I've admired the art of Fleur Wickes for ages, and recently I bought a piece to give to T. as a gift, though it's sort of for me too, because it will go into a frame in our room. It's called 'Cinderella Valentine' and is printed on thick black photo-paper. (Click on the photo for a bigger view.)
Fleur Wickes makes beautiful work that combines photography, typography/illustration, and poetry. It always has a heart-stopping quality for me and a certain kind of vulnerability and elegance.
Fleur has a studio in Whanganui, but you can find her website here.
Because it's the 14th of February, here is a favourite poem. Wishing you a love-filled day.
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love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail
it is most mad and moonly
and less it shall unbe
than all the sea which only
is deeper than the sea
love is less always than to win
less never than alive
less bigger than the least begin
less littler than forgive
it is most sane and sunly
and more it cannot die
than all the sky which only
is higher than the sky
– E.E. Cummings
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