Stephen Gayford's One-Man Show! Poem by Denis Martindale

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Imagine a long time ago,
An artist set for fame,
Before the paintings that we know,
Or even knew his name.
A one-man show of fine art shared,
A showcase and debut,
When skills and talents get compared,
Through what that man could do.

Investments for a later time?
Or bought for all they were?
Considered simply as sublime,
Such that they caused a stir?
The start of one man's enterprise,
His destiny alone,
Made manifest before his eyes,
His future fate to own.

And seeing as the years rolled by
A million prints for sale,
And canvasses in full supply,
With beauty off the scale.
With hundreds shown on eBay still,
YouTube and Google, too,
By those who search and search until
Some buy more than a few!


Denis Martindale. August 2021.


This poem is about the magnificent paintings
created by wildlife artist Stephen Gayford.