At this point, we have only used white, black and gray, you see,

But a deep purple is now introduced for the leaves of the tall black tree,

Purple and white stippled leaves against the dark night sky,

It gives the necessary “pop” of color that makes me want to sigh,

Ahhhh!  Now that is the finishing touch,

It’s really nice.  I like it so much,

But then I ask the instructor if I can incorporate an angel into mine,

She willingly pencils it in for me…and it looks so divine.

Sitting on the stones, beneath the tree,

A heavenly angel there always to remind me,
Of you!

Tammy Harvey

Written:  5/27/2019