The Night Is Yours Alone – by Ann Bagnall
Artwork by Lora Marsh
There is a darkening
Doubting sky
The clouds speak
A language of their own
Like finely fashioned
Twisted driftwood
In the weeping darkness
In the fading light
Softly flowing, a fragrant mist
Of falling moonlight
Like coloured silk on flagstones
Spilling over, faint tones of blue
A door opens, to a stand of trees
The cool caress of a cautious wind
Splintering the light
Through the leaves
Through the silhouettes
First the silence
Then a passing thought
Images of you
A recollection
Slowly regained
By way of a silken thread
The unseen hand
That stirs the velvet darkness
A touch
That is at once both pain
And something soft
A deeper peace
Than I have ever known
Perhaps this will be the last time
We will breathe our dreams
Into each other
For they are delicate
Feather light and fragile
Like the ever changing hues of heaven
An endless drifting horizon
Veiled in shadows
I hold you in my thoughts
Where the roses bloom
Where the rain falls in a quiet forest
And as the night floods in
I stand in silence
Letting it flow over me
The dream that you are
And with the breeze
I let it pass
For the night is yours
Alone
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This beautiful art work is by Lora Marsh – see her work at http://www.loramarsh.com/
Painting ‘Moonlit Tree – Spring’ by Lora Marsh Available for purchase at http://fineartamerica.com/featured/moonlit-tree–spring-lora-marsh.html
Lora is an Artist, Teacher & Student who was born and raised in the small coal-mining town of Windber, PA. She discovered a passion for art at an early age. As a small child she remembers creating art at home and then putting it in old frames to hang in her room. The passion continued through high school where she couldn’t seem to find enough time to get to the art room. There Lora worked on several school murals and was encourage by her high school art teacher, Mr. Lambert to pursue a career in art. After high school, she studied art at Carlow College in Pittsburgh, PA and Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education. Since then Lora has found plenty of time to be in the art room teaching art at United Jr./Sr. high school.
Outside the classroom, Lora is a painter. She loves working in oils and usually works out of her home studio. An artist looks at the world with different eyes. Lora’s inspiration comes from her experiences such as travel, people and the way she views the world. Her style is a painterly form of realism where she captures a scene more realistically but enhances the natural colors, contrast and lighting to create a mood. She creates a serene and calming place, that is a visual escape for the viewer. Her artwork and passion for art has also been influenced by other artists and teachers. She continues to take classes and workshops and looks at the work of other artists such as Degas, Van Gogh and Renoir for growth. To Lora that is what being and artist and teacher is all about.
Artist’s Statement
I am a painter as well as an art instructor. My goal when creating art is to offer the viewer an experience. Edgar Degas said it best when he said, “Art is not what you see, but you make others see.” Through my art and my teaching, I believe that I have helped others to see the world in a new way.
My work is influenced by the power and mystique of the world around me. I’m inspired by the brilliant colors that appear naturally, the ripple of a wave, a tree swaying in the breeze, or by light magically glistening off water. I bring these influences out in my work by enhancing color and contrast and by adding a sense of light. I capture a place that is calm and inviting; a visual escape. My style is a painterly form of realism and my hope is to capture the viewer and bring them into my world and way of seeing.
“Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~ Anonymous
Gallery Representation/Professional Memberships:
• The Artists Hand Gallery – Fine Art Gallery
• Allied Artists of Johnstown
• Fine Art America
• Oil Painters of America
• Indiana Arts Council
• Cambria County Arts Association
• PSEA Pennsylvania State Education Association
• NEA National Education Association
• UEA United Education Association
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