Description

Signed verso acrylic on carved oak, discarded by a furniture maker because it had a few small surface cracks ( checks ).

The words are from He tells of the Perfect Beauty by W.B. Yeats (1865-1939).
Slightly paraphrasing, Wenham in choosing this quotation wanted to change the somewhat High Romantic tone of the original short poem, into something more personal and immediate. To do this he removed the phrase until God burn time to make the title and changed the position of the line breaks to emphasise the final and you .

Featured in Martin Wenham: The Art of Letter Carving in the Wood, by Martin Wenham, 2022.

A free copy of Martin Wenham’s new book Martin Wenham The Art of Letter Carving, published by Crowood Press (price £25), will accompany each purchase from the exhibition.