The Artist's Hand

Love be his word to share
Expressed in bonds of devotion and care
Blessings of beauty and grace ever sweet
Upon canvas, vision and Creation meet
Strokes of color, form, and light cast
Of moments now, of moments past
Seized by passion and a knowing goal
Soaring be this calling, this calling of soul
Within there be a questing command
And so summoned is the Muse and the artist's hand.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Study of hands, c. 1474, Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452 - 1519.

In dedication this day to
Edwin Carl Caulley

Of Desire

Thought in a web spun of desire
The quest, the passion, life’s flaming threads and fire
Yielding this heart this yearning need
Guided by God’s Word and loving creed
And in the embrace of Creation’s call
The music, the art, the knowing, God’s gift to all.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


The Summoning of the Muse, 40” x 56,” Acrylic on Panel, 1993, A. Andrew Gonzalez,
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