A Poem & A Painting: Des Marionettes

It was a gray and rainy weekend in New England.  Luckily we are in need of the rain and I was in need of some downtime for catching up on paperwork, painting, and getting ready for my Art Show at the Boston Design Center this Thursday(!).

This week’s painting was created for the October Girls Just Wanna Paint challenge of Stripes.  Once again, I love how everyone interprets the theme ~ take a peek for yourself at this month’s entries here.

Zebra Question

I asked the zebra
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I’ll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again.

~Shel Silverstein

Des Marionettes, oil on board, by Pamela Copeman

Wishing you a wonderful week ~ if you’re local I hope to see you on Thursday at the Boston Design Center, at the newly renovated FDO Showroom, 3rd floor, 3-5pm reception for my art exhibit!

xo,

Pamela

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