Well the above photos are an example of a painting being painted again, and again, and again. People did ask me to paint this over and over after the first one sold and I showed a photo of it in various places. These paintings are inspired by the William Butler Yeats' poem, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" :
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.This poem resonates with me so much, and I believe the sentiments of it are felt by so many people more and more strongly. It is the universal longing for nature, a kind of primal or spiritual longing to return to the connection with the earth that is hardwired in our DNA somewhere. Perhaps that's why this painting has been a kind of self-portrait for me, one I return to often, and that others are drawn to.
Full Circle Farm is my version of Innisfree, with all the connotations.