Wild About Art!

: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Wild about art, and young at heart, with talents on the go, A brand new painting now to start, with insights in full flow, Just as the paint that mixes well new colours to create, I, too, must cast my magic spell to make my picture great. I could paint fast and miss a lot, but details are my thing, Right down to every tiny dot, reality to bring, And thus set forth the miracle, in blue and brown and green, Wildlife, as known by one and all, that my two eyes have seen. Behold the plumage of each bird, from swallows to macaws, Behold their wings once they have stirred, their eyes, their beaks, their claws, Behold their nests they weave from sticks, the eggs they lay within, Behold the raising of their chicks, and thus new lives begin. Yes, there is beauty here and there, at many levels, too, Upon the land, the sea, the air, beyond the local zoo. Out there where wildlife stays unbound, uncaged in any way, And where I travelled, and I found reality each day. White tigers, not just brown and black, white tigers, with blue eyes, And white wolves gathered in a pack, and white owls, oh so wise, From meerkats up to elephants and dolphins in their prime, For such as these, I must enhance what God has made sublime. God gave me sights that few have known, penguins and polar bears, And eagles that have overflown, and leopards in their lairs, So in your homes, you could acquaint yourselves with these I saw, The wildlife God helped me to paint, where no man has gone before! Denis Martindale. July 2021. The poem is about the UK wildlife artist, Stephen Gayford, who painted hundreds of magnificent paintings, with many still being sold on the eBay UK website today.