"A Light Exists in Spring," 11 x 14, Framed, Original watercolor and cut paper collage
Frame: White 11 x 14 shadow box - ready to hang
This is an original, one-of-a-kind work
There is a light that only exists in spring. You know it when you see it. It doesn't last.
This is the most abundant piece in the collection - a full garden, all at once. Clover, lilac, daisy, buttercup, and foxglove together on a warm sepia ground, each flower rendered in soft watercolor and then given dimension with cut paper petals and leaves. Pale purples, gentle yellows, white, and deep magenta - a whole season caught in a single breath.
Dickinson wrote that this particular spring light is something science cannot overtake, but human nature feels. That's exactly what this piece is reaching for - not a record of flowers, but the feeling of them. All together, all at once.
Made for a wall that needs a little light.
"A Light Exists in Spring" by Emily Dickinson
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A Light exists in Spring
Not present on the Year
At any other period -
When March is scarcely here
A Color stands abroad
On Solitary Fields
That Science cannot overtake
But Human Nature feels.
It waits upon the Lawn,
It shows the furthest Tree
Upon the furthest Slope you know
It almost speaks to you.
Then as Horizons step
Or Noons report away
Without the Formula of sound
It passes and we stay --
A quality of loss
Affecting our Content
As Trade had suddenly encroached
Upon a Sacrament
I’m deeply inspired by the whimsical elegance of nature. The peeling white bark of birch trees, the intricate, delicate arms of ferns that cover forest floors, the lush greens and the cool blues of trees and lakes; moments of enchanted elegance that feel like magic. I work mostly in watercolor, because I love the loose nature of the medium that can capture the subtle elegance and depth of nature in a very light and free manner. Follow @crissievitale to see more of Crissie’s work.
