Poster Image
Item#: 2026SYR03
Purchase Details
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.
You also receive…
An information page with photos of the artist and poet, and hand-written comments from each.
A framing coupon, good for a 20 percent discount at Edgewood Gallery, a custom frame shop at 216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse.
Medium- and large-format posters are available by custom order. Contact us for details.
Poem Inspiration Location
A Quarter
poster information
Description
A quarter
the cost of a love confession
in a phone booth
Phone booths were unique small spaces – each and every one of them could tell its own tale. They heard so many stories from different people: hilarious and heartbreaking news, casual chats and the most profound conversations. And among them, there were also… love confessions. Maybe made with a trembling voice and a sweaty hand holding the handset.
In many cases, all that was needed was a quarter. And a quarter-century is a beautiful jubilee that the Syracuse Poster Project is celebrating with the 2026 series, in which I have the pleasure to participate with my poem.
As soon as I read Sebastian’s poem, I instantly fell in love with it. Being a self-certified romantic, I instantly connected to the words and envisioned the art I would create.
The woman in the red coat introduced herself to me first; one can only imagine the excited tension she’s feeling confessing her heart. The mystery man reading a newspaper on the bench next to our heroine stepped in quietly behind her. What role does he play in this story? All the while life moves on around them.
Within my illustration, I tried to capture an urgent sense of time. The vehicles traveling left to right represent past and future. The luggage at the woman’s feet signifies a change. In life, I believe it is important to strive to be emotionally honest, just as the lady in the phone booth is attempting.