Daniel Clarke Art

A huge diamond necklace in jewel store adorns the heavens’ bespangled attire; yet lest I’m thought reckless with metaphor, if into this ep...

The dreamed Christmas, flakes shaken out of silences so far and starry we can't sleep for listening for papery rustles out there in the night and wake to find our ceiling glimmering, the day a psaltery of light. So we're out over the snow fields before it's all seen off with a salt-lick of Atlantic air, then home at dusk, snow-blind from following chains of fox and crow and hare, to a fire, a roasting bird, a ringing phone, and voices wondering where we are. A day foretold by images of glassy pond, peasant and snowy roof over the holy child iconed in gold. Or women shawled...

Oregon, I remember you. The way your trees were unregretful and made imploring love to the rounded breasts of the sky. Tumble down to Portland in a jeep and see men so poor they have no home standing in line for soup. Standing in line for hymns, hope, a place without razor blades and naysayers to sleep. Tumble down to Portland and see the questions in their faces, the lost yet the found. The lines of mankind are long. No one to hold your place. Glisten in the evening rain...

Philippines Environs She was broken up Into seven thousand One hundred seven pieces Of unproportionate sizes Mother Nature compensated her With the longest coastline In the whole world The deepest point On the planet That man can ever dive And the most biologically diverse Waters of Mother Earth More diverse than the clouds And stars above. She is as pure And beautiful As the Mother Pearl Lying in the heart Of the Orient Seas Her beauty captivated millions They want her Keep her As their very own. But her beauty Has its own curse Nature puts her On fire On the edges Of the largest ocean on Earth In the Pacific Ring Of Fire. She is as just big As the Mini Mouse Compared with the Giant Panda Its breadth and dimension Have been laid down Since time immemorial In accordance with the laws of men and God Anchored by the values Of equality and respect. Her territorial jurisdiction Is just enough for her children to settle And divide among themselves Yet super powers Of different colors want Her bluest seas Her whitest shores Her longest coastline Her deepest waters Her volcano which peak Claims the sky with the Most perfect cone in the whole world And the Philippine Eagle...

Philippines Environs She was broken up Into seven thousand One hundred seven pieces Of unproportionate sizes Mother Nature compensated her With the longest coastline In the whole world The deepest point On the planet That man can ever dive And the most biologically diverse Waters of Mother Earth More diverse than the clouds And stars above. She is as pure And beautiful As the Mother Pearl Lying in the heart Of the Orient Seas Her beauty captivated millions They want her Keep her As their very own. But her beauty Has its own curse Nature puts her On fire On the edges Of the largest ocean on Earth In the Pacific Ring Of Fire. She is as just big As the Mini Mouse Compared with the Giant Panda Its breadth and dimension Have been laid down Since time immemorial In accordance with the laws of men and God Anchored by the values Of equality and respect. Her territorial jurisdiction Is just enough for her children to settle And divide among themselves Yet super powers Of different colors want Her bluest seas Her whitest shores Her longest coastline Her deepest waters Her volcano which peak Claims the sky with the Most perfect cone in the whole world And the Philippine Eagle...

It's winter in Alberta And the gentle breezes blow. Seventy miles an hour, At thirty-five below. Oh, how I love Alberta, When the snow's up to your butt, You take a breath of w...

Arguably the most distinctive and historic structure in Old Pasadena, Castle Green turns heads with its architectural pedigree and prowess: Experts note sty...

After a cool spring rain near Palm Springs the California landscape looks so inviting full of flowers desert joy and impressionism blissfulness :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This p...

Come out into the evening streets of the Latin Quarter. The green light lessens in the west. The city laughs and liveliest her fervid pulse of pleasure ...

The golden light becomes stronger as it shows the silhouettes of orange rock in the dried landscape. Lines formed from endless winds begin to form and the first rays beam across t...

Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) east-southeast of Portland, on the border between Clackamas and Hood River...

Son of the old Moon-mountains African! Chief of the Pyramid and Crocodile! We call thee fruitful, and that very while A desert fills our seeing's inward span: Nurse of swart nati...

