Poster Image
$20
Item#: 2013SYR15
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11x17-inches, printed on heavy weight (100-pound) Hammermill cover paper. We package each print with a piece of chipboard in a clear plastic sleeve.
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An information page with photos of the artist and poet, and hand-written comments from each.
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Poem Inspiration Location
On Storm-black Waves, Geese
poster information
Description
On storm—black waves, geese
bob and dive with the hunter's
abandoned decoys
Geese were very much a part of my life. After majoring in Wildlife Management, I worked as a naturalist at Beaver Lake. My husband, my children and I lived right on the lake and watched the geese migrate in and out in the spring and fall. I rehabilitated an abandoned baby goose.
I never hunted myself, except one time as a child. My brothers were really into bb guns and I shot at a bird and killed it. I was so upset that I never hunted again. But I've had friends, lovers and husbands who hunt. Eventually, I came to feel that hunting for food was OK. It didn't mean I personally wanted to kill. At one time I wouldn't kill a mosquito. But if I had to kill an animal to eat and live, I probably would.
I chose this poem because it spoke to me and created a very striking image in my head. I honestly thought I was going to do a poem about downtown, but I thought this poem was really beautiful so I decided on this one instead. It was nice that it got picked, but I didn't think it was going to be due to the fact that it's not explicitly about the city of Syracuse.
I used a combination of computer graphics with traditional media. I don't usually use pen, but I thought it would work for this project so that's when I started to use it more. I think I was able to successfully mix traditional media with digital. So in the end, I think my work helped me grow a lot.