Artist Andrew Wyeth

He called them the great men Thoreau, Goethe, Emerson, Tolstoy Yet even as a child, I discovered Wyeth's greatness “Christina’s World” called to me fascinated child, as mama shopped Christina’s painting intrigued me for hours Blind neighbor, his inspiration Christina was lying in a field of wheat Saleslady explained her sad life Glorified only in Wyeth's detailed, brilliant strokes Staring at her so long at age eight Mama bought the print on which I still marvel *Pennsylvania Artist Andrew Wyeth received the National Medal of Arts in 2006 and died just 10 days after my father on January 16, 2009. His most well-known work is Christina’s world * Poem written April 19, 2014