Sister and Brother Artists

I blogged on the painting ‘Katherine’  a week ago, then, realized this was one of works my sister posed for. Christine Rosamond Benton often used herself as a model.

Brother and Sister Artists

by

Jon Presco

Copyright 2018

In loving memory of Christine Rosamond

We walked the same secret paths

of a shared childhood

When I turned

you were there

this female that came with me

when you were born

You are the one I did not have to

go look for

You were close by

when I spotted a butterfly

When I turned over a rock

your small hands

grasped the crayfish

When I dipped my brushes

in the colors on my pallet

you watched carefully

as if I made stitches

with a needle and thread

The idea of making

The gift of creating

The magic we shared

with inquiring eyes

Look at my work

and see I am…