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Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper - 7" "Pearl" The forging of my soul Fire and kiln The ember still.... Wanting more than I am. So much more than I can. God in me, have your way. Mold me, hold me, I am more than clay, But dust in the King's Reign. Pearl! He whispered pearl. Paradise found! |
The Kiss
"Let Him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth;
Your love is greater than wine."
SS 1:2
"Chrysalis"
30" x 40" Oil and Mixed Media
In her book, "The ARTIST'S JOURNEY' Nancy Hillis, M.D. writes:
"...our rejected paintings activate the not me self.
They're unfamiliar, they appear as "other" and thus we reject them.
...By giving yourself permission to make "ugly" paintings,
you're acknowledging how vital these exploratory works are to your development as an artist.
"Ugly" paintings are often the nascent forms of something new emerging in your work,
and sometimes they are the thing itself,
a fully developed living expression....
What we're talking about is the radical creativity that's the birthplace of art that surprises us.
....Let your new works live and breathe...."
Rita Burton
"Some Strange Thing"
Sometimes our life takes a turn and we find ourselves
in a unique valley of decision.
We might move to a place that is
beyond our expectations.....
good and not so good.
We might think we made a grave mistake in
moving away from intimate friends
and God's vivid purpose in a location.
We might feel somewhat like Joseph,
as he found himself in a dungeon.
A prisoner of Pharoah,
misunderstood, judged
and pulled in many directions.
None seemed to lead to freedom.
Until one day, we might realize,
it was always God.
Isolation can be a place where one grows into maturity
or one
shrivels up and withers away.
We choose!
Life or Death.
Even so, we might think our life has become
"Some Strange Thing."
"Beloved, think it not strange
concerning the fiery trial which is to try you,
as though
some strange thing happened unto you."
1 Peter 4: 12
"PASTURE"
"I Am the door.
If anyone enters by me,
he will be saved
and
he will go in and out
and
find pasture."
John 10: 9
Oil, Mixed Media
40" Stretched Canvas
Many shades of green. Many many layers.....
"David's Heart"
A special commission.
A painting inspired by my daughter,
Rita,
and her son,
David.
David's Heart is Rita!
Morning Song
A bit of the music of "Jesus Culture" in this painting.
Early in the morning I will cry out to Thee.
Lift up the Name of Jesus!
Acrylic Mixed Media
24" x 30" Canvas
Framed
"At Rest"
God calls us into His season of "Rest."
One way I have encountered God's Rest
is through Christian Meditation
and
the Centering Prayer.
This painting is Mixed Media.
16 x 20" Hardboard Canvas
Oracle!
"Make me hear of your love in the morning
because I rely on You.
Make me know
the way I should walk
because I entrust myself to You!"
Psalm 143: 8
Painting is acrylic, mixed media.
30" stretched canvas
