“Turtle Baptism” contemporary figurative painting. acrylic on canvas. 16 in x 20 in.

“Turtle Baptism” contemporary figurative painting

Here is the poem I am writing for this painting in “Riverson, The Painted Book.”

Turtle Baptism

Floating in my clothes,
I feel
warm water
from a hot day.
Turtles dance by.
Their silent paddling
makes no ripples.