“This Living Hand”

Lindsay Heider Diamond

8 x 8”: Oil

ARTIST STATEMENT

Lindsay shared with us a poem that inspired this piece:

This Living Hand by John Keats
This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold
And in the icy silence of the tomb,
So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights
That thou would wish thine own heart dry of blood
So in my veins red life might stream again,
And thou be conscience-calm’d–see here it is–
I hold it towards you.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Lindsay Heider Diamond received a double concentration BFA in both painting and graphic design from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She has worked as a professional illustrator, graphic designer, art director, creative director and long ago a Seattle barista. A member of McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, VA since 2011, Lindsay is presently focusing on both her fine and commercial art in her home studio, surrounded by her three kids, two dogs and many ideas.

To see more of Lindsay’s works, take a look at her Instagram(@lindsayhdiamond.art + @lindsayhdiamond.design) or her website.