Inspired by Hercules Segers

Lift-ground Etching and Poem

When we were vibrant 
We thought we were strong 
We reached out below 
Our visible song 

Our parallel lives 
Kept trying to touch 
Chords in the other 
That felt like too much 

Hercules Segers
c. 1625 - c. 1630
The Two Trees (An Alder and an Ash)
lift-ground etching, printed in green (azurite and precipitated yellow lake) on paper prepared with a light pink, lead-based ground, colored with semi-transparent, light blue paint
height 152 mm x width 173 mm (trimmed within the printed surface, except at top; especially on left where a strip several centimeters wide seems to be missing)
On loan from the City of Amsterdam
RP-P-H-OB-848