Blithe Days
Original Painting by Beata Dagiel
Acrylic on Canvas. Final measurement including frame 84x84cm (33"x33")
This painting is a contemplation of childhood in the countryside. When we are little, everything around us is a surprise, a miracle. Children are never bored. They are in a state of constant discovery, and they accept every moment, and everything around them exactly as it is. To be like a child.
When I was little my parents got to live in a house in the countryside. They have always remembered it as an idyllic place. My mum told me that I used to sit on a heap of rye grains with my neighbour friend and put one grain after another into each other's baskets. She was astonished that we could play like that for a very long time. This painting has been inspired by those blithe days. And here is a little poem I wrote to picture it:
BLITHE DAYS
seed to seed
the sky is blue
one for me and one for you
there's no thunder
there's no rain
we shall always stay the same
watching flowers, grazing cows
running wild in tallest grass
playing in the sunny rays
those were our blithest days
nose to nose
and smile to smile
counting grains of harvest rye
all in silence
all in grace
these were our blithest days
