WV2105/2025

Watercolours van Gogh & ecoline ink on Steinbach papier.

"No, you can't pretend that everything's alright,

When, all you know falls apart.

Blue Sun will rise and shine and burn its light,

You might lose this fight...."

BLUE SUN - Destiny Potato, 2014.

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012

Elton John Songs Illustrated

A SINGLE MAN

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Madness

Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1978

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The fuse is set and checked once more

Then left beside a back street door

And in the cold grey light

Someone sees a shadow run through the night and out of sight

They hide inside a smoke filled room

To hear at last the blast of doom

And so the deed is done

They listen to the final countdown begun, three, two, one

Madness, it's a kind of madness

That turns good men bad

And we're helpless caught up in the madness

Of a world gone mad

The roar of fire rings out on high

And flames light up the black night sky

A child screams out in fear

A hopeless cry for help but no one is near enough to hear

As walls collapse and timbers flare

The smell of death hangs in the air

When help at last arrives

They try to fight the flame but nothing survives of all those lives

And it's madness, every time a victim dies

There is madness, burning in a blind man's eyes

And it's madness, hidden in the hate and pain

There is madness, burning in a wild man's brain

And it's madness, every time the bullets start

There is madness, burning in a poor man's heart

And it's madness, something that we can't control

There is madness, burning in a madman's soul

Madness

WV2324/2025

Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"Stars shining bright above you;

Night breezes seem to whisper 'I love you'.

Birds singing in the sycamore tree.

Dream a little dream of me.

Say nighty-night and kiss me;

Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me.

While I'm alone, blue as can be,

Dream a little dream of me.

Stars fading but I linger on, dear -

Still craving your kiss.

I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,

Just saying this...

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you -

Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.

But in your dreams, whatever they be,

Dream a little dream of me.

Stars fading but I linger on, dear -

Still craving your kiss.

I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,

Just saying this...

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you -

Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you.

But in your dreams, whatever they be,

Dream a little dream of me.(and kiss me)"

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM - The Mama's And The Papa's, 1968.

WV2335/2026

Watercolours and ink on Steinbach paper.

"I took my few belongings

We headed out to Pirate's Cove

In my buddy's old Defender

We ran until the gas got low

We were flying close to heaven

Everything was starting to glow

Drivin' into sunset

Rollin' 'cause we had to roll

I think he was a preacher

But lord I can't recall his name

He was running out of wind

But talking to me just the same

He said five 'll get you ten

But boy you've got to stay in the game

Yeah you got to let it ride

Or you've only got yourself to blame

We lost a wheel in Santa Cruz

So we partied with some motel maids

My friend said I don't like mine

So what do you say we trade

She was a part of my heart

Now she's just a line in my face

They let us go with a warning

Said we'd book you, but we don't have a case

My friend said take her with you

To leave her here would be a crime

But let's get outta Santa Cruz

All I got is a Canadian dime

I got a friend in Mendocino

And it's gettin' close to harvest time

And she was kinda cute

If a little past her prime

On the trip to Pirate's Cove

On the trip to Pirate's Cove

Drivin' into sunset

Drivin' into sunset..."

TRIP TO PIRATE'S COVE - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, 2010.

WV2255/2025

Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"Everybody's wondering what and where they all came from

Everybody's worrying 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done

But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me

I think I'll just let the mystery be

Some say once you're gone you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back

Some say you rest in the arms of the saviour if in sinful ways you lack

Some say that they're comin' back in a garden, bunch of carrots and little sweet peas

I think I'll just let the mystery be

Everybody's wondering what and where they all came from

Everybody's worrying 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done

But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me

I think I'll just let the mystery be

Some say they're going to a place called Glory, and I ain't saying it ain't a fact

But I've heard that I'm on the road to purgatory and I don't like the sound of that

Well, I believe in love and I live my life accordingly

But I choose to let the mystery be..."

LET THE MYSTERY BE - Iris DeMent, 1992.

WV2336/2026

Ecoline ink & watercolours on Steinbach paper.

"The last I heard of you

You were somewhere on a cruise in the Mediterranean

So imagine my surprise to see you very much alive

In the English rain again..."

