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“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.