September 2010
Until This (2006), oil on panel, 6 x 8 feet
Here (Now Again) Tender Graces (2006), oil on panel, 6 x 8 feet
Slight (2007), oil and galkyd resin on canvas over panel, 72 x 96 inches
In This Moment (2007), oil and galkyd resin on canvas over pane, 67 x 90 inches
Lead (2007), oil and galkyd resin on panel, 48 x 60 inches
This song is pure fun.
“Aerial Event”
“Rebar Madness”
“Aerial Event 2”
“Zagged”
Today I dress for you
in scarlet. I am
a tomato, plump
and luscious. I pulsate
with seeds.
Today I clothe myself
in yellow. I am
a peach, succulent
and ripe.
For you, I swathe myself
in gold—all melons, oranges,
tangerines, nectarines.
I am a garden of earthly delights.
I am the apple
you would fall for
a thousand times.
I am the apricot you would die for.
I am all strawberries,
blueberries, raspberries,
and cherries, all these and more.
Today I am royal for you.
I dress in a gown
of purple plum.
Come, lift me out of my skin.
photography by Jonathan Finch
poety by Diane Lockward “The Fruitful Woman”
