Blood will flow Geysers rich red with oxygen Measuring my breath in dark spurts Morbid pools of reality A crimson cloak mirror Softly swaying in perfect circles A feast for her ancestor Puddled on the floor Sprayed across walls Wrenched cage of my chest A chalice of bones Horror from the dawn Laid bare by her talon Her dripping red teeth Clenching decades of rotten flesh She needs no knife Dragging my half severed head Clenching my slit throat neck Raising my red raw eyes As darkness drops And light ascends The fire in her lips Curling like my death skull grin Smiling at this deadly flame filled leech Blood let She’s letting me A shaman With flaming breath A divine lover Sealing my mortal wounds With an immortal fire
“Fairground Attraction” Size 12×12″ Acrylics on Canvas
Exhibition:From 24th September 2013 Studio 61 Gallery, Studio 61 Gallery,
Leashaw Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 5AT 01629 534532
My latest painting is inspired by the famous Nottingham “Goose Fair”. I was asked by a local company in Nottingham if I’d like my art featured on their website for September 2013 they also featured one of my paintings last year “The Great British Mini” www.artbymandy.com.
Debbie Mawhinney Directorat The New Fat www.thenewfat.co.uk suggested I tie in an event or similar that would occur in Nottingham, I agreed to do some research and on my findings I decided the Nottingham Goose Fair would be a good choice and so Debbie happily agreed and changed my feature date to October.
The Goose Fair ties in with autumn one of my favourite seasons and the very famous event. I also lived in Nottinghamshire for a while as a child and later again as a teenager it couldn’t be a more perfect choice I really love to find connections.
I researched further and found that the Goose Fair had been running for over 700 years. It all began at the time of King Edward l in 1284 and began as a trade fair for animals, farmers would paint the feet of their geese with tar and walk them more than 50 miles or more to the fair. Over the years entertainment and stalls were added and eventually travellers brought their attractions and thus The Goose Fair became a “Fairground Attraction” and always at the beginning of October, it is now the biggest fair held in Europe with over 100 attractions. Last but not least there is also a famous painting by Artist Arthur Spooner “The Nottingham Goose Fair” 1926 and sold by Christies in 2004. The paintings is now exhibited at Nottingham Castle.
It would be just perfect to recreate my own larger version in the not too distant future.
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