Poetic Series: "Fairy Tale" by Nate Lonnen 11x14 Acrylic on canvas board.

For the next couple weeks we will be focusing on a new series called the Poetic Series. This series is based on poems that I wrote myself in which the paintings & the poems really give life to each other. Many of the pieces in the series I hand painted the poem onto the canvas to make them as one. The idea for this series came when I was looking to make a wedding gift for my sister. I wanted to make something that really captured the love between my sister and her soon to be husband. So I worked on a poem and then images of the poem came into my head and I thought it would be great if I incorporated both. After doing this piece I looked through some other poems I had written and found ways to express those through images. 

​The first piece we will be talking about is the painting that started it all; it is called “Fairy Tale”.  To read full poem, click on "READ MORE". 

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Fairy Tale

May I drown in those enchanted eyes
And dream
Of the summers night 
Where ancient lovers
Dance to the beat of the moon
Whose every step is illuminated
By the sea of stars

Where breath is taken
By a delicate touch
And whose soul is captivated 

By an intoxicating smile
Bringing life to the dying 
And happiness to the heartbroken

May I touch those lips
To clutch your soul

And hold you forever
Prolonging the dream