Bluebell Wood
Inspired by that wonderful time of year when the floors of forests are suddenly carpetted by the most beautiful tones of bluebells coming into flower…
Acrylic and ink painted collage on canvas with spattering.
Size: 40×101 cm
Bluebell Wood belongs to the following groups:
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mogodbeer
these tree works are so beautiful. I can just imagine lying underneath here amidst the bluebells with a soft breeze blowing, blissful.
Susan Duffey
Thankyou for your lovely comment
Rebecca Bellamy
Beautiful blue
lizzyforrester
What a lovely painting. Beautiful – going to favourite this one!
Susan Duffey replied
Lizzy,how kind! Thankyou for your appreciation – comment,favouriting and watchlisting.Your BubbleMail was very affirming.
Annie Wise
actually, this might be my favorite of ours !
amarica
Well done Susan!! Congratulations on placing in the top ten in the Landscape Challenge in the Impressionist Art group!!
Susan Duffey replied
Thankyou so much, Ann. I really enjoy spattering onto a textured canvas.
Sophie Shapiro
Susan,this is just beautiful and reminds me of a wonderful poem by Emily Jane Bronte….I share it with you…....
The blue bell is the sweetest flower
That waves in summer air;
Its blossoms have the mightiest power
To soothe my spirit’s care.
There is a spell in purple heath
Too wildly, sadly dear;
The violet has a fragrant breath
But fragrance will not cheer.
The trees are bare, the sun is cold;
And seldom, seldom seen;
The heavens have lost their zone of gold
The earth its robe of green;
And ice upon the glancing stream
Has cast its sombre shade
And distant hills and valleys seem
In frozen mist arrayed -
The blue bell cannot charm me now
The heath has lost its bloom,
The violets in the glen below
They yield no sweet perfume.
But though I mourn the heather-bell
‘Tis better far, away;
I know how fast my tears would swell
To see it smile today;
And that wood flower that hides so shy
Beneath the mossy stone
Its balmy scent and dewy eye:
‘Tis not for them I moan.
It is the slight and stately stem,
The blossom’s silvery blue,
The buds hid like a sapphire gem
In sheaths of emerald hue.
‘Tis these that breathe upon my heart
A calm and softening spell
That if it makes the tear-drop start
Has power to soothe as well.
For these I weep, so long divided
Through winter’s dreary day,
In longing weep—but most when guided
On withered banks to stray.
If chilly then the light should fall
Adown the dreary sky
And gild the dank and darkened wall
With transient brilliancy,
How do I yearn, how do I pine
For the time of flowers to come,
And turn me from that fading shine
To mourn the fields of home …
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful painting with us all!Sx
Susan Duffey replied
Hi Sophie – come back to the Bluebell Woods for a little while!
I haven,nt always sent my replies correctly and I want you to know how much I appreciate The lovely poem you sent me. See my reply at the time, below!
Susan Duffey
Sophie,this is such a beautiful poem – I am touched that you have shared it with me and future rb viewers. It is such a lovely thing to do and feels like a precious gift.
I have not read it before but i love it just as I love bluebell woods time – it is very evocative of a childhood idyll for me – of picnicking with sisters and friends( something I didn’t fee safe for my children to do).
As I live close to Bronteland there is a special attatchment for me to any work by the sisters.
Thankyou again.
Lynn Moore
This is my absolute favorite Susan!
Susan Duffey replied
Thankyou ,Lynn – I can’t yet decide on my favourite of your yupo w!onders
cobbybrook
Beautiful – you’ve nailed the colour!! I’ve struggled to capture the essence of a bluebell wood (those by the canal at Cononley Lane end taunt me every spring) but you’ve achieved it with style…
Susan Duffey
Thankyou. I don’t know that wood but will look next spring. I was directed to Grass Wood when searching for inspiration but have yet to use my photographs for reference.
Marion Chapman
what a beautiful mood you’ve captured. so lovely!
Susan Duffey replied
thankyou, Marion. A glimpse of a bluebell wood(even fleetingly from a car) like a rainbow always fills my heart with joy. Thankyou also for favouriting.
linaji
Ohhh my.. this is special.. that you came to my site and I meet you here along with Marion Chapman.. who I think is also a one of a kind incredible person and artist.. what a lovely style you have.. it is deep yet light as a feather.. wow you ROCK!
Susan Duffey replied
Lina, thankyou for your sensitive and enthusiastic words and also for favouriting.
Jeremy Wallace
The blue bell woods seem to hum with luminousity as real bluebells do.
Susan Duffey replied
Thankyou,Jeremy, for your wonderful comment.
lorilee
Wonderful!!!
Susan Duffey replied
Thankyou, Lorilee, for commenting and favouriting. I have just been viewing your wonderful nature photographs