One of the unique aspects of painting during worship is the time limitation. Working in acrylics allows for making a fully layered painting in a short amount of time. But the (relatively) brief window of opportunity forces me to compose freely and with less deliberation or fussy detail. This painting sketch was completed in about an hour. I didn't have all the details because I didn't spend the time looking up the references to the "third heaven" in which God resides. It is described as a throne surrounded by a rainbow and Elders, sitting on a sea of glass or crystal. There's more but I couldn't remember. This also, unintentionally, resembles an eye.
Very often, it is the "unintentional" detail which most speaks to a viewer. You can call it serendipity, chance, blind luck or whatever.... I prefer to think otherwise. If I am yielded, it is quite possible my hand could be guided by a Will other than my own.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The Third Heaven
One of the unique aspects of painting during worship is the time limitation. Working in acrylics allows for making a fully layered painting in a short amount of time. But the (relatively) brief window of opportunity forces me to compose freely and with less deliberation or fussy detail. This painting sketch was completed in about an hour. I didn't have all the details because I didn't spend the time looking up the references to the "third heaven" in which God resides. It is described as a throne surrounded by a rainbow and Elders, sitting on a sea of glass or crystal. There's more but I couldn't remember. This also, unintentionally, resembles an eye.
Very often, it is the "unintentional" detail which most speaks to a viewer. You can call it serendipity, chance, blind luck or whatever.... I prefer to think otherwise. If I am yielded, it is quite possible my hand could be guided by a Will other than my own.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Welcome!
A shiny new blog needs a post! I will most likely update this infrequently as the mood strikes. For now I will just post a recent painting and explanation as soon as I can get the photo upload feature to actually work...
Ah, the problem was apparently MS Explorer. Firefox managed the upload just fine!
This idea first formed itself in a colored pencil doodle I made during one of Pastor Steve's teachings from Revelation. It's a sort of fractal-like pattern which made me think of the passage in Ezekiel about the "wheel within a wheel" and another passage about one of the heavenly creatures which was covered all over with eyes. So I call this "Eye of God".
11x14" ~ Acrylic on canvas.
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