the rise and fall

original painting in mixed media

on aluminum panel

8 x 10 inches

a small painting rich in colour and texture

meant as a compelling accent for a bedroom, mantle or office area (sitting facing out from a bookshelf or the corner of a cubicle)

the rise and fall …

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
— Confucius

Thus, during those nineteen years of torture and slavery, did this soul rise and fall at the same time. Light entered on the one side, and darkness on the other.
— Victor Hugo

In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass. Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires, Old fires to ashes, and ashes to the earth Which is already flesh, fur and faeces, Bone of man and beast, cornstalk and leaf.
— T. S. Eliot

varnished, and on aluminum, so this is an artwork that will never break or bend, and can be freely handled

suitable for framing but also stands on its own

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