Margaret J. Wilkins
From Nitobe Garden, 1994
acrylic on canvas
101 x 85.5cm (left panel) 104.7 x 89.5cm (right panel)
Collection of the Richmond Art Gallery, 995.5 a-b
Purchased 1995



Nitobe Garden

As soon as the sun peaks,
The garden of colour blooms
As if it was the first day of spring.
Colours of the rainbow reflect the grazing land.
Clear flowing water moves swiftly beside the evergreen grass.
Light dew fills the moistened morning air.

Fleetingly, the sun begins to rise.
More and more colours are revealed.
Colours begin to grow more intense.
The Moistened air begins to fade away.
Flowing water moves more rapidly, washing away the dirt from the grass.
The cool breeze passes by while the warm sun shines over.

After a short day, the sun is gone.
No more colours.
No more flowing water.
No more misty air.
Just no more.
No more from Nitobe Garden.

-Mitzi