Description
‘Our Separate Sorrows are a Single Hope’ by Jeannie Lynn Paske
Artist: Jeannie Lynn Paske
Title: ‘Our Separate Sorrows are a Single Hope’
Medium: Watercolour, gouache, pastel, powdered pigment, varnish and ink on 300 lb watercolour paper
Dimensions: 12″ x 9″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022
Artwork Will Ship From: USA
About the Artwork:
This piece was inspired by the following W.H. Auden poem:
“We ride a turning globe, we stand on a star;
It has thrust us up together; it is stronger than we.
In it our separate sorrows are a single hope,
It’s in its nature always to appear
Behind us as we move
With linked arms through our dreams,
Wherefore, apart, we love
Its sundering streams.”
W.H. Auden, ‘The chimneys are smoking’, 1932
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Jeannie Lynn Paske is a self-taught artist from Portland, Oregon who creates introspective work under the name Obsolete World. Using a mix of watercolor, charcoal, pastel, graphite, varnish and ink, she designs richly textured illustrations of peculiar creatures in thought-provoking settings. The mysteries of life, loss and loneliness are recurring themes, and her compositions often focus on the strange and unexplained. Many of her pieces reference philosophy with a nod to both the melancholy and humorous. Her soft sparse environments suggest a warm, dreamlike state, and the emotional imagery paired with her poetic titles help to convey a sense of gentle curiosity in her work.