Sedona Cathedral consciousness conceived as complex matrices patterns contained within patterns. magnetic anomaly brainwave synchronization unrecognized vortex activity locatio...

ADRIFT! A little boat adrift! And night is coming down! Will no one guide a little boat Unto the nearest town? So sailors say, on yesterday, 5 Just as the ...

On the beach, Sunday afternoon I applaud you, my homeland .. . this Golden State! From Coronado Island... to the Golden Gate We live on the edge of a continent... With masses of land that stretch out to the sea One can lie on the beach . .. and drink in the breeze Our glorious coastline, the Central Valley...

For Aragon, in Spain, I have in my heart A place all over Aragon, Frank, fierce, faithful, without fury. If you want a fool to know Why do I have it, I tell him That I had a ...

In the dead of night when silence reigns Among dancing flames his kind face smiles Lily white beard circling chin, eyes so deep Love’s warmth defies iciness of death That chill...

The city of Florence lies in the historic valley of Tuscany , Along the banks of the Arno river, surrounded by hills of scenic beauty ! Here during the first century BC , the conquering Romans established their ‘Colonia Florentina’, To settle the war veterans of Caesar’s army in Northern Italia ! But later after the fall of Rome...

The rocks, lean fingers of the land, Reach out into the sea And cool themselves, all day long, In the tide drippingly. They catch the seaweed in them And the...

n the sea at the end of the west Curves of orange vermillion Mathematical perfection with the sunset It leaps, it vaults over: Like an arrow straight it flies Out of the fog - sky bridge Like a flowing golden gown...

California fog on a coastal scene. It has all time. It knows the people are a tide That swells and in time will ebb, and all Their works dissolve. Meanwhile the image of the...

Walking in the high desert, My heart was ever at ease. Whether in the noon day sun, Or in the evening breeze. My wonder never ceased. The burning sands around me, And God ...

Eagle Rock Hillside. In the Northeast Los Angeles lies the charming district known as Eagle Rock. Hills and valleys with houses nestled on hilltops. A Plein Air marvel to be sure...

Your lips are like a southern lily red, Wet with the soft rain-kisses of the night, In which the brown bee buries deep its head, When still the dawn's a silver sea of light. ...

Ocean breeze on my face, What a wonderful place. The ocean and air, The birds with no cares. It is a day to remember, So fine, So divine. My mind is so calm, ...

For the traveler who comes in from the sea, Lisbon, even from afar, rises like a fair vision in a dream, clear-cut against a bright blue sky which the sun gladdens with its gold. And...

The canal stream is made of glass and only birds break the water edge to pose as though painted. My ticket is for the Chinese junk screened by bending mulberry trees on t...

Bistros, Barristas, or Café Coffee My soul craves for coffee Our sorrows- a storm in coffee cup When we supped, Let them get engulfed For today, my turn Just to listen and...

Summer by The Serpentine, Walking wide and lonely forking trails Passing summer games with unknown names With flags flying tied to stirring trees, Fifty stars and stripes ridin...

Bend if you can to the dark sea forgetting the flute's sound on naked feet that trod your sleep in the other, the sunken life. Write if you can on your last shell the day the place t...

Maybe it was just for this that God pulled water from dry land: to rescue hoodoo after hoodoo. That’s what they’re called— a bastardization of voodoo— these unrepeatabl...

He played by the river when he was young. He raced with rabbits along the hills, He fished for minnows, and climbed and swung, And hooted back at the whippoorwills. Strong and sl...

If you see Catalina please w'ld you tell her That a second without her is a Thousand years It may be a minute down but it seems too far Enough for a man to go pleading for prayers...

Cherry blossoms on the tree, Their scent of sweetness is divine. There are grapes and berries in the woods, Springing forth upon their vines. To pick and taste their sweetnes...

Beautiful Bougainvilleas Blooming all over Throughout my garden In vivid white And pleasing pink You appeal me so much Though not at all fragrant You appear Magnificent in m...

I HAVE been happy two weeks together, My love is coming home to me, Gold and silver is the weather And smooth as lapis is the sea. The earth has turned its brown to green After ...

