Off The Page~ a multimedia exploration of painting, poetry, storytelling and music
Honied Oblivious Ones
Chinese ink, watercolor on Hsuan paper
54" x 27" framed 60 x 31"
2021
Paula Meehan's poem, The Solace of Artemis inspired a series of paintings: Artemis Rising, Artemis Takes Aim&, Artemis, Slayer of Methane Monsters, Protector of Life and Honied Oblivious Ones.
This painting envisions ...him... "loping across the vast ice field" Centered in the image are the vulnerable "honied ones, smelling of snow and sweet oblivion."
Listen to The Solace Of Artemis Read By Olivia Hollander
Irish poet and playwright, Paula Meehan's poem “The Solace of Artemis” was first published in the Notre Dame Review in the fall of 2012. Paula Meehan, The Solace of Artemis, (Dublin: Dedalus Press, 2023)