Welcome to the online preview for the new Femke Hiemstra show. This show is comprised of 11 drawings based on the poem The Timid Cabbage by Charles Krafft. Each drawing goes with a stanza, and that stanza is written on the surrounding mat by Femke. Each drawing has a thick white mat and a black frame with silver beading. Please click on each image to enlarge!


Femke Hiemstra
" Dreamland "
graphite on paper
size
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There lived a timid cabbage
in a field beside a stream
and all that cabbage did each day
was lie in bed and dream


Femke Hiemstra
" Dinner Party "
graphite on paper
size
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He always dreamt the strangest dreams
of things you never see
banana flutes and pancake roots
and cups of hot moth tea


Femke Hiemstra
" Sleep and Work "
graphite on paper
size
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Not all the other cabbages
who live beside the stream
liked to have the timid cabbage
lie in bed and dream


Femke Hiemstra
" Snail and Penguin "
graphite on paper
size
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'Why don't you put your mind' they said
'to something we can use-
what need have we of fiddling snails
and pairs of penguin shoes?'


Femke Hiemstra
" Family Ties "
graphite on paper
size
$1950.
'Why don't you dream up something real
something we can see
or find yourself a cabbagette
and raise a family?'


Femke Hiemstra
" I Know What I'll Do "
graphite on paper
size
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'Oh, I prefer to skip it all'
he told them with a grin
'because if I dreamt dreams like yours
I'd wear my patience thin'


Femke Hiemstra
" Cow Run "
graphite on paper
size
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'You see, I never be like you
Not even for one day'
And with that he jumped out of bed
And then he ran away


Femke Hiemstra
" Pangolin Ride "
graphite on paper
size
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'I've gone to Kathmandu'
the note he left us said
'there's a man up there I have to meet
whose beard is long and red'


Femke Hiemstra
" Beardman "
graphite on paper
size
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'His eyes are seas of pity
he has a monumental nose
and he has the strangest habit
of never wearing any clothes'


Femke Hiemstra
" Explosion "
graphite on paper
size
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'He lives on ash and snow chow mein
in a mountain cave of granite
and he's often told me in my dreams
Im not a cabbage but a planet'


Femke Hiemstra
" BBQ Symphony "
graphite on paper
size
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'I'm the next guest maestro of the stars
look up on any starry night
and you'll see me with my infinity baton
conducting symphonies of light'


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