CHAMELEON (excerpt) - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1976.

WV2321/2025

Watercolour van Gogh & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"Pearl's a singer

She stands up when she plays the piano

In a nightclub

Pearl's a singer

She sings songs for the lost and lonely

Her job is entertaining folks

Singing songs and telling jokes

In a nightclub

Pearl's a singer

And they say that she once was a winner

In a contest

Pearl's a singer

And they say that she once cut a record

They played it for a week or so

On the local radio

It never made it

She wanted to be Betty Grable

But now she sits there at that beer stained table

Dreaming of the things she never got to do

All those dreams that never came true..."

PEARL'S A SINGER - Elkie Brooks, 1977.

WV2285/2025

A mix of watercolours, ecoline ink & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper, 27x36 cm.

"Come take my hand

You should know me

I've always been in your mind

You know I will be kind

I'll be guiding you

Building your dream

Has to start now

There's no other road to take

You won't make a mistake

I'll be guiding you

You have to believe we are magic

Nothin' can stand in our way

You have to believe we are magic

Don't let your aim ever stray

And if all your hopes survive

Destiny will arrive

I'll bring all your dreams alive

For you

I'll bring all your dreams alive

For you

From where I stand

You are home free

The planets align so rare

There's promise in the air

And I'm guiding you

Through every turn

I'll be near you

I'll come anytime you call

I'll catch you when you fall

I'll be guiding you

You have to believe we are magic

Nothin' can stand in our way..."

MAGIC (excerpt) - Olivia Newton-John, 1980.

WV2218/2025

Coloured pencils & soft pastel on Steinbach paper.

All that we say....

"t's a tired old world that we're living in

Where the voice of reason is wearing thin

Got a beaten earth, got a hole in the sky

Got a whole lot of angry people crying

"I want an eye for an eye"

Compassion sunk without a trace

All trust is gone, have we lost our faith

Got a taste for hate, got a lot of guns

Got a whole lot of family values bitching

"Just blame it on the young"

And a little peace goes a long long way

It's peace we want, for peace we pray

A little peace goes a long long way

It's peace we want, for peace we pray

Ain't so crazy, John Lennon knew

That a little peace goes a long long way when you want it to

We crush the ones who don't agree

Whose lifestyles clash with you and me

Got our TV sets full of talking heads

Got a whole lot of people walking around

Like the night of the living dead

Our summer of love has come and gone

Us sixties kids are getting on

We had a dream way back then

No reason why we can't dream again...."

A LITTLE PEACE - Words & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 2004.

WV2110/2025

Wtercolour van Gogh on Steinbach paper.

"Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call

Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you

Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love

Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above

Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind

Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too

Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.

Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue

High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too

Take it or leave it, or try to believe it

If you've been down too long

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on..."

RAINY DAY PEOPLE - Gordon Lightfoot, 1975.

WV2104/2025

Queen Hatshepsut and her black cat.

Watercolours van Gogh and coloured pencils faber-castell on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

"Well, there was no reason to believe she'd always be there

But if you don't put faith in what you believe in

It's getting you nowhere

'Cos it hurts, you never let go

Don't look down, just look up

Cos she's always there to behind you, just to remind you

Two hearts, believing in just one mind

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

'Cos there's no easy way to, to understand it

There's so much of my life in her, and it's like I'm blinded

And it teaches you to never let go

There's so much love you'll never know

She can reach you no matter how far

Wherever you are

Two hearts, believing in just one mind

Beating together till the end of time

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

Together forever till the end of time

She knows (she knows)

There'll always be a special place in my heart for her

She knows, she knows, she knows

Yeah, she knows (she knows)

No matter how far apart we are

She knows, I'm always right there beside her

We're two hearts, believing in just one mind

Beating together till the end of time

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

Together forever till the end of time

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

Together forever, til the end of time

Two hearts two hearts, believing in just one mind

Beating together til the end of time...."

TWO HEARTS - Phil Collins, 1988.

WV2217/2025

Coloured pencils & soft pastel on Steinbach paper.

"Well if you ever plan to motor west

Just take my way that's the highway that's the best

Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it winds from Chicago to L.A.

