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State Protection
“State Protection” is the name of a painting that was purchased in 2018. A year ago, I had it reproduced as a giclee print (edition of 100) in the same 12″ x 12″ format. This month, a reproduction was purchased … Continue reading
Posted in biblical paintings, Christian art, Collections and Series of Work, Commissions, Government and freedom, Incarnation, Paintings and Influences, Shows and Galleries, Studio, the role of government
Tagged Art, arts, Babylon, Day of Clouds, death, God's law, history, If Anyone Has Eyes Let him See., imagination, Inspiration, logos, Painting, politics, protection by the state, Revelation, spirituality, Tower of Babel, word
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Crossing Series / Ascension Day
“Grace Bomer’s desire is to paint the good news story well. God’s extravagant grace and rescue are the subjects of her recent series called The Crossing.” These words were written about my piece called “Red Sea Crossing,” selected by Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Ascension Day, biblical painting, biblical paintings, Christian art, Commissions, Incarnation, painting oil and wax over gold leaf, red sea crossing, Shows and Galleries, Trinity in art
Tagged Art, arts, Biblical Art, biblical paintings, heaven and earth, Incarnation, Inspiration, Jesus, pilgrims, red sea, red sea crossing, spirituality, the cross, through the blood, Trinity, voyagers
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Soli Deo Gloria Studio 2018-2020
During this mandatory corona virus shut down, I am thankfully catching up on my blog posts! My last post was the commission “Taste and See” in 2018 — a busy year that extended its craziness right into 2020! God’s faithfulness … Continue reading
Posted in biblical painting, Commissions, Mid-century rehab, painting oil and wax over gold leaf, Paintings and Influences, Shows and Galleries, Studio
Tagged Art, arts, Christian art, christian commissions, Commissions, Gallery, gold leaf, Inspiration, Jesus, Mid-century rehab, painting on gold leaf, spirituality, workshops
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The Gift of Gold II — The Story of The Prodigal Son
For the patrons who purchased my The Return of the Prodigal — Happy New Year and Happy Anniversary too! As promised — a bit of explanation — thought process and working process for your new painting. If you read my previous post … Continue reading
Posted in biblical painting, Collections and Series of Work, Paintings and Influences, Shows and Galleries, Studio
Tagged appropriation, Art, arts, Biblical Art, biblical imagery, biblical paintings, Christian art, Christian artist, earthly story with a heavenly meaning, gold leaf, gold leaf paintings, Inspiration, Luke 15: 11-32, manipulating the imag, parable of the prodigal son, postmodern art, Prodigal Son, the appropriated image, the love of the Father, The Parable of the Prodigal Son, What wondrous love is this?
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The Gift of Gold – I
Last year when I was about to begin a large commission called The Fisherman, I received an email from this sweet lady who had found my studio on the River Arts District website. She wrote, My father passed away a … Continue reading
Posted in biblical painting, Paintings and Influences, Shows and Galleries, Studio
Tagged Art, biblical paintings, Christ the calling Savior, gold leaf, Jesus, religious commissioned paintings, the calling of GOd, the calling of the twelve, The Fisherman, the fishers of men, the great commission, the sending of the twelve, using gold leaf
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Cherry Bounce/The American Elections: An Invitational Exhibit at the William King Museum
Last year, guest curator Eric Drummond Smith invited me to be part of the “historical” show Cherry Bounce/ The American Elections at the William King Museum in Abingdon, VA. It was historical in subject matter–its theme the history of the American … Continue reading
Posted in Paintings and Influences, Shows and Galleries
Tagged American Elections, american politics, anti-foundational, Art, Come to Me all you who are weary, elections, encaustic, history, Incarnation, mixed media paintings, Nixon McGovern race, politics, postmodernism, Psalm 2, spiritual in art, spirituality, the battle for truth, the grand narrative, Tower of Babel, truth in politics, William King Museum, word, word of God
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Anatomy of a Painting / “The Fishermen” (2015)
Anatomy commonly relates to the dissection of an animal or plant in order to study its structure. But it is also defined as an analysis or minute examination. This is an analysis of a painting that came to be titled “The Fishermen.” My only regret: I … Continue reading
Posted in biblical painting, Paintings and Influences, Studio
Tagged anatomy of a painting, Art, arts, automatic painting, by water and blood, fishermen painting in oil and wax demonstration of oil and wax painting, God gathers his people, imagination, Inspiration, Jesus, nets of God, oil and wax painting techniques, painting techniques, Poetry, process, spirituality, the fishers of men, the world was made by water, timeless one
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Epiphany: “a showing forth” of Jesus
HAPPY NEW YEAR from SOLI DEO GLORIA STUDIO Epiphany is a Christian festival observed on January 6th. It commemorates the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi or Wise men; the Twelfth-day of the Christmas celebration which ends the last … Continue reading
Posted in biblical painting, Paintings and Influences, Studio
Tagged 40 days, 40 days of Advent, Advent, Art, biblical paintings, Christ for the world, Christ is revealed to the Gentiles, Christian art, Christmas, climax of Advent, death