Painting Goals

I've had to be kind to myself as I have tried to find time to draw and paint more.  I set the goal of completing 25 acrylic paintings by the end of June.  It was a good goal, but, with only 10 paintings currently completed, I have little hope of achieving my objective.  Still, the effort has been beneficial.  I have seen improvement--perhaps I'm not close to the same skill I was developing a decade ago, but I can see growth, even when my practice has been greatly limited.  Below are some of the paintings I have created in pursuit of my goal:

Common Cuckoo (second draft)

Common Cuckoo
by Kevin Wasden
© June 2020

I am a common cuckoo

     Destructive and deceitful,

          Blameless by nature.

My father and his family

     They think me theirs

         In spite of my stature,

              In spite of my paleness,

                  Despite the prudence in my eyes.

The truth in my blood

     Disconnects me--

          Twice a bastard child.

That which I hold is not mine,
And that which is mine I’ve never known.