More than 2000 miles all the way

Get your kicks on Route 66

Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri

Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty

You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico

Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

Would you get hip to this kindly tip

And go take that California trip

Get your kicks on Route 66

Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri

Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty

You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico

Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

Would you get hip to this kindly tip

And go take that California trip

Get your kicks on Route 66

Well, get your kicks on Route 66

Well, get your kicks on Route 66..."

Route 66 - The Rolling Stones, 1964.

WV2280/2025

Watercolour & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"Here as I sit

At this empty café

Thinking of you

I remember

All those moments

Lost in wonder

That we'll never

Find again

Though the world

Is my oyster

It's only a shell

Full of memories

And here by the Seine

Notre-Dame casts

A long lonely shadow

Now - only sorrow

No tomorrow

There's no today for us

Nothing is there

For us to share

But yesterday

These cities may change

But there always remains

My obsession

Through silken waters

My gondola glides

And the bridge - it sighs ...

I remember

All those moments

Lost in wonder

That we'll never

Find again

There's no more time for us

Nothing is there

For us to share

But yesterdays

Ecce momenta

Illa mirabilia

Quae captabit

In aeternum

Memor

Modo dolores

Sunt in dies

Non est reliquum

Vero tantum

Comminicamus

Perdita

Tous ces moments

Perdus dans l'enchantement

Qui ne reviendront

Jamais

Pas d'aujourd'hui pour nous

Pour nous il n'y a rien

A partager

Sauf le passé

Tous ces moments

Perdus dans l'enchantement

Qui ne reviendront

Jamais..."

A SONG FOR EUROPE - Roxy Music, 1973.

WV2277/2025

Watercolours and ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"This is a song for the people who worry

That tomorrow people will be dead

This is a song for the dead of tomorrow

Buried, coffered in a desert of stone

Leave us a flower and some grass that's still green

Leave us a tree and the view of the sea

Forget for once how much money a million is

The world, it has to last an eternity…

You break and you chop and you bore through the mountains

You make every hill equal with the ground

Today's giants seem like dwarfs tomorrow

Progress destroys what stood yesterday

The fish in the seas poisoned, dead

The sand on the beaches polluted by fuel oil

And you, spoiled by the tankers and checkbooks

You don't even know where the seagull nested

And so life will disappear tomorrow

Defeated by steel and reinforced concrete

The moon will then shine cold on your nightmare

No one still knows how the end began

Leave us a flower and some grass that's still green is

Leave us a tree and the view of the sea

Forget for once how much money a million is

The world must last forever…

It must last forever…"

A song by Louis Neefs, "Leave us a flower," 1970

WV2337/2026

Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"The road is long and seeming without end

The days go on, I remember you my friend

And though you're gone and my heart's been emptied it seems

I'll see you in my dreams

I got the old guitar here by the bed

All your favorite records and all the books that you read

And though my soul feels like it's been split at the seams

I'll see you in my dreams

I'll see you in my dreams when all our summers have come to an end

I'll see you in my dreams, we'll meet and live and laugh again

I'll see you in my dreams, yeah around the river bend

For death is not the end

And I'll see you in my dreams..."

I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS - Bruce Springsteen, 2020.

WV2186/2025

Coloured pencils and ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

Beware of darkness if you go into the deep dark forest this evening....

"Watch out now, take care

Beware of falling swingers

Dropping all around you

The pain that often mingles

In your fingertips

Beware of darkness

Watch out now, take care

Beware of the thoughts that linger

Winding up inside your head

The hopelessness around you

In the dead of night

Beware of sadness

It can hit you

It can hurt you

Make you sore and what is more

That is not what you are here for....."

BEWARE OF DARKNESS - George Harrison, 1970.

WV2040/2025

In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla.

WV2310/2025

Watercolours & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

Yet another someone from the clan of snow panthers...

WV2194/2025

Colourred pencils and watercolours on Steinbach paper.

"We both lie silently still in the dead of the night

Although we both lie close together

We feel miles apart inside

Was it something I said or something I did?

Did my words not come out right?

