She Walks in Beauty

by Rhonda Libbey

Artwork is 5″x7″ oil and 24 karat gold leaf on panel. It is framed and ready to hang.

She Walks in Beauty is one of my favorite poems and as luck would have it one of my favorite bands composed a song about the poem as well. It’s so hauntingly beautiful I hope you’ll check it out if you have a moment.
Mediaeval Babes – She Walks in Beauty.

She Walks in Beauty

BY LORD BYRON

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!

Product Height: 7"
Product Width: 5"
Product Surface / Material: Ampersand Panel

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Rhonda Libbey

Hello! I'm Rhonda Libbey, and Imaginative Realism artist and illustrator. I live in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with my wonderfully supportive boyfriend and three silly ferrets.

I have been a professional illustrator and graphic designer since 1996 and I have had the good fortune to work on some cool projects and I have shown in some great galleries.

My most recent works are created traditionally in oil paint and gold leaf, with oil paint layered in glazes on top of the metal to achieve a luminous effect. I am drawn to the contrasts of delicate and bold that both oil paint and gold leaf possess.