Poem Painting No. 18:Architecture of Wonder

"Architecture of Wonder" is a striking acrylic painting on shaped canvas by Linda Johns. It's part of a series of Poem Paintings in which the artist integrates a painted image with words of a poetic verse. The painting and poem were created simultaneously, allowing the rhythms of tone, shape, and color to evolve at the same time as the internal rhyme of the wordplay. In this piece, Johns contrasts the brilliant and beautiful engineering found in nature with the human propensity for war and destruction. The piece features Metaphorical Realism and painted poem techniques that help bring out the themes of biomimetic architecture, philosophical musings, awe, and destructive weapons.