Cedarburg Plein Air Painting Competition - Day Ten: Paint the Festival

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Cedarburg Plein Air Painting Competition - Day Ten: Paint the Festival

By Anthony on Jun 25, 2011 | In Artwork | Send feedback »

Here is today's painting from the Paint the Festival event in Cedarburg. "The Light was Green" 9" x 12" oil on panel. We had from 8 am until 2 pm to finish and turn in a framed painting. I was fortunate that my Sister and Nephew arrived in time to watch my gear while I turned this in, it would have been a very close finish otherwise.

I am in the process of summarizing the significance of the results of this competition. I'll be discussing it in the next few blog posts. I want to wait until after tomorrow before commenting, I'll know then whether anything sold or not.

Tags: 2011, architecture, cedarburg, cityscape, competition, contest, crowds, gestures, landscape, oils, painting, people, plein air, wisconsin

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Patrons and Sponsors
I would like to express my absolute gratitude to the following patrons and sponsors who have helped make it possible to continue my endeavors. Without their help life would be much, much more difficult:
- Anonymous Patron, Milwaukee, WI - Purchase
- David Martin, Milwaukee, WI - Purchase
- Bill Frazier, Door County, WI - Purchase
- Aoife Moloney, Bayview, WI - $50 Donation, Two purchases
- Dylan Taylor, Milwaukee, WI - Commissioned Portrait
- Nicole Titschler, St. Francis, WI - Commissioned Painting
- Gregg & Debra Haberlein, Plymouth, WI - $800 Purchase
- Lois Johnson, River Falls, WI - $350 Purchase
- Mark M., Milwaukee, WI - $450 Purchase
It's good to know that other people find my work to be worthwhile and valuable. If you would like to contribute to my artwork, please read this post to find out more.
Awake at 3 AM

Awake at 3 AM and the clock
flashes the time to my conscience.
Toss and turn on the uneven bed
fix the covers, sheets and pillows
listen to the grinding of your neck
in blue midnite impatience
there is no grace in insomnia
only deadpan fatigue, a soul
leaking slowly from the corners of your eyes
I bounce my leg, for lack of a tail,
think happy thoughts, deepen
my breathing, pray for peace of mind,
for once, for a good night’s sleep
and find that this doesn’t work either.
The dog barking and that asshole
slams his car door again,
the furnace kicks in fits and blows air in,
the ticking clock is a pounding drum and
my neck is sore from the pillows.
I bury my thoughts in a basket of
dirty laundry, the room is a mess
and my life is no better
the light in the other room is still on
and the tape in my mind replays over and
over
and the time ticks by again at 3:30 AM.
I’m waiting for the music to begin
for the song sung by valkyrin and
choirs of angels, a heavenly lullaby
a kiss on the eyelids and softly tucked in.

© 2008 Anthony Sell
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And I dream
in those quiet times
of friends past
and faces lost
words spoken, or not,
of clasping hands
and weary eyes.

I dream of lovely agonies
and careless minutes
strewn, about
grinning stupidly
at the humdrum
of daily shuffle
and passing time.

Labor sons, we trusted
the clock, plodding
and plotting to overcome it,
the week, the day
the hour, the damned
Banker’s hour
and the shallow dollar.
The Butcher’s week.

Pockets pleading and
shoulders tight, the way
was to not-think
to think of anything
somewhere else
and bide, silently bide
we chewed our tasteless
food with the same
mechanical efficiency.

© 2.14.08 Anthony Sell
And I love you with your crooked teeth.

Your hand touches mine
we turn to face each other
on the pillow
looking down
your eyes dance darkly
through your lazy bangs
watching my hands
our fingers entwine
and the corners of your mouth
turn upward just slightly
I touch your hair
black as kitten fur, and as soft
the room, cast vermillion,
gold and apple green
dappled in sunlight,
my heart is a violet sponge
we kiss lightly and breathlessly
enter the same dream.

© 2.26.08 Anthony Sell
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