Stand and Stare
A poor life this if, full of care
There is no time to stand and stare.
‘Leisure’ W.H.Davies
Oil painting, 30” x 20
Showing the view from Cantref, looking up at the Brecon Beacons’ peaks (Bannau Brecheiniog), Pen y Fan, Cribyn and Corn Du
Live your Dreams
Credit to Caspar David Freidrich, whose paintings often feature a figure gazing off into the distance, but his view on life was profoundly melancholic, quite unlike my own.
Hence the insertion of a young person in this one, to bring a tone of looking ahead to the future - a hopeful mood.
Second credit - I read a poem from Kenya by Mac Adrone Adonay called ‘Wheels keep spinning’ which includes the phrase ‘Arise brave youth, the future lies on you……”
And - The Brecon Beacons provide the backdrop, there is actually a rock known as the Diving Board, like this.