Question

Analysis of the poem Grey day at waterval farm by Lionel Murcott

Answer 1

Answer:

Lionel Murcott was born in 1947.  In the poem of Grey day at Waterval farm he says his palette is restricted - three primaries, usually and white.  He speaks about the mixing of colours whatever comes to his eyes.  He talks about his darkness, past memories, and desires.

Explanation:

Murcott responds to the desperation, in his plays. Across the painting colours relate, call to each other, echo, or challenge one another. Sometimes he works from life, looking, registering what comes up to my eye.

Other times I work from inside, from my darkness, memories, and desires. Mixing pigments, and densities, to give a painter’s equivalent. The painting’s a crazy job. He worked forty-five years at it (other jobs would be retiring).