This page covers art from Karen Pierce Gonzales and Sara Bell, with my response in words and Haiku format. This is part of an Ekphrastic Challenge for April 2024 hosted by Paul Brookes ( wombwellrainbow.com ). Each day Paul is posting art by a number of contributing artsts, inviting writers to respond. I am a songwriter, not a writer, but this is good practice and I was lucky to be included and so I stuck to Haikus for the exercise. For each day I contributed two Haikus. Please check out the wombwellrainbow.com for the contributions from other writers and check the websites for Karen and Sara. You can enjoy some of their beautiful art below.
Journey
Take me
on a journey
Through art and craft
A map for finding beauty
Through time, life and space
Dazzle me
with your art
A skill
A warmth and depth
To help me learn and heal
Intrigue
with softness of colour
Hues of gentle hint
And delicate curves
Like an essence of woman; sublime
And now
Before the first ‘hello’
Goodbye
How the art will linger
Through sands of time
Matt Guntrip
Poem for the art of Karen Pierce Gonzales & Sara Bell for the Ekphrastic Challenge 2024 hosted by Paul Brookes @PaulDragonwolf1
ART AND WRITING
Sonoma Field Grass
Hanging Down
Bluebird
Eliada Maple
Blackbirds
Dragonflies Dance
Tempura Garden
Red Dancer
Daylily
Rainwater on Leaf
A Sparkling Summer's Night
Garden Trellis
Bowl of Pears
Puzzled
Tree Shares Love
French Lavendar Head
Bridge Tree Big Ivy
Opening
Magnolia Magic
Red, White, Blue Pine Cone Tip
Picking Love
Strands
Rooted in Love
Eucalyptus Bark Flowers on Pine Bark Pond
Balm For The Soul
Fruit Bag
Dogwood
Painted Straw
Quince in Pink
In the air
Maidenhair Ferns
Wasp Honeycomb
Sunflower
Paint Flower Skin
Reaching Out on Craggy Gardens
Java Grounds
The Other Side
KPG 12 Marketplace
SEB 12 Fly
Half a Pine Cone
Moonflower
Eli
Roots in the Path
Morning Coffee
Courting Covid
Beaded Snake Branch
They aren't really Yellow Trilliums Mom!
Night Time
Spring Equinox
Red Rosehip
Yellow Above
Night Flowers
Waterfall Thoughts
Painted Willow Wrap
Moonlight Celebration
Night Columns
Alone on Laurel Creek
Crocodile Corkwood
See The Song
Bent Cypress
Autumn Equinox
KPG31
Sonoma grass bunch
Chloroplast fading to brown
Magic collection
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB31
Unfurling magic
Nature, the artist, or both ?
Savour her talent
[Sara Bell]
KPG30
Bluebird regal poise
A penny for your thinking
Surf the line of time
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB30
Eliada tree
The wisdom of the Maple
Music in her bones
[Sara Bell]
KPG29
Are you there Blackbird?
