Wednesday, June 24, 2009

exhibition


P E T E R B E C K E T T
R e f l e c t i o n s

Opening Reception:  Saturday July 4th 1- 4pm

Meaford Hall Art Gallery
12 Nelson St. Meaford, Ontario
519-538-0463
info@meafordhall.ca 1-877-538-0463

Artist Talk: Thursday July 23, 7pm
Exhibition continues June 30th to September 7th 2009

beckettart.blogspot.com The new paintings
519-794-2507
( image size 48 x 66 in.)
gentle rain
and
fireflies
in
the forest
tonight

moon through the trees
challis of dreams
cathedral dawn,
gregorian chant
to bird song.
painting rising
to a new light
from the scent
of the woods into
harmony
into the divine silence
of the image

66 x 48 in.
oil on canvas
june 2009

Thursday, June 11, 2009


when we see

across time
and notice
the crystal ball
told the truth

and we made notes


i paint, "tales from the woods"
to see
from a different
time scale
so that i might
speak of what i hear
in the whispering


and we made notes


a few like-minded soles
the fluttering green
of swaying trees
waving to
crashing seas
to angelique*
and brine


and to"charlotte"
a sailor's dream
speaking of the sea

Although it was not a marine architect who coined the phrase,
"form follows function," the remark is seldom more clearly 
expressed in any of man's endeavors
 than it is in the hull of a sailing vessel.**

*angelique:
50' schooner "Charlotte" by Nat Benjamin
shear, lower planking and frames of
angelique,
topsides of silver bali-
bolth selectively cut in Surinam

**from "the art of wooden boat building"
http://www.peterbeckett.com/

another perfect day in the forest
can you hear the birds?
little brown wrens building twig nests
into the bluebird boxes