A Painting is Poetry and Art in what it suggests and in your thoughts. →

Art is likely to be poetic if it leaves out detail or conceals information or suggests the interpretation of the detail. It may suggest the influences and moods that are poetic.

The composition of poetry implied draws strong parallels the message of the painting. It starts with an idea, a subject, a theme, or often a distinct feeling.

It is the artist that takes pen or brush to canvas or paper and brings the poetic message to life.

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” 
― Leonardo da Vinci

The color focuses the eye to the message of a marketplace which conveys where the center of excitement is. We feel the festive mood and if we relate to it then it is poetry to our soul.

This painting of the pioneer woman was painted as a mural by a pioneer artist, Minerva Teichert, across the entire front wall of this chapel above. I attended this chapel regularly in the 1950s, and it offered ample opportunities for interpretation.