Triada Samaras Painting / Poem : Full Moon Standish / Luminous
Since spending more time in Western Maine recently, I have become very inspired by the Eastern White Pine tree. It also happens to be the official state tree of Maine.
Meet the Eastern White Pine - New England Forestry Foundation New England Forestry Foundation
One tree in particular has inspired several of my artworks and a poem.
One of those artworks, a painting on wood panel, "Full Moon Standish" found a new home this past week to my great delight. Its new owner is a wonderful human being who also happens to be a close friend of mine, lucky for me.
I feature this artwork below together with a poem about the same tree that I wrote this past winter called Luminous. It strikes me that I could go on making artworks indefinitely about this tree.
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| Full Moon Standish Watercolor on Panel 16 x 20 inches Triada Samaras 2023 |
Luminous
The sun rises behind
a towering pine—
my home, my strength, my goddess,
my courage to rise above the rest.
But I wonder—
will she fall?
And when?
The sun ignites her body,
highlights her spine, her limbs,
the wind pressing against her back,
her trunk dissolving
into empty blue space.
I sketched her once,
sitting on my summer deck,
her shadow stretching long
against the bones of my house.
Charcoal dust on my fingertips,
I traced her lines,
her lips,
pressed them onto an empty white page.
"She can fall like snowflakes,"
she seems to say,
"softly upon your page."
Her towering height resists capture,
yet I refuse to shrink her.
I need to see her as she is,
to learn her wisdom.
There is so much in me that is fragile,
so much I must outgrow.
And still, I wonder—
will she fall?
And when?
I think she will tell me.
But honestly,
I think she already did.
c. Triada Samaras 2025
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