Caren Krutsinger Poet Rhyme

Make That 417

They are my creations; The one thing they have in common is me.  
Each of my paintings begins with eyes. For some reason I
always draw the eyes first, no idea why that would be.

Many of my wild women hold swords; two are standing on men, in a threatening way.
My cartoon/drawings have given me a therapeutic edge most delightful ly every day.
This all began accidentally on a summers day when a granddaughter challenged me.
Can you please paint with me Grandma?  I was frightened of ruining a canvas, you see.
A granddaughter at nine can be persistent, and tenacious, as this one was.
She alone is the one who inspired me, although I imagine there was coaxing from above.

On days that I do not paint, I am not confident it was a good day at all.
In short, this painting thing has taken off, and  not only did I fill a wall
I filled the whole house, and my office too. I filled some boxes, gave one to my cousin Lou.
When I'm gone, I am hoping my grandchildren will each take at least a minimum of two.

This means there will only be four hundred and sixteen to get rid of in some other way.
Don't let's thing about that today. Canvases await, and I so want to play!

Make that 417...

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Jan Allison May 11, 2018 at 1:40 AM Hope you will stake a pic of some of your artwork and let us see it too Caren, I can't draw/paint I am not in the least bit artistic and am in awe of those with a talent, there are several exceptional artists I can think of on soup who use their artwork to illustrate their poems:-) hugs jan xx Caren Krutsinger May 11, 2018 at 7:15 AM I have drawn cartoon women since I was 4 years old. I used to get in trouble at school for drawing all of the time. I doodle away where ever I land, and that's been a lot of places. The children at school can see something I've drawn, and they will immediately identify that as "Mrs. K. drew that." We are so used to my "style". Most of my paintings probably would not go along with a poem.