Though I tried not to hurt you

Though I tried

But I guess that's why they say:

Every rose has its thorn

Just like every night has its dawn

Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song

Every rose has its thorn

Yeah it does

I listen to our favorite song playing on the radio

Hear the DJ say, "love's a game of easy come and easy go"

But I wonder, does he know?

Has he ever felt like this?

And I know that you'd be here right now

If I could have let you know somehow, I guess

Every rose has its thorn

Just like every night has its dawn

Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song

Every rose has its thorn

Though, it's been a while now

I can still feel so much pain

Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals

But the scar, that scar remains

I know I could have saved a love that night

If I'd known what to say

Instead of making love, we both made our separate ways

And now, I hear you found somebody new

And that I never meant that much to you

To hear that tears me up inside

And to see you cuts me like a knife, I guess

Every rose has its thorn

Just like every night has its dawn

Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song

Every rose has its thorn...."

EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN - Poison, 1988.

WV2257/2025

Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"....

Run, rabbit run

Dig that hole, forget the sun

And when at last the work is done

Don't sit down

It's time to dig another one

For long you live and high you fly

But only if you ride the tide

And balanced on the biggest wave

You race towards an early grave..."

BREATHE (excerpt) - Pink Floyd, 1973.

WV2101/2025

Acrylic, pen & mixed media on Steinbach paper.

"You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth

I have to go, I have to go

Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

He ate a slice of Wonder bread, and went right back to bed

And history books forgot about us and the Bible didn't mention us

And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the stars came falling on our heads

But they're just old light, they're just old light

Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed

Told me that my hair was red

Told me I was beautiful, and came into my bed

Oh, I cut his hair myself one night

A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light

And he told me that I'd done alright

And kissed me 'til the morning light, the morning light

And he kissed me 'til the morning light

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

He ate a slice of Wonder bread, and went right back to bed

Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down

Yeah, we couldn't destroy a single one

And history books forgot about us

And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once...."

SAMSON - Music & lyrics Regina Spektor, 2006.

WV2301/2025

A mix of coloured pencils, watercolours & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper, 27x36 cm.

"This will be the day

That you will hear me say

That I will never run away

I am here for you

Love is meant for two

Now tell me what you're gonna do

If I gave you diamonds and pearls

Would you be a happy boy or a girl?

If I could, I would give you the world

But all I can do is just offer you my love..."

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (excerpt) - Prince, 1991.

WV2071/2025

Coloured pencils and ink on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

"When that fat old sun in the sky is falling

Summer evenin' birds are calling

Summer's thunder time of year

The sound of music in my ears

Distant bells

New mown grass smells so sweet

By the river holding hands

Roll me up and lay me down

And if you see

Don't make a sound

Pick your feet up off the ground

And if you hear as the warm night falls

The silver sound from a time so strange

Sing to me

Sing to me..."

FAT OLD SUN - Pink Floyd, 1970.

WV2050/2025

Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper.

Hommage à la chanteuse française France Gall (1947-2018)

"Quand je suis seule et que je peux rêver

Je rêve que je suis dans tes bras

Je rêve que je te fais tout bas

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Quand je suis seule et que je peux inventer

Que tu es là tout près de moi

Je peux m'imaginer tout bas

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Juste deux ou trois mots d'amour

Pour te parler de nous

Deux ou trois mots de tous les jours

C'est tout

Je ne pourrai jamais te dire tout ça

Je voudrais tant mais je n'oserai pas

J'aime mieux mettre dans ma chanson

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Juste deux ou trois mots d'amour

Pour te parler de nous

Deux ou trois mots de tous les jours

C'est tout

Quand je suis seule et que je peux rêver

Je rêve que je suis dans tes bras

Je rêve que je te fais tout bas

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Je t'aime quand tu n'es pas là

Je pense à toi

Je t'aime quand tu souris

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Je veux des souvenirs avec toi

Des images avec toi

Des voyages avec toi

Je me sens bien quand tu es là

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

J'aime quand tu es triste

Et que tu ne dis rien

Je t'aime quand je te parle

Et que tu ne m'écoutes pas

Je me sens bien, quand tu es là

Une déclaration, ma déclaration..."

