Blueberry #5
by Kelly Houle
It started as a joke. I took one from the carton, propped it on the wood block, and began to paint.
Dalí believed the architecture of the soul may be governed by the primordial monarchy of the sphere. At any scale the painter must pay attention to the properties of form. Even in miniature, there is the muted highlight, the disappearing edge.
In animated loops, I watch the indigo world in chiaroscuro, ever-changing pattern of dusty bloom, the sun’s highlight reflected on sheer ocean laced with stratocumulus. Earth rise painted plein air from a lunar highland.
Kelly Houle’s poetry has appeared in CALYX, Crab Orchard Review, The Kenyon Review, Radar Poetry, Sequestrum, and many other publications. She was recently named a finalist for the Montreal International Poetry Prize, the Fischer Prize, the Arts and Letters “Unclassifiable” contest, and winner of the Vivian Shipley Award from the Connecticut Poetry Society. Kelly is also a painter and Nature Journaling Ambassador for the Wild Wonder Foundation. Her paintings and handmade books are in public and private collections around the world.
Blueberry #5, Oil on linen over panel, 2×2 inches. Click image to enlarge.