Our junk-God's Art

We were in Santa Cruz for Easter weekend with Sam and Julie's family and we found many things on the beach, well actually Addie was the our little paleontologist, and this is a piece that she found and may I say that it was a great find. It's a piece of metal that came from the ocean: Ohhh! Maybe it's peice from a sunken ship!

The young mind can only imagine.

This is a great example of God creating Art from something that mankind has manipulated from the original purpose that God imagined. Just being there on the beach and being reminded of how small we really are but how our small things make huge impacts. Ahhh, but the great Equalizer will step in and make it right again making it all the more true that He takes the messes of men and turns them into beautiful things.

What an awesome effect that the saltly Sea and the passing of Time has accomplished together in response to Worship our creator!

From TV to the Studio

This is an Oil Painting on Canvas 20"x16" that I painted a couple of months ago. I was bored and gave in to watching some over dramatic TV with Shari. And as I was watching "the biggest loser" I noticed a painting in the background that caught my eye. So I paused the tivo and ran back and forth from the TV to my studio and I painted this picture. This just goes to show you that watching TV is not as bad for you as one may think, you just might spot some good art! I also remember seeing good Art on "the apprentice". Not that I watch that show or have ever. I can tell you this for sure-- there is no good art hanging on The Bachelor.

The Seven Spirits of God

Today my meditation brought me to this painting that I did a couple of months ago. It is Oil paint on Wood titled "The Seven Spirits of God". Not long ago was watching this show on Ovation TV featuring Rothko and I went to my studio and painted this painting. I showed Shari and she said, "why are you tring to paint Rothko?"...I got alittle offended and cleaned my brushes. One thing I like about Rothko is his soft lines. I see the Spirits of God as Soft whispers of guidance. I finally hung this piece and Shari likes it now...Uhh? So in light of the happenings of the world around us...I look to another world within.

Here's that video I promised...
Enjoy

Empty

Well now it's just an empty brown wall. And I must say that I'm shocked and more sad than I thought I would be. This wasn't a surprise to me, I knew this would happen. They told me that they were painting over it and I was OK with it. But now I am sad because I miss it... and I didn't think I would. Yes...I know it's still there underneath the brown paint. At least now I know how I really felt about that mural...here I thought I had no feelings...

That is why I must share with you now a video that I saw on TV of an artist that did this very thing on purpose. I love watching stuff like this because it's just crazy...who gets to just sit around all day and just paint?

Robert Rauschenberg took a De Kooning painting and actually erased it and he called it - "Erased De Kooning Drawing"

So Long Good Friend

Here's a sad story... this is a mural that I painted over 10 years ago, maybe even 15...And it will soon be gone. This mural is on the Cup-A-Joe building and the new owners have decided to paint over it. I'm okay with it but still a little sad. I have painted six murals in my life time all were full size walls. This piece is 8'x16'. I know that it wasn't quite finished but I feel like it had character and I just couldn't mess with that. We'll So long!

Thinking about getting into the studio

Yes I know that I said I will be in there painting...you have to understand that there is more to it than sitting and letting it flow. I am constantly thinking about my work and I am pausing for a moment to unleash the brush with truth. There is a passage in the Bible that I read over and over. John 1 1-18 and here even God himself shares with us the beauty of this "dimentionality" that he created. Light is the ruler over darkness. Light dispells darkness. When you draw something on paper you must first shine a big powerful light on the subject then start by drawing the darkness which will reveal the light. You find your way to the light through darkness. I often meditate and hum the hymn from my childhood:

"Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee"

I imagine God "Jesus" the true Light and how when He turns there is no shadow because Light has no shadow. When Jesus sees...what does he see? I believe He does not see darkness because He being the Light dispells it. And I think and can't wait for that one day when He will put His light in me...and then I remember, Oh Yeah! He already has!