Gallery
Welcome to our gallery. Here you can find a collection of all of The Ploughman’s watercolour paintings which have been made especially for each post. Simply click on the picture to read its post! We hope you like them.
“Droning a drowsy syncopated tune,
Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon…”
The Weary Man at Night.
Based on The Weary Blues, Langston Hughes. 1926.
“If you can give me a dollar, give me a lousy dime.
Just gotta feed that lousy man of mine…”
Ida and Vivaldo's Morning.
Based on Another Country, James Baldwin. 1962.
“I live in my own dreams; that’s what you have felt about me. Others live in dreams but not their own – that’s the difference…”
Emil Sinclair in College Dorm.
Based on Demian, Hermann Hesse. 1919.
“The long autumn grass beneath my body
Soaks my clothes in dew…”
Our Soldier Laying in the Field.
Based on Field Manoeuvres, Richard Aldington. 1919
“ ‘Oh smell the people!’ yelled Dean with his face out the window, sniffing. ‘Ah! God! Life!’ ”
Sal and Dean Waiting for the Greyhound.
Based on On The Road, Jack Kerouac. 1957.
“It is not happiness but sorrow that I seek. I drink, sir, that I may suffer, that I may suffer more and more!“
Marmeladov Seeking Sorrow
Based on Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky. 1866.
“And he carries the remainders
Of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
‘I am leaving, I am leaving’”
The Boxer.
Based on The Boxer, Paul Simon. 1970
“He broke my heart. You merely broke my life.”
Humbert Humbert's Balcony Cigar.
Based on Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov. 1955.
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