LA DECLARATION D'AMOUR - Musique & paroles France Gall & Michel Berger, 1974;

First Child. Drawn from life at Chingford lifedrawing club. It was a real privilege to draw Pauline who was pregnant and didn't have long to wait before her first child :)

WV2315/2025

Watercolours van Gogh & Ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"Once I had a heart cold as ice

Love to me was only for fun

I'd make a mark for each broken heart

Like notches on the butt of a gun

Once I had a trick up my sleeve

A reputation all over town

I was heartless and cold, wherever I'd go

I shot down every young boy I found

Yes I used to be a moonlight bandit

I used to be a heartbreak kid

Then I met you and the next thing I knew

There I was, oh, shot full of love

Who'd have thought that someone like you

Could take a desperado like me

But , oh, here I am, I'm as meek as a lamb

With my bleeding heart there at your feet

Yes I used to be a moonlight bandit

I used to be a heartbreak kid

Then I met you and the next thing I knew

There I was, oh, shot full of love..."

SHOT FULL OF LOVE - Juice Newton, 1981.

Ecoline ink on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

She packed her bags last night pre-flight

Zero hour six a.m.

And she's gonna be high as a kite by then

She misses the earth so much

It's lonely out in space

On such a timeless flight

All this science she doesn't understand

It's just her job five days a week

A rocket woman

And she thinks it's gonna be a long long time...

(inspired by 'Rocket Man', a song of Elton John, 1972)

WV2064/2025

Watercolour & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

Black hole sun, won't you come

And wash away the rain?

WV2283/2025

Coloured pencils and ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

A white raven is a common expression for a very rare sight. A raven is normally black, but there is also an exceptionally rare white specimen.

According to the Greeks, all ravens were once white. But the sun god Apollo fell in love with Coronis. When she was pregnant, she fell in love with a mortal man. The white raven witnessed all this and came to tell Apollo. Apollo could not bear this. Angered, Apollo turned the white raven into a black raven. He killed Coronis and took the baby, Aesculapius, from her womb. (wikipedia)

WV2344/2026

Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"I don't want nothing

Nothing but you

Am I waiting

Looking for a new blue moon

I'm so tired waiting

Waiting for you

Am I waiting

Looking for a new blue moon

So many moons have come and gone

And none of them were blue

So many times the sun came up but

Came up without you, you, ya yoo hoo oh

You won't call me

Call me lonely

Am I waiting

Looking for a new blue moon

Someday when you hold me

Someday you may see

I was waiting

Looking for a new blue moon..."

NEW BLUE MOON - Traveling Wilbyrys, 1990.

WV2288/2025

Watercolours and coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

"And I dream I'm an eagle

And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

High, high, what a feeling to fly

Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please...."

EAGLE (excerpt) - Abba, 1978.

WV2190/2025

Coloured pencils, watercolours & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

The Crow, whose autonym is Apsáalooke, are Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the Crow people have a federally recognized tribe, the Crow Tribe of Montana with an Indian reservation, the Crow Indian Reservation, located in the south-central part of the state... (wikipedia)

WV2235/2025

Ecoline ink & watercolours on Steinbach paper.

"All I'm after is to be on your winning side

All I need is to be turning back the tide

'Cause I care too much for the life that I lead

What you're thinking could be anybody's guess

All I'm after is the sun and the summer nights

By the seashore, don't want no more neon lights

Just the sand and the sky as the hours roll by

Ain't it funny, how the world seems to be back there in my dreams

All I see is my reflection in your wild and winsome ways

Ain't it funny, life feels different every day

All I'm after is to be the flame in your tattoo

Be the one girl who can thrill me through and through

This is just a guess but I must confess

It feels better being certain

Please excuse my truthfulness

What I'm seeing's worth believing

When you thrill me like you do

So you wonder why my feelings never fade

I think I got it made

In the evening when the rain begins to fall

That's when I wonder if you think of me at all

But you sound so sad, in your special way

Ain't it funny, life feels different with each new passing day

All I need is my reflection in your wild and windswept ways

Ain't it funny how life changes every day..."

ALL I'M AFTER - Gordon Lightfoot, 1982.

