Swamp
by Alys Caviness-Gober
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24.000 x 30.000 inches
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Title
Swamp
Artist
Alys Caviness-Gober
Medium
Painting - Acrylic
Description
"Swamp" ~ highly textured acrylic, impression of "Swamp" as metaphor (for anything in life that weighs you down, that chokes you, that consumes you ~ part of my "Art As Therapy" series). Inspired by my original poem:
The Swamp
Endless reaches
with entangled pockets
a thickened soup,
The Swamp
endures;
even the air
is overcome
by dankness,
moisture conquers
with humid insistence,
levitating heavily
dully suspended
into what once was oxygen,
like a magician’s trick
without applause;
the hell of life within
this grotesque environ,
bizarre and malformed
hideous and foul,
with strength overwhelming,
a devastating army
with their special
horrid stench
they rupture up,
roiling
roaring,
upward they stretch
densely,
adding to the airlessness,
as if to choke any life,
their murderous intent
a thickened growl,
upward they rumble,
as if to reach the hidden stars.
Barely visible,
through overburdened branches
creaking downward
with a glopping stickiness
that mocks the beauty
of Spanish Moss,
the secrets of life linger
in distant diamond stars;
out of reach,
beyond hope,
yet still just there,
the frailest edge
of a dream
or memory;
O my Soul!
sinking back,
into The Swamp
of my lungs.
© ACG
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February 25th, 2015
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Alys Caviness-Gober
Thank you Chrisann for the feature on the homepage of Weekly Fun for All Mediums ~ this painting means a lot to me personally, so I am honored that you like it!