Joelle
Smith Western Art
This is the page from Lorraine's album with the song
about
Joelle and Linda Bark'karie's artwork.
Two of Joelle's paintings that are described in the song are
"Tales of Vasquez" and "Summer
Evening in the Judith Basin"
You can see Linda's work at Buckaroos
and Bones
He spins the tale, they listen intently as he talks the horses
scarcely move
On wings of adventure they ride to a land he's only heard remembered in his
youth
But through her eyes, we see his weathered hands and the
muscles slack on his pony,
Through her eyes the colors jump and play, Through her eyes the glint of grass
and the shadows speak within her, she has sight we can feel, through her eyes
The yearlings evening play is abandoned for a moment, to
scratch at flies that bite,
With shared relief of the day they nuzzle each other, towards the blanket of
night
And through her eyes they're a part of the earth and they
blend with the sky, Through her eyes
Their jaws are clenched so fiercely, Through her eyes soft ears reveal "you
are ever my compadre"
There's affection in her hand and through her eyes
When she paints a picture the canvas is her book, The
brushstrokes tell a story we're allowed to look.
Emotion is her pallet what we casually pass by, She catches with her eye
The bounty of the paintbrush is as strong as the rushing of a
river, as gentle as a stream
The scent of the sage upon the desert is an image she can carry to all of us it
seems
An through her eyes the Judith Basin Blooms in hues unfading,
Though her eyes the Vaquero proudly stands, Through her eyes the longhorn gaze
and the cowboy ropes and spins
The wind whispers secrets and we all get to share them
Though her eyes
©1998 Lorraine Rawls, L. Bark'karie Prairie Schooner
Music
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