Poetry and Painting

Photographer - Fredric Dwyier
Auction Peninsula hotel 2007

The faces in my paintings elicit a range of emotions from viewers: feelings of being trapped, liberated or lost.

Depending on what is happening in a specific work, the presentation can be considered a metaphor for how one feels in an environment where things seem to be out of place.

My commentary and concerns about life on expressed on each canvas; each piece allows me to put structure to understanding life.

My own existence has been built on a foundation of mistakes, pain, tears and heart breaks.

When I want to love, I am never forgiven.
The reason for my insanity is because I have been driven.

The time I waste in false regret
Serves as a lesson for me, either sweet or sad.
I finally found the good in bad.

Some of the fairest things are those that die unborn.
Love without faith forms a dying flower,
heavy with dreams, heavy with sleep.
Only the great may comprehend the great;
you cannot savor what never dies.
There is weakness in every strength.

5 Hours of Sleep

Please put the books in the boxes,
That's what we have to do,
Put the books in the boxes,
That's all you say,
Put the books in the boxes.

That's not repetitive it's thinking ahead.

The True meaning of Life

We should go to work everyday
To teach others what we know,
SO
They can go ahead too.

Internal Dreams

I believe that character is the measure of the value in society and in the larger world. The most essential element of life, in life, is honesty. Be honest because it's right; character rises higher than wealth.

Diligence. it consumes the heart of individuals. Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.

Perseverance. Without it, even the most diligent become weary and fail to reach their goal. Rather than being satisfied with becoming stagnant, muster up courage, start out into the world, make a venture and become self-reliant.

Do not wait for a chance, but create one.

Politeness. Another rung on the ladder to success, a friendly word finds a friendly heart and a satisfied response.

 

by
Susan M. Olmetti