A Poet & a Painter Prints | Diane Woods

• The Eyes of Liberty

  digital, Paper, 9 x 12 x .1. "Our Divinely endowed right to live free." —Louis Alan Swartz

• Open Me

  Mixed Media, Paper, 10 x 8 x .1. Reading this short poem brought so many images to my mind. Opening eyes, hearts, minds, books, doors and then the very foundation of our ability to share ideas with written words ... the…

• I knew I was immortal ...

  Mixed Media, Paper, 8 x 10 x .1. I Knew I was Immortal ... is a print inspired by the first line of the poem, Forever, by Louis Alan Swartz. It is in his first book, Constructed of Magic and other poems on the Immortali…

• Forever

  Mixed Media, Paper, 12 x 8 x .1. Forever is a poem by Louis from his first book, Constructed of Magic and other poems on the Immortality of the Human Spirit. It expresses the idea of personal certainty as an immortal be…

• If Its Worth Doing

  digital, Paper, 8 x 8 x .1. If It's Worth Doing was the first weekly poem sent out on September 18th, 2018. I had photographed the beautiful rose and both Louis and I were keenly satisfied that we had created a work tha…

• Found in a Cave Near Toledo, Ohio

  digital, Paper, 8 x 8 x .1. "Found in a cave near Toledo, Ohio ..." is the first of The Sketchbooks and Journals of a Flower Designer prints and the opening words to Louis' essay in his second book, Magic Realized and O…

• The Rose Designing Project

  digital, Paper, 8 x 8 x .1. The Rose Designing Project is the second of The Sketchbooks and Journals of a Flower Designer prints. I designed it to compliment the next section of Louis' essay. "Notes from the first lectu…

• Inexcusably Beautiful

  digital, Paper, 8 x 8 x .1. Inexcusably Beautiful is the third of The Sketchbooks and Journals of a Flower Designer prints. I designed it to accompany the next section of Louis' essay for our weekly emails and the Unive…

• Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow

  digital, Paper, 8 x 8 x .1. "Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow" is the forth of The Sketchbooks and Journals of a Flower Designer prints, designed to complement the text below from Louis' Magic Realized. "The basic design of…

• So the Flower Project ...

  digital, Paper, 8 x 8 x .1. "So the Flower Project ..." is the fifth of The Sketchbooks and Journals of a Flower Designer prints. By this one, I knew I was nearing the end of the essay from Louis' Magic Realized, Volume…

• Iris

  Paper, 8 x 8 x .1. "Iris" is the sixth of The Sketchbooks and Journals of a Flower Designer prints. It has been an exhilarating experience to collaborate with Louis on this project. His essay from Magic Realized conclud…

• We were working with deep purples and maroons

  digital, Paper, 8 x 8 x .1

• The Peacock

  Print of Oil Painting, Paper, 10 x 8 x .1. The Peacock’s Message The Peacock carried a message “May the words I bring you presage A gentler time and a kinder age Marked by a native courtesy. Declaring a broad amnesty. A…

• The Peacock's Message

  Paper, 10 x 8 x .1. The Peacock’s Message The Peacock carried a message “May the words I bring you presage A gentler time and a kinder age Marked by a native courtesy. Declaring a broad amnesty. An end to mankind’s enmi…