megalong valley by John Scott

John Scott

megalong valley by

Oil, gold leaf, mixed media on canvas 429cm x 134cm
(triptych) Private collection Canberra Australia

Megalong Valley Campfires

If Angels of smoke could carry my prayers
Crackling a beat, my heart shifts old wares
We’d sit there for hours tilting our heads
Warming our souls, calling king dead

The space we created was vast in expanse
Enlightening, connected, fires at a glance
Nodding my head, lines straight to heaven
Forward then back eleven-eleven?

A repeating of numbers, hints of mystery
The fire-within, ancient-you history
Stars on the ground, fires in sky
Seering the heavens opens third eye

Stories of love, a sword guards the garden
Fire’s fingertips stroking for pardon
Angels of smoke, ascending in song
Sparks are our souls… longing to belong

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  • JohnOfLightning
    JohnOfLightningover 3 years ago

    this is out there

  • billyboy
    billyboyover 3 years ago

    Hey John, I so love the total chaos in this radiating from that central nucleus of fire. I also love that you use gold leaf in this… and 429 cm x 134 cm?? I can only speculate at how awesome this must look in real life.
    Thanks for bringing back your cool stuff!!
    PS: JOL`s a cool dude… I knew he`d dig this too!

  • too cool

    – John Scott

  • Mel Brackstone.com
    Mel Brackstone...about 3 years ago

    How rich this must look with the gold leaf and oils! Beautiful!

  • yeh it’s got a bit of impact, I would like to do it again though, in a night time theme.

    – John Scott

  • Mel Brackstone.com
    Mel Brackstone...about 3 years ago

    oh yeah, that’d be fantastic!!!!!!

  • I’m on it.

    – John Scott

  • LorenaLo
    LorenaLoabout 3 years ago

    this is just gorgeous!! congrats

  • bollyx
    bollyxover 2 years ago

    your work is stunning. i don’t know why, but i am reminded of art deco styles among other things. beautiful…

  • thank you bollyx

    – John Scott

  • Durham White
    Durham Whiteabout 2 years ago

    so dreamlike, & so full of story… this is amazing!! very talented!!

  • tx DS

    – John Scott

  • Redviolin
    Redviolinabout 2 years ago

    Yes..very dreamlike..surreal…beautifully luminous…love it !!!

  • thanks Christine.

    – John Scott

  • Nancy Ames
    Nancy Amesalmost 2 years ago

    Wonderful painting, progressive and having historical continuity – I like that, also the literary references really add dimension, I think.

  • thanks nancy

    – John Scott

  • sorina
    sorinaover 1 year ago

    just realised that you uploaded this again…still love it! :)

  • thanks Sorina.

    – John Scott