Artist's Signature

Painting by drice

Every person’s signature is unique

like a finger print
and if a person paints, that too reveals
the intimate working of another’s mind.

How she uses color and line,
pressure on the brush stroke,
exposes a distinctive style 

so when an artist copies another’s work

her signature is lost
forever camouflaged in another’s point of view

Copying can be used to learn another’s technique
and can be imitated for awhile
but for her name to ever be known
she must discover her exclusive expression
and be bold enough to let it stand
on it’s own.