WV2340/2026

Ecoline ink & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

"In the birth of a morning

In the past of a time

In the wake of December

In the time of your life

I will always remember

The space when you spoke

In between the words

We were struggling to float

But it's a deep dive learning to breathe

I don't know what you keep down there in your deepest ocean

You'll heal, eventually will leave

You are not alone when you're lonely

We all get left behind

You are not alone when you're lonely

There is nothing in the dark...."

DEEP DIVE (excerpt) - Tom Smith, 2025.

WV2325/2025

Ecoline ink & watercolours on Steinbach paper.

Cleopatra VII (69–30 BC) was queen of ancient Egypt, the last member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and thus the last Hellenistic ruler of Egypt. She is the best-known of the several Egyptian queens of the same name. Cleopatra's story has fascinated writers and artists throughout the centuries. This appeal stemmed largely from her legend as a great seductress who was able to seduce the two most powerful men of her time (Julius Caesar and Mark Antony). (Wikipedia)

WV2211/2025

Ecoline ink & coloured pencil on Steinbach paper.

"You hear it every day

'Once upon a time' they say

Once upon a time in this place

I looked and saw on your face

A smile that spoke to me in oh so many ways

The Sunday morning bells

Rang out that all was well

Sun shone across the yard

We'd rest when we worked hard

We'd take a little time off to appreciate the day

We'd get a little rain

Then the sun came out again

But a frost it's hard to fight

Once it takes hold flowers die

There's only so much you can do to keep some things alive

And love builds a garden

Grew it from the ground up

Each one of us knowing every inch of it was us

We pulled it all together

Hoping and believing

That love built this garden for the two of us to dream in..."

LOVE CAN BUILT A GARDEN - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 2011.

WV2178/2025

Watercolours and coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

"I'm flying across the ocean and I'm soaring

Back home to the place I was born

You know that I'm flying across the mountains

And valleys, back home to the one that I love so much

Now don't blame me for feeling homesick

I have been away for such a very long, long time

Lord, you know I served once in the county jail

And I feel strong for being hungry, tired and poor

On and on, guess I was born to run

With your buttons and bows

Yeah, with your buttons and bows

Yeah, with your buttons and bows

I'm flying across the ocean and I'm soaring

Back home to the place I was born

You know that I'm flying across the mountains

And valleys, back home to the one that I love and miss

On and on, guess I was born to run

With your buttons and bows

On and on, guess I was born to run

With your buttons and bows..."

FLYING - John Baldry, 1971.

WV2133/2025

Watercolours and ink on Steinbach paper.

"Oh the press is down

And the flesh is black and white

Eager workers turning the pages

Dirty fingers touch your life

All you pretty maids

With all your charms on view

Farm the wasteground in your head now

Your sisters can't get through

Oh hey, hey, Citizen Jane

What will your sisters say

Oh they'll say ain't it a shame

After comin' such a long, long way

Citizen Jane

Now they're trading skin

And the cause is pushed away

Greedy piggies live on Fleet Street

Dealing meat out every day

Oh hey, hey, Citizen Jane

What will your sisters say

Oh they'll say ain't it a shame

After comin' such a long, long way

Citizen Jane..."

CITIZEN JANE - Music & lyrics Bernie Taupin, 1987.

WV2320/2025

Watercolours van Gogh & Ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

"I never saw the end in sight; fools are kind of blind.

Thought everything was going alright, but I was running out of time.

'Cause you had one foot out the door, I swear I didn't see

But if you're really going away, here's some final words from me.

Baby, write this down, take a little note to remind you in case you didn't know,

Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go, write this down.

Take my words, read 'em every day, keep 'em close by, don't you let 'em fade away,

So you'll remember what I forgot to say, write this down.

I'll sign it at the bottom of the page, I'll swear under oath

'Cause every single word is true, and I think you need to know,

So use it as a bookmark, stick it on your 'frigerator door,

Hang it in a picture frame up above the mantel where you'll see it for sure.

You can find a chisel, I can find a stone.

Folks will be reading these words, long after we're gone...."

WRITE THIS DOWN - George Strait, 1999.

