Expressionist Portrait Style Style Transfer Example Art

a watercolor painting of an elderly couple
So, you look at those captains and then at yourself
and you wonder: “Why them, and not me?”
As you paddle along in your pitiful state,
a canoe you hope no one will see.
But there’s just enough room for those trusted to you
for safe passage, provisions, and tare.
So, you keep to yourself, and you follow the shore,
making passage for those in your care.
a tree in nature
a painting of a man with his arms crossed
A koi pond seen from above, orange and white koi fish swimming among lily pads, clear water with subtle ripples, fallen cherry blossom petals floating on the surface, dappled sunlight
urban street with city activity
a painting of a man with no shirt on
a painting of a man holding a rope
a painting of a man with a robe on
a painting of a man with his hands in the air
a painting of a man in a red dress
a painting of a man holding a ball
a shirtless man standing in the dark
a man standing in the dark holding a stick
a man holding a pair of scissors in the dark
a painting of a man holding a ball
a man holding a ball in the dark
a black and white photo of a man in the dark
a man holding a knife in a dark room
a couple of men standing next to each other in the dark
a couple of men standing next to each other in the dark
a couple of men standing next to each other in the dark
a shirtless man holding a baseball bat in the dark
a man holding a rope in the dark
a man in a towel holding a knife
a black and white photo of a man with a horned head
a painting of a man holding a rope
a tree in nature
Now, we’ll all have our time on the rapid
And we may end together, alone,
going ‘round and about in an eddy
bruised and broken and soaked to the bone.
But the eddy keeps silent the wild current’s call
alongside those now grateful captains and all
we are given reprieve from a death at the fall
as we move to and fro’ in the spin.
We stand safe, as the spin takes us in.
still life with everyday objects
a painting of a castle on top of a hill
a tree in nature
a painting of a person sitting at a table with books and a cup of coffee
animal standing in natural pose
serene landscape with mountains and water
A koi pond seen from above, orange and white koi fish swimming among lily pads, clear water with subtle ripples, fallen cherry blossom petals floating on the surface, dappled sunlight
Now, those captains must learn what the river will do
when it makes that great turn out of sight.
How it dashes them up on the rocks of the shore
How it spins to the left and the right.
It beats them and breaks them and crushes their pride
Leaves them dizzy and sick and all jumbled inside
‘til they’ve all but forgotten that glorious ride
lying flat on their deck in the sun.
There they lie, drying out in the sun.

As you round the point where the river was bent
and survey the great wideness ahead,
you can see all those captains alone on their decks,
beat and broken and very near dead.
Then the current takes hold and there’s naught you can do
as it drags you down into its maw.
Headed straight for those rocks, you make ready to crash
but at last, you rise up, roll and yaw.

Going back and away, then forward again,
fearing each time, the rocks will prevail!
You’re trapped in a cycling, circling tide,
in an eddy withstanding a gale.
But each time you circle that great whirling tide
and you’ve not hit the rocks or been thrown to the side
and you’re kept from the falls, cascading and wide,
for the eddy’s small mercy give praise.
Give the merciful currents your praise!
still life with everyday objects
a painting of a man without a shirt
wide landscape with natural scenery
serene landscape with mountains and water
a man standing in the dark with his arms crossed