Frost’s Woods

One way to make paintings more poetic is to go directly to the source:  the poem. Using poetry as inspiration for a specific painting is not a new idea. The Romantic poets inspired hundreds of paintings in their time. I am currently doing a series of studies based on Robert Frost poems.  At some point I will take the best and create larger paintings.  The painting below is from my imagination and inspired by Frost’s poem  “Stopping by The Woods on a Snowing Evening.”   Visit The Poetry Foundation website for more inspiration!  -Eden

Frost’s Woods

 

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.