Art 101

Art 101 drew a human face,

Shading the nose just right…

Painting a full moon in perspective;

Inventing the colors of midnight

Art 102 was drawing a flower,

More beautiful than anything real…

Every painting in an art museum,

A life history lived to feel.

A PHD in art is my window;

The world, so majestic to me…

No signatures on the canvas

An ant is larger than me.

A master paints a sunset,

Confidently boards a departing plane,

Knowing he will return someday,

To paint that sky again.

A connoisseur loves the artist,

It is beauty that he hunts…

Knowing paintings are the legacy,

We see the artist’s world but once.