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Discussion:
Gift of Spiritual Healing
I discovered it was common to receive additional gifts with a healing.
Indeed, I began my artist life one
month after the healing. When I paint, I often have a feeling Jesus is watching me over my shoulder.
I wanted to do something to express my gratitude, so it seemed fitting to
do so with my painting.
I prayed for inspiration and got the idea to
paint
"Before" and “After” to show how I was both before, and after, my healing.
When I entered "Before" in a show, it was rejected. The juror said, "This looks
like some kind of abuse."
Well, yes, but there was more to the story. I had to tell a more
complete story and did more paintings which led me to write the words.
I do wonder how people will receive my story. (There are from
730 to 4300 religions worldwide.)
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"Before" renamed to
“Realization, Acknowledgement" |
“After” renamed to "Life" |
Discussion: Leave it Alone
I was five, I couldn't fall asleep and my mother complained
about my whining. He came to my bedside and started beating me.
The reason I remember this when there are other things I can't recall, is
that this time, I got the better of him. Every night I insisted my mother
tuck me in very tight. So every time his hand came down to
hit me, I was able to move away from his hand and I watched his hand
literally bounce off the bed. It was a game I was winning until I
saw how upset my mother was and realized that I better start screaming.
I did and he stopped. The demons in the painting were what I would
see in my imagination, because I was always so scared.
Discussion: Peace
When I was 16, I saw a beautiful photo in a magazine and saved it.
The peacefulness portrayed in the original photo captivated me. I
tried to capture the feeling in paint with "Peace Wish," "Peace 2" and
"Like the Trees." I also repeated this imagery in the top portion of "Life."
The Bible reading for Like the Trees: Psalm 1: "He is like a tree planted
by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does
not wither. Whatever he does prospers."
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Peace Wish |
Peace 2 |
Like the Trees |
Life |
The title
of this painting was from Proverbs
5:21-23 "The Lord sees
everything you do. Wherever you
go, He is watching." Also: Genesis 28:15 "Look, I am
with you and will
watch over you wherever you go"
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Wherever you go, He is watching" |
Discussion Abortion
In 1990
I was at an artist’s workshop when a conversation
about abortion was taking place. I was painting an abstract work without any
plan for a recognizable image, but when it was finished I realized
that I had created what looked like an embryo. I realized that my painting looked
like a picture of a Human Embryo at 6 ½ weeks old. (from p. 206 of WBE, Lennart
Nilsson, Life Magazine) On that day instead of joining in the
conversation, I prayed; this is what I painted:
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Fetus |
From Abstracts: Many paintings
were named from Bible phrases, found in the same way as described in "911
Series."
Stronger Than Strength is one of my favorites. Here is the
Bible Verse: 1 Corinthians 1: "For the foolishness of God is wiser
than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human
strength."
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Stronger Than Strength |
In conclusion, each painting
has a story inside the story. This is enough for now.
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