Too Dear For My Possessing

 

Original mixed media (acrylic painting collaged of handpainted paper collage and beads). on 34 x 26 x 1.5-inch canvas.  Signed and ready to hang. 

The name comes from Shakespeare's 87th sonnet

This piece is unframed (but suitable for hanging without frame). Contact me to discuss framing options. 

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Sonnet 87

Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing,
And like enough thou know’st thy estimate,
The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing;
My bonds in thee are all determinate.
For how do I hold thee but by thy granting?
And for that riches where is my deserving?
The cause of this fair gift in me is wanting,
And so my patent back again is swerving.
Thy self thou gavest, thy own worth then not knowing,
Or me to whom thou gav’st it else mistaking;
So thy great gift, upon misprision growing,
Comes home again, on better judgement making.
Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flatter,
In sleep a king, but waking no such matter.

 

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