A mark of Orange paint

ELLEN BRYANT VOIGT AT INDIAN FOOT FARM.

After I’d finished taking this portrait I sat on the barn floor and listened to Ellen talk about Art, poetry and life. Ellen talked about a mark of orange paint on an artists canvas – how that one brush stroke can make an average painting perfect. The Vermont sky responded, fading autumn amber and gold.

“ It’s the same with poetry- you can spend days thinking about the inclusion of one word. The success of a verse can rest on something as simple as that”.