Hope is the thing with feathers

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

Hahnemühle Fine-Art Print

12” x 10” on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag, edition of 5, signed and numbered by the artist.

Printed in Ireland.

About the Piece

“I created this artwork inspired by a line from Emily Dickinson's well-loved poem: ‘“Hope” is the thing with feathers’. It is an allegorical piece that suggests hope and possibility.”

“Hope” is the thing with feathers 

By Emily Dickinson

"Hope" is the thing with

feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without

the words -

And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale -

is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the

little Bird

That kept so many warm -

I've heard it in the chillest

land -

And on the strangest Sea -

Yet - never - in Extremity,

It asked a crumb - of me.

About the Artist

Alan is an Irish visual artist and author who works mostly in illustration, comics, graphic printmaking, papercraft, and motion graphics. He is passionate about all aspects of the graphic arts and is hugely interested in vernacular design and uncovering stories through cultural-historical archives. This is reflected in his heavily researched and considered comics, heritage-based commissions and re-appropriation of vernacular typography and graphic aesthetics in his work.

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