WV2158/2025

Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

Anne Bonny (1702-1782) was an Irish-American female pirate who operated in the Caribbean Sea in the early eighteenth century. She and her crewmate, Mary Read, were known as the only two female pirates in the Western world. She attracted the attention of authorities, authors, the press, and society of her time through her daring and unconventional lifestyle. During her short but productive piracy career, she made a name for herself as one of the most notorious pirates of her time. Although she never captained her own ship, she achieved considerable fame and a lasting legacy as a female pirate at a time when Western society frowned upon women who abandoned their assigned social roles. (wikipedia)

WV2196/2025

Coloured pencils and watercolours on Steinbach paper.

"They came flying from far away, now I'm under their spell

I love hearing the stories that they tell

They've seen places beyond my land and they've found new horizons

They speak strangely but I understand

And I dream I'm an eagle

And I dream I can spread my wings

Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky

I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze

High, high, what a feeling to fly

Over mountains and forests and seas

And to go anywhere that I please...."

EAGLE - Abba, 1978 (excerpt)

WV2225/2025

Coloured pencils Faber-Castell on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm,.

The Viking Age, during the Norse colonization of North America.

Vinland was a coastal region of North America explored by Vikings. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 AD, almost five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. The name appears in the Vinland sagas, written in the early 13th century, which recount the stories of the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red. It describes an area beyond Greenland, Helluland, and Markland. (Wikipedia)

WV2261/2025

Acrylic & watercolours on Syeinbach paper.

Autumn impressions through the mists of time...

WV2221/2025

Coloured pencils Derwent-Cumberland & Faber-Castell on Steinbach paper.

"On a bench, on the beach

Just before the sun had gone

I tried to reach you

Plain faced and falling fast

You looked so vacant like an empty shell

Whose life had passed upon the ocean

Before light shook the sky

Down by the docks I saw

The masts unfolding

Don't turn away, please understand

It's a life and a living

And a way to keep the wolves away

From hungry hands, from hungry hands

Crazy water

Takes my fishing boat on Monday morning

Dangerous dreaming

If we all believe in the things you believe you're seeing

Oh we'd never drop our nets in the crazy water, crazy water

Tangled lives, lonely wives

Shoreline widows pray

For the souls of missing whalers

Endless nights on an endless sea

Where nothing lives between us

Just the breakers on the ocean

Separating you and me

Separating you and me"

CRAZY WATER - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1976.

WV2306/2025

Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbch paper.

"Being wiry and thinking loudly

About the things sent to make you move

You can't help it, there's no one in the world

Knows you just, just the way you do

So we keep darting through the holes

As the hunter and the fox

Run the gauntlet's savage road

Winter's heavy and partly cloudy

And the snowfall leaves the tracks that catch a few

Bit if you're wiley, you will leave them lying

Snared up in the traps that they set for you

And it's an evergreen affair

As temptation taunts the fox

Into the hunter's waiting lair

And for mile after mile you'll never see me tire

You'll never see me slow down, for a while

'Cause I am the fox, like it or not

I'm always gonna be there running over the rock

Yes I am the fox, a fascinating cross

Of sharp as a whip and tough as an ox

Yes I am the fox

It may sound crazy but it's often lonely

And the restless heart should be captured once in a while

Then you can use them, and you often fool them

Into believing whatever you desire

So I'll keep moving through the night

The hunter and the hunted

On their designated flights...."

THE FOX - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1981.

WV1989/2024

"....

And she walked like a mystery

And she passed like summer rain

And she said "I do" like an angel

But I never knew her name

Oh the congregation gathered

But in darkness I remained

In love with the bride of a handsome man

But I never knew her name..."

I NEVER KNEW HER NAME - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1989.

WV2140/2025

Watercolours van Gogh & Faber-castell colour pencils on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

"....

I can see your breath in the air

I got only to be aware

Have you got any secrets to share because I do

I've never saw you make a move

You've always got something to prove

What becomes my soothe

Leaves a curse on you

Can you hear the wolf?

Can you hear the wolf?

She's gonna come after you

Sink those teeth right through..."

SISTER WOLF - Honeyblood, 2016.

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"Sister Wolf" is a reader by American author and novelist Ann Arensberg.

Coloured pencil and digital reworked, printed on canvas 40x30 cm.

"PAINT BY NUMBERS"