J W Waterhouse|Flower Fairy Garden Ornaments|Grim Reaper Drawings-Ophelia
Facts About J W Waterhouse|Flower Fairy Garden Ornaments|Grim Reaper Drawings-Ophelia
Waterhouse is one of my favorite artists. I oft times imagine a world within his with flower fairy ornaments as my own. His passion, is of course unmistakable, as is his world that reached out to fantasy as well. Goth art of his time touching on the dark side, is noted by the fact that he painted Ophelia many times. While knowing his fate was coming, because he had cancer, he painted Ophelia and that is just haunting. It seems like grim reaper artwork of that era, humm?. Thank goodness we have fine art paintings reproduction avenues. I have purchased several books about J W Waterhouse and look at them often. I try to fill my art library continually, so that when I cannot attend museums, I actually have access to a small one right inside my house! His work is like fantasy art taken to a new level because it is made real. You cannot look at it and not feel the magic of literature. His work is almost lustful as it seduces you into its magic. Flower fairy ornaments, fine art reproduction paintings, grim reaper artwork, all within your grasp as you search out his talent and spirit of creativity.
KOM
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The lyrics to this song sung by Lorenna McKennit are by Tennyson. They are posted below.
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I am IN LOVE with the work if Waterhouse.
The Lady of Shalott by J W Waterhouse
Flower Fairy Garden Ornaments
This is a poem I wrote. I signifies a lot of emotions. We have all traveled dark paths it we have traveled at all. Isn't that so?
"Buried Roses"
Oh so beautiful older women galleries
and oh my dear Lily
I found your pictures there
somewhere.
Fairies illustrations
gothic angel art
kept in a dust covered coffin.
Roses in each whimsical angel pictures hand.
Don't polish the roses unless you plan to keep them
they told me that they don't like being touched
and so I won't.
Clear intent
a line of chalk
gentle yet cumbersome
if you want to go chasing rainbows.
What's the matter with those bells?
neglected and yet
they continue ringing.
I never wondered why
until we buried the roses.
Pink mountains
invite the tainted noise
bells ring
reminding me roses were once present.
Lily, past the brazen trail
tried to save them
or maybe not.
I guess she was not breathing after all.
I thought I understood her goal.
She used to comb my hair for me
never how I liked it
but still
at least she knew how to weave the colors.
I never thought it was an intrusion
until now of course.
Now that the roses have been drowned.
Dying words
fragrance misunderstood
or maybe missing altogether?
We should never mess with nature
that's what Lily always says.
If I conform will you?
Will you Lily?
If we gather clippings
will you help me?
Have pity on the wounded bird
that is somehow us.
Set flowers on your table
noting the present and the past.
Penetrate the clouds
interrupt the rain
call it a special day.
Oh Lily!
I take so much back.
You shine where I couldn't
it is all a falsehood
those notions we grieved over.
Healing is actually blended
and roses that fell short
surface when sorrow is embraced.
Know that victim
and she will heal you.
I've met my mentor
coaxed from the devil
older
this woman at a gallery
we knew her when we were young.
I stroked that line
savored antics that seemed off limits
held up by all those boundaries
crumbling before our eyes.
Truth be told
it is they
that bells chime for.
Or maybe that's just me that thinks so.
After I find you again Lily
can we make a pact?
Lets assume that mistakes can meet cures
and once paraded above the wet ground
where all those roses lie
we will know
once again
their sorrow is fleeting.
Beautiful older women galleries
dear Lily
I found your pictures there.
Torn and worn
dated
fairies illustrations
gothic angel art
kept in a dust covered coffin.
I pulled them out
still melting
yet hopeful.
I held my breath
or was it yours?
Oh Lily!
There among the leaves
roses awoke once more
in each whimsical angel pictures hand.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Copyright 2008
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The Lady of Shalott
JW Waterhouse painted the image of "The Lady of Shalott" Here below is part of that poem:
The Lady of Shalott
Alfred Lord Tennyson
(Note: As mentioned above, Tennyson wrote two versions of the poem--one in 1832 and one in 1842. This one appears to be the 1842 version.)
Part I
On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And thro' the field the road runs by
To many-tower'd Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.
Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four gray walls, and four gray towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.
By the margin, willow-veil'd,
Slide the heavy barges trail'd
By slow horses; and unhail'd
The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?
Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly,
Down to tower'd Camelot:
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers "'Tis the fairy
Lady of Shalott."
Part II
There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.
Boreas by J W Waterhouse
Flower Fairies Garden Ornaments and Art Work in a Butterfly Garden, A Fantasy Fairies Call
"Flower Fairies Garden Ornaments and Art Work in a Butterfly Garden, A Fantasy Fairies Call"
Art work in butterfly garden.
