2023 Poet/Artist Collaboration Exhibit

Poet: Ed Brekke-Kramer

Poem: “Campfire”

It was the smoke and my memory of a Moreton Bay fig tree in Santa Barbara that sparked my imagination. “Up In Smoke” illustrates a tree twisting and turning - its massive buttress roots just beginning to ignite.

Original framed pastel painting

image is 9 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches, 16 x 20 black frame, single black mat, regular glass