Dappled Beauty | Original Ink and Watercolor Painting

Pied Beauty
Glory be to God for dappled things – 
   For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; 
      For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; 
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; 
   Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough; 
      And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim. 

All things counter, original, spare, strange; 
   Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) 
      With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; 
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: 
                                Praise him.
~ Gerard Manly Thomas

Dappled Beauty is an 11”X14” original ink and watercolor painting signed by the artist. It has been mounted on an acid-free matte and framed in a 16”X20” wooden frame with a plexiglass front to keep it lightweight and durable for transport. Professionally shipped, packaged, and insured.

Inspired by the work of the poet Gerard Manly Thomas, this piece was intended to promote body positivity for freckles, moles, and birth marks, which are beautiful.

© Melody Sage 2016 - 

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