"When I Am Among The Trees No. 1 " - 8x8 inch oil painting

“When I Am Among The Trees No. 1” original oil painting by Melanie Fenton - 2023

This little series was the perfect way to welcome spring. Fresh and alive! They are paired with the following Mary Oliver poem. I created a video on Instagram pairing these paintings with my reading of this poem, I hope you enjoy it.

When I Am Among the Trees

When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.

I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.

Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.

And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”

—

Size: 8” x 8” x 1.5”

Medium: Oil paint on premier gallery wrapped canvas. Initialed on the front, signed and titled on the back. Ready to hang.

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Copyright: Melanie Fenton retains all rights to the artwork. Artwork may not be resold or reproduced for profit in any way without the artist's written permission.