The Poets anguish Print

The Poet‘s Anguish, evaluation by Eliza Yacheva. This artwork is inspired by the poem Twelve Songs. The poet is the English born W. H. Auden. More specifically, the painting emerged from the first two verses from the 5th section of the poem "Fish in the unruffled lakes, Their swarming colors wear". The fish can be spotted in the bottom part of the artwork, bathing in the swarming colours the author had described. The lakes are depicted as patches of light aquamarine blue all over the composition. The painting is made of two layers of canvas with areas cut out to reveal strong contrasts of colour. A few traces of scratching technique show the layer underneath. A mindful parallel with the Expressionist painter Paul Klee can be made. His works Fish Magic and The Goldfish create a similar magical realm where the aquatic, the celestial and the earthly intermingle. He also has two surfaces, which are revealed by scratching and scrawling the design. They put emphasis on the surreal, expressionistand highly abstract mood.

Print:Giclee on Canvas

Size:12 W x 16 H x 1.25 D in

Size with Frame:13.75 W x 17.75 H x 1.25 D in

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