What a lovely day.
Flower fairies garden ornaments
line my sidewalk.
I try to capture this moment
notice it is grand
put it inside my pocket
butterfly in a garden.
It is the moon that settles
brightly
bringing me my moods
just outside this window.
I think of my flower fairies
garden ornaments?
No.
Real and breathing friends to me.
The moon.
There is a part of me that fears its light
those unsettled plans
notations that I could have done better.
They keep me up at night.
Don't say one word.
Don't take her calls.
Whenever the crows approach
dye this fabric past mistakes
don't block out all those stars
do not settle for sequins
sewn inside your diary.
I will not settle for less
I will no longer listen
I will not entertain those moonlit tears.
Let them settle on the ground
mud dries eventually.
Salty tears will mingle with new rain
fresh new rain.
Outspoken fantasy fairies
remind me of colors
climbing vines reach up to the trees
beautiful wisteria.
Fantasy fairies smile
giggle sometimes
remind me how easy laughter comes
once you start to smile.
I look at all my gifts
flower fairies garden ornaments
art work in butterfly garden
laughter comes in cycles.
Moon step back and see me
let me step outside the shadows
or is it let me see myself?
I cherish the lines
the curves
the starts of new adventures
lead me none the less dear moon
despite all
I still rely on all your stories.
Flower fairies garden ornaments
art work in butterfly garden.
Laughter comes in cycles
yes
as do tears
inconvenient truths
and I most humbly resign to it all.
Tiny angels, fantasy fairies
sequins pinned to the moon
blessed changes
hear me call
dear goddess in me.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2008
Facts About Waterhouse from Wikipedia
He was born in Rome to the painters William and Isabela Waterhouse, but when he was five the family moved to South Kensington, near the newly founded Victoria and Albert Museum. He studied painting under his father before entering the Royal Academy schools in 1870. His early works were of classical themes in the spirit of Alma-Tadema and Frederic Leighton, and were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists and the Dudley Gallery.
Later career...
In 1874, at the age of twenty-five, Waterhouse submitted the classical allegory Sleep and His Half-Brother Death to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. The painting was very well received and he exhibited at the RA almost every year afterwards until his death in 1917. In 1883 he married Esther Kenworthy, the daughter of an art schoolmaster from Ealing who had exhibited her own flower-paintings at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. They had two children, but both died in childhood.
In 1895 Waterhouse was elected to the status of full Academician. He taught at the St. John's Wood Art School, joined the St John's Wood Arts Club, and served on the Royal Academy Council.
One of Waterhouse's most famous paintings is The Lady of Shalott, a study of Elaine of Astolat, who dies of grief when Lancelot will not love her. He actually painted three different versions of this character, in 1888, 1896, and 1916.
Another of Waterhouse's favorite subjects was Ophelia; the most famous of his paintings of Ophelia depicts her just before her death, putting flowers in her hair as she sits on a tree branch leaning over a lake. Like The Lady of Shalott and other Waterhouse paintings, it deals with a woman dying in or near water. He also may have been inspired by paintings of Ophelia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Millais. He submitted his Ophelia painting of 1888 in order to receive his diploma from the Royal Academy. (He had originally wanted to submit a painting titled "A Mermaid", but it was not completed in time.) After this, the painting was lost until the 20th century, and is now displayed in the collection of Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Waterhouse would paint Ophelia again in 1894 and 1909 or 1910, and planned another painting in the series, called "Ophelia in the Churchyard."
Waterhouse could not finish the series of Ophelia paintings because he was gravely ill with cancer by 1915. He died two years later, and his grave can be found at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.
Found in Wikipedia
Great Art in Books and Prints by J W Waterhouse
Grim Reaper Drawings and Art
Waterhouse painted Ophelia many times, while knowing his fate was coming, because he had cancer.. does it take TRAGEDY to create more reflective art?
Does it take TRAGEDY to create more reflective art?
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"Bonny Portmore's Lyrics are posted below. This song is one of my favorites.
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Lorenna McKennit "Bonnie Portmore" Lyrics
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Bonny Portmore
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore.
O bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see
Such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day
Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away.
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the Lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore.
All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep
Sighing, "Where shall we shelter or where shall we sleep?"
For the Oak and the Ash, they are all cutten down
And the walls of bonny Portmore are all down to the ground.
O bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
And the more I think on you the more I think long
If I had you now as I had once before
All the Lords of Old England would not purchase Portmore.
by Lorenna McKennit
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