‘in the garden’

‘iris, rhododendron, lilac & dandelion’            Barbara De Pirro

sifting through my small collection of books,

searching for the subject of flowers....here is what I found.

'A Flower Fairy Alphabet by Cicely Mary Barker'

a gift from my mother in 1968, a little girls dreams....

'Karl Blossfeldt by Rolf Sachsse'

he photographed plants by the thousands, awe-inspiring...

'Fairie-ality, the fashion collection from the House of Ellwand'

flower fairy fashions, magical.....

and of course,

'Georgia O'Keefe'

....sensually brilliant!

'the ocean'

‘It’s not the wave with its salty weight

that grinds against the coasts and manufactures

the peaceful bands of sand that ring the world:

it is the central volume of your strength,

the ever-extending power of your waters,

the still solitude brimming with lives.

Time, perhaps, or overflowing cup

of all known motion, a pure oneness

that death has never sealed, green viscera

of blazing absolute totality.

Of the sunken arm that throws up a drop of water

nothing remains but a kiss of salt. Of the bodies

of mankind along your shores a misty scent

of wet flowers is all that lasts. Your energy

seems to slip away without ever being exhausted,

it seems to circle back into the calm.’

by Pablo Neruda (passage from The Ocean)

'bloom' - Museum of Glass

'bloom'    Barbara De Pirro

a space to float, to daydream

an umbrella of whimsy

radiating light & a flush of color

pollinating creativity and ingenuity

awakening a childlike sense

of wonder, awareness and awe

Museum of Glass

Art Studio

Tacoma, WA

This sculptural installation and its companion window pieces are created using recycled & re-imagined plastics.

'bloom'      Barbara De Pirro

Individual petals created using recycled plastic bags & milk jugs cut into form then wired to armature. Spirals & tendrils created from recycled plastic lids, place mats & file folders.

'bloom'       Barbara De Pirro

Color sheets created by splicing together recycled plastic product packaging & labels. The individual dotz were then cut from these and adhered to individual petals.

For more information & images:
http://www.depirro.com/installation.html

ode to hope

'cloudscape'   Barbara De Pirro

Oceanic dawn

at the center

of my life,

waves like grapes,

the skies solitude,

you fill me

and flood

the complete sea,

the undiminished sky,

tempo

and space,

seafoam’s white

battalions,

the orange earth,

the sun’s

fiery waist

in agony,

so many

gifts and talents,

birds soaring into their dreams,

and the sea, the sea

suspended

aroma,

chorus of rich, resonant salt,

and meanwhile,

we ‘humans’,

touch the water,

struggling,

and hoping,

we touch the sea,

hoping.

and the waves tell the firm coast:

‘everything will be fulfilled.’

Pablo Neruda

my winter garden

Barbara De Pirro

I sat in the garden, spattered

by the great drops of winter,

and it seemed to me impossible

that beneath all that sadness,

that crumbled solitude,
the roots were still at work

with no one to encourage them.

Pablo Neruda (absence and presence)

'erosion-erosione'

 

erosion-erosione' Barbara De Pirro

infinity.fluidity.matter

clouds are pink...land softens

'touching the blue skin of heaven'

shadows...moving across the sky

'infinity.fluidity.matter'   Barbara De Pirro