Art From The Heart

Thanks for the inspiration Lorry, who never does serious :)

it is said that to paint

like Pollock or Picasso

you must study art for years

learn every rule in the book

then break them

i have never been a lover

of either and Pollock for sure

sounds very much like

that slang word

pillock to me

not my cup of tea at all

small children have great sense

of colour, plenty of imagination

given paper and a brush

neither do they take an age

to produce a masterpiece

prolific, always in a rush

to please teacher

they also know how to count

understanding that people

have two eyes, not three

i like that simplicity

i have a portrait of me

in a triangle dress, hair distressed

my knees with tennis ball bounce

one breast the size of a pea

the other a jam doughnut

six fingers resemble daggers

what swagger have i

neatly upon my feet

Cuban heels complete

this fine picture

are you beginning to see

where i'm coming from?

this poem of course

very much tongue in cheek

and penned in fun

 

Author's Note

apologies to any experts in the field of art

Reviews

[Jibey]

Fun indeed! This is a good-natured poke at masters of distortion and naivety. Not that I mind what they get up to, but the link to children's ways of expressing themselves is nicely presented. I have a grandchild that turns every living creature into some sort of pirate! When we took him to a bird sanctuary and asked him to draw what he had seen, all the birds were turned into pirates!

Sometimes, of course, the child is father of the man - and we can learn much from an unsophisticated view of the world. Thanks for entertaining us so well.

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Jibey. What a creative little grandson you have. I just love that he turned all those birds into pirates. Sheer genius. That's what kids are :))

[Dr. YumnaKay]

And I've always felt art is more of an in-built talent than learned, but of course one can hone the skills. I smiled reading this poem. That image of you through a child's eye quite vivid ;) But yes, kids definitely have a unique way of seeing things.

[Chris Shaw]

Hello Dr Y. I just love the way young children paint. Their perspective is so fascinating. Hair is important, and it appears that fingers and feet are too. Often seen in high definition, whereas arms and legs belong to stick insect creatures. Not an ounce of flesh anywhere. And heads are always big :) Thank you for calling on this piece of fun.

Chris

[Robert Trakofler]

Eventually dear Chris...if your lucky...you see art in everything:) I have a wall of granddaughters art from her reading day at the local library every Thursday she does a craft of the story she was read. I treasure some of those more than some of the gallery pieces i own:) you paint Picasso's, Rembrandt's and Pollock's in your poetry all of the time.

[Chris Shaw]

Hello Bunny, what lovely things you say. I love children's art, they have such wonderful imagination and their use of fabulous primary colours is so uplifting. I have a preference for the old masters in comparison to the Pollock's and Picasso's. My understanding of art is hopeless when it comes to the valuation of a painting. That I think is where much of my problem lies. I don't understand how splodges and squiggles and blocks of colour can compare. I can usually find something nice about any work of art, but I do have my favs. Thank you so much for calling. Have a good Monday.

Chris

[Robert Trakofler]

the more i read and witness in all medias the more the lines get blurred between them. the expressions of a given media are the taste modifiers i ponder... me thinks I would value your opinion on any given media dear Chris

[Chris Shaw]

You are a sweetheart :))

[Delmar Cooper]

What's the point of more water lilies, or tutued dancers? When one tortured horse is drawn, why the second? If the first soup can wasn't really art what about the fifteenth? When is the third n****e redundant? What is it about art? Or liberty?

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Delmar, appreciate your visit. Children's art speaks to me. I understand it. I can see exactly where they are coming from. Unfortunately adults expressing their own art in cubes, squiggles or splodges doesn't. Of course freedom in art is essential, but the appeal could be limited.

Chris

[Sneh]

I enjoyed... Such a fun read..i could draw that picture in mind ;).... Loved this cute piece ..
Sneh

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Sneh. Pleased you enjoyed the fun.

Chris

[gram linski]

I can picture the portrait and it looks great, the only thing you need to create art is yourself, your mind and a pen, some pasta and some glue,

[Chris Shaw]

Ha ha, pasta, glue and a pen. Have you met Lorry yet, he does poetry in alphabetti spaghetti.

Chris

[Lyanth]

The beauty of a child's art is that imperfection. I practice art, but don't take classes, usually just make whatever comes out on the page. Also have a drawing on the wall done by a oddler, I look like a small, squished doughnut with eyes the size of bike tires and legs and arms like yarn. Wonder what goes on in their little minds when they make these...
Fun read, I like it.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Lyanth for your lovely review. Much appreciated.

Chris


read moreThank you Lyanth for your lovely review. Much appreciated.

Chris

[Rye]

Not sure about art, don't know too much about it, but I did enjoy your write

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Rye for your visit. Much appreciated.

Chris

[Vin]

This was fun , so need to apologize. You did entertain!

[Chris Shaw]

So pleased to entertain you vin. Thanks for the visit. Have a great day.

Chris

[TheJordBaker]

I enjoyed this, entertaining and the art subjective point is quite true.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Jordan, just a bit of lighthearted fun. Pleased you enjoyed the read.

Chris

[MCS]

I've heard my framer say the following "any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a creative and wise man to be able to sell it."
Sadly, for me I've not yet met that creative / wise man to sell my canvas.
Fun cheeky read, thank you

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks MCS for your visit to this tongue in cheek write. Much appreciated.

Chris