“Light on the Water Gleams”

38 cm x 29 cm

Acrylic paint with inktense pastels on paper

SOLD - Commissioned Work

Created to celebrate a Diamond Wedding Anniversary, the painting “Light on the Water Gleams” takes its name from a beautiful love poem by Mary Oliver. Her words—like the shimmering water in the painting—offer a heartfelt and wholehearted ‘thank you’ to the remarkable couple for whom it was made.

I Have Just Said

by Mary Oliver

I have just said

something

ridiculous to you

and in response,

your glorious laughter.

These are the days

the sun

is swimming back

to the east

and the light on the water

gleams

as never, it seems, before.

I can’t remember

every spring,

I can’t remember

everything—

so many years!

Are the morning kisses

the sweetest

or the evenings

or the inbetweens?

All I know

is that “thank you” should appear

somewhere.

So, just in case

I can’t find

the perfect place—

“Thank you, thank you.”