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Here's the final piece in my Moonflower Nocturne s

Here's the final piece in my Moonflower Nocturne series! I love the shape of the flower on this one. The gift of creating is so comforting to me during these uncertain times. Thank you for giving me a little of your time as I've shared my work with you today. If you'd like to purchase a piece, learn more about my process, or have any other questions for me please feel free to reach out. Peace be with you! 💙🎵 Heather

Moonflower Nocturne No. 8
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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I often include hand embroidery in my work. The pr

I often include hand embroidery in my work. The process is meditative and grounds me in a peaceful space. I also do it to honor women in my family history, such as my great grandmother Josie. She created and sold beautiful textiles to help support her family. She was a wonderful artist, though as a woman would likely never have considered herself one.

Moonflower Nocturne No. 7
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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My favorite time of day is evening. I love watchin

My favorite time of day is evening. I love watching the changing light and shifting colors of the sky as the sun sets and the night sky opens up.

Moonflower Nocturne No. 6
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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"Only in the darkness can you see the stars." Mart

"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

These past couple years have been especially dark and difficult for me, yet my faith and hope sustain me.

Moonflower Nocturne No. 5
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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Each of these new works features a moonflower - a

Each of these new works features a moonflower - a fragrant blossom that unfurls in early evening. Traditionally they symbolize dreaming for love. For me they speak of beauty discovered even in the darkness.

Moonflower Nocturne No. 4
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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Nocturnes are musical compositions, usually for pi

Nocturnes are musical compositions, usually for piano, inspired by the evening or nighttime. They're often dreamy and contemplative.

Moonflower Nocturne No. 3
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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Each piece in this new series includes a variety o

Each piece in this new series includes a variety of ephemera such as piano music and pages from a Swedish children's bedtime story book.

Moonflower Nocturne No. 2
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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My new Moonflower Nocturne Series is now available

My new Moonflower Nocturne Series is now available! 💙

Inspired by a vintage book of piano music, this series represents the memory of warm summer evenings.

Moonflower Nocturne No. 1
© 2020
6″ x 6″
Acrylic and mixed media

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Evening Song Willa Cather Dear love, what thing o

Evening Song
Willa Cather

Dear love, what thing of all the things that be
Is ever worth one thought from you or me,
Save only Love,
Save only Love?

The days so short, the nights so quick to flee,
The world so wide, so deep and dark the sea,
So dark the sea;

So far the suns and every listless star,
Beyond their light—Ah! dear, who knows how far,
Who knows how far?

One thing of all dim things I know is true,
The heart within me knows, and tells it you,
And tells it you.

So blind is life, so long at last is sleep,
And none but Love to bid us laugh or weep,
And none but Love,
And none but Love.

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I Know Not How It Falls On Me Emily Brontë I kno

I Know Not How It Falls On Me
Emily Brontë

I know not how it falls on me,
This summer evening, hushed and lone;
Yet the faint wind comes soothingly
With something of an olden tone.

Forgive me if I’ve shunned so long
Your gentle greeting, earth and air!
But sorrow withers even the strong,
And who can fight against despair?

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The Evening Star Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Lo! i

The Evening Star
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Lo! in the painted oriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,
Like a fair lady at her casement, shines
The evening star, the star of love and rest!
And then anon she doth herself divest
Of all her radiant garments, and reclines
Behind the sombre screen of yonder pines,
With slumber and soft dreams of love oppressed.
O my beloved, my sweet Hesperus!
My morning and my evening star of love!
My best and gentlest lady! even thus,
As that fair planet in the sky above,
Dost thou retire unto thy rest at night,
And from thy darkened window fades the light.

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A Summer Night Elizabeth Stoddard I feel the bre

A Summer Night
Elizabeth Stoddard

I feel the breath of the summer night,
Aromatic fire:
The trees, the vines, the flowers are astir
With tender desire.

The white moths flutter about the lamp,
Enamoured with light;
And a thousand creatures softly sing
A song to the night!

But I am alone, and how can I sing
Praises to thee?
Come, Night! unveil the beautiful soul
That waiteth for me.

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