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Trevor Vermont Painting Progession

Vermont, etc.

I have been M.I.A. recently, mainly due to the fact that I have three jobs now and I have been working really hard interning for an artist representative, Suzanne Schultz.

http://www.canvasfinearts.com/

The lovely Suzanne in all her glory.

However, I have been slaving away in my art studio when I can. I even had a Territorial-like trip to Home Depot at the edge of Somerville and Boston which reminded me a little too much of the trauma of Leroy Merlin in Paris(shudder). Then after returning home to find that my crossbar was half a centimeter too short I sawed it myself like I should have to begin with. Then I stretched my canvas and despite my cautionary past experiences, still managed to skin one of my knuckles.

But, the painting has begun!

I also went to Ludlow, Vermont a few weeks ago and of course I took advantage of the scenery (and Cara's hot tub).





study done on site

study done on site


the situation


Friday night, 4th night in a row after starting the oils on Tuesday

In the meantime, I couldn't help but make a disturbing self-portrait.

August Poetry

8/20/10

Your beauty is so great.

I want only to paint

and embrace you.

I am lost wondering

how to honestly face, truly,

and forward into your gaze,

simply and naturally,

free of hesitation,

free of wandering,

and questioning what's under me.

8/24/10

Free me, blue room,

filled with the blinking ghosts

of family heir looms,

crowding the dead empty space.

It is the great day

of phone calls and cake,

of feeling not enough,

of wanting more

yet receiving nothing necessary,

of lacking and looked forward to.

Oh, blue room,

ring the bells

of true freedom.

Open the casket for me.

These walls are simply here.

The torch is simply burning

and it is my hand that is holding.

Connector Show

Neil and David played a show with their band, Connector. I am planning on collaborating with them on October 24th at myhouse where I will show my paintings and they will play a concert. Here are some photographs I took of their concert at Gallery 263 in Cambridge. Check out their music here: http://www.myspace.com/connectorband

Perfect and Done

Recent Poetry

Here are three poems from July starting with the most recent and working backwards. The first poem is a tribute to Rilke's Book of Hours which I recently bought. The book is considered to be one of his greatest works and it consists of love poems written to God inspired by his experience in Russia. So I wrote my own love poem to God including a "Le Petit Prince" reference of the abandoned rose which I painted a few months ago. The second poem is simply a description of the sun rising. And the last poem I will leave open to interpretation.

7/30/10

I am not an abandoned rose.

No,

Not only do I grow,

I walk.

And when I lay

I am still living,

Tingling with life,

Shimmering with love,

Not by that of a man,

But of yours,

Your love that I can own

Only by giving.

Deep within these circles

Spinning becomes stillness

And the graceful harmony

Between us fills every void.

No,

I have not been abandoned.

I have been found.

(detail of the abandoned rose "Tache d'Etre Heureux" painting)

7/29/10

Seven suns are seen

Blue, violet, and white alike

Not all at once

None of them stationary

They carry asymmetry

Consistently

They show expected shape

Yet surprise the eyes

A momentary beauty

Evolving quickly

Growing and burning

We yearn to touch

Their arms who touch us

Both softly and fiercely

7/14/10

Strangeness enters

As quickly as dark clouds descend

Softly and swiftly

Reminding me of the end

That endless bend

which arcs under my skin

Raw emotion is never dead

A memory may be past

But the quality is vivid

He is living

Our somber hours remain still

Real as they ever were

Not moving or silent

Simply blinking

On and off

In and out

Up and down

Fading like a distant dream

And then it's bright again.