We miss your song and spirit
Dance among your friends
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB29
Dragonfly dancing
Papa flew to say goodbye
Grand daughter farewell…
[Sara Bell]
KPG28
Tempura garden
Gathered for colour and taste
A spectrum of life
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB28
Wisdom of the Ents
Movement beyond what we see
Dimension of life
[Sara Bell]
KPG27
Embroidery skill
Sew me a scene of dancing
Remember the pain
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB27
Daylily blooming
Carolina, free nature
A bounty of bloom
[Sara Bell]
KPG26
A leaf in the rain
Mercury water and light
Magical artist
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB26
Firefly magic
Star light gracing the heavens
A flower responds
[Sara Bell]
KPG25
Trellis for nature
Sanctuary for insects
The colours of hope
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB25
The flavour of pears
Dancing light, juice on her chin
Succulent her art
[Sara Bell]
KPG24
The pieces of life
Deep, the cuts and the questions
Beauty unfolding
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB24
Tree of life and love
A Brene reflection of hope
Embracing the sky
[Sara Bell]
KPG23
Lavender fragrance
A nourishment for the bees
Kaleidoscope light
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB23
National treasure
Tree, route one ninety seven
A forest oak gem
[Sara Bell]
KPG22
Arms crossed in caution
A delicate gift of love
Open to the heart
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB22
Magnolia leaf
Paint me the beauty of spring
The blossom of art
[Sara Bell]
KPG21
Pine cone adorning
Seeds long dispersed for new life
Red, white and blue land
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB21
Foundation of life
Brene Brown wisdom and guidance
How we ache for love
[Sara Bell]
KPG20
Sloped like French writing
Stranded messages adorned
Artistic secret
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB20
Life, love, above ground
Rooted to Gaia in hope
Brown’s confidential
[Sara Bell]
KPG19
Myrtacaea blaze
Natural antiseptic
Gloried in colour
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB19
Waterfall music
A Hummingbird camouflage
Artistic heaven
[Sara Bell]
KPG18
Artery network
Containing the stuff of life
Colourful capers
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB18
Caressed by the breeze
Delicate flower and sky
Dogwood perfection
[Sara Bell]
KPG17
A scattergun blaze
A riot of skill at play
With rouge to entice
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB17
Pink delicate Quince
Bitter taste, yet enticing
Hue of the artist
[Sara Bell]
KPG16
Flight of the colours
Wind in her hair, with freedom
Colours to inspire
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB16
Unfurled in the sun
Ultra blue sky to adorn
Artistic vision
[Sara Bell]
KPG15
Yellow for the sting
Gratitude for pest control
Dazzling is her art
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB15
Sunflower triumph
Beacon of seasonal joy
Leaf art form sublime
[Sara Bell]
KPG14
Kaleidoscope blue
A soft flower refraction
A base of delight
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB14
Regal bark of Queens
Misty pale and green sublime
Art and nature charm
[Sara Bell]
KPG13
Just like oxygen
Java a red blood of life
Cerebral beauty
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB13
Magic in water
Imagination at play
A culvert delight
[Sara Bell]
KPG12
Colour avalanche
A dizzying perspective
Tempting the buyer
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB12
Etched into the sky
Slipping surly bonds of earth
How the artist flies…
[Sara Bell]
KPG11
Container of life
Artist perspective and eye
The colours of light
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB11
Moonflower magic
From the nation of the stars
Regal in summer
[Sara Bell]
KPG10
Colour feather show
Rings of finery and wealth
Forgetting the Lord
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB10
Roots that grow stronger
True Great American Whales
Children of nature
[Sara Bell]
KPG9
Morning coffee grains
Before the strain of the day
Echoes of the night
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB9
Passeriformes
Corvidae cupid at work
Wooing the artist
[Sara Bell]
KPG8
Rivulets of gems
Reptilian colouring
Curving for action
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB8
Trillium colours
Mother’s interpretation
Rouge of her essence
[Sara Bell]
KPG7
Soiree solitude
The clock waits for the artist
Engaged in the night
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB7
Equinox of life
Cornus florida in bloom
Eye of the artist
[Sara Bell]
KPG6
Rosehip the healer
Soothing erosions of time
Artist perfection
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB6
Le jaune et le bleu
All over the world, each fall
Golden leaf treasure
[Sara Bell]
KPG5
Flower in the night
The soft chaos of woman
Beauty and control
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB5
Water reverie
Her daughter, frozen in time
The magic unfolds
[Sara Bell]
KPG4
Willow whisper soft
As beautiful as nature
Celebrate the art
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB4
Moonlight sonata
Magic in watercolour
Treasure the artist
[Sara Bell]
KPG 3
Colours of the night
Pillar colour reflections
Curves almost feline
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB3
Heron attending
Rocky river perfection
The art holding still
[Sara Bell]
KPG2
Sweet crocodile tears
Beautiful colours and lines
The artist knows how
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB2
The song of the bird
Audio waves too sublime
Captured in her art
[Sara Bell]
KPG1
Cypress tree of life
Holy, the pursuit of art
Honour the artist
[Karen Pierce Gonzalez]
SEB1
Water colour art
Nature refracted colours
Motherly vision
[Sara Bell]