I sing of a River dammed, dumped, pumped and diverted; I sing of a River they almost murdered. I sing of a River the people forgot, I sing of a River that flows from the rocks… ...

On a rim-ledge of Bryce Canyon Beauty lives again Far from cries cacophonous And the woes of men. Color in a sweep of sound and Inarticulate, Raises spired against mankind ...

The Old Point Loma Lighthouse stood watch over the entrance to San Diego Bay for 36 years. At dusk on November 15, 1855, the light keeper climbed the winding stairs and lit the light...

The tide pools of Point Loma rival any others in the state. At low tide this place is no secret. Locals and tourists alike have heard about this place and will take their kids out to...

Sing to me, Autumn, with the rustle of your leaves. Breathe on me your spicy scents that flow within your breeze. Dance with me, Autumn, your waltz that bends the boughs of tree...

Cannes is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I...

A year ago I breathed the Italian air, - And yet, methinks this northern Spring is fair,- These fields made golden with the flower of March, The throstle singing on the feathered ...

Tranquility, one does not find on modern Waikiki One only imagines what use to be Tall hotels and shops dot every space Serving the millions who come to this place. The beach...

It's winter in Wisconsin And the gentle breezes blow Seventy miles an hour At twenty-five below. Oh, how I love Wisconsin When the snow's up to your butt You take a breath of w...

In afternoon play of light and shadow across the canyon, the pale-green flush of early grass, muted blue of new grown sage, and yellow flash of balsamroot are scrutinized...

I'm stuck in Arizona All the leaves are brown, California dreaming, Malibu back woods trail with an amazing bridge! I lie about being in love with that Arizona sun ...

Sand, Surf, Rocks, Laguna Laguna Beach longing Laguna Beach, I’m longing for highways that fade to sandy sidewalks and sunlight pouring down like golden rain in metallic hues of bronze and copper on skin softened by sea breeze and saltwater waves edged with lace-fine foam and artists who capture it all hanging above time-worn leather or galleries with auras of glass prisms and silver chrome vignettes of gas stations and traffic and crowded ocean side scenes suspended in time As the sun sets I walk by the beach I notice all the vacant bonfires Then I turn and face the ocean Watching...

Holland is a country without mountain, hill or bevel. That’s quite alarming if you consider we're all below sea level. Tulips sing on the plains The terrain is large, flat and r...

Summer skies above the cliffs teem with birds hang gliding in the air currents; it is a place where one can breathe. Breathing fresh ocean air without a care in the world, we a...

Bumblebee, Bumblebee Nectar pollen and wiggle-dance, Tear off the shirt and pants, Without it I’m incomplete, Rotting in self-defeat, Awashed in a wild sea, Bumblebee, Bu...

Behind the California houses lies backyards that gleam with flowers plants and used cars. Watercolor is my name and the backyards are my game! SoCal Backyard :: Painting :: Impre...

I think, Lorraine, it was the rain gently pattering upon my pane creating rhythm in my sleeping brain encouraging chaos bordering insane I blamed it ,Lorraine, on the falling rai...

In the garden abstract reality awaits us as the flower plants make their way across the field of dreams, awaking dear Sally your entrance to the garden is waiting Acrylic on paper...

In the Latin Quarter of Paris, knowledge, creativity, and human endeavor rise up through every ancient corner. This is a neighborhood of intellects and accomplishments. Join us, as w...

The empty harbor's waters glitter like so many diamonds, her fishing boats dot the horizon of the open sea beyond. Summer skies above the cliffs teem with birds hang gliding in...

I feel so bad I got a worried mind I'm so lonesome all the time Since I left my baby behind On Blue Bayou Saving nickles, saving dimes Working til the sun don't shine Looking f...

Enter the Camarillo Roadhouse Very inviting on a long trip Tired and grouchy I turn the corner There it lies in all of its beauty Farm magic with forlorn attitudes eye at the ce...

Underweigh the ship moves through the inky waters with the full moon to guide its way. Watercolor on watercolor paper. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an offi...

It’s a blue world in Chefchaouen, the small city of narrow, winding streets in the Riff mountains of northern Morocco. The blues here tell the story of the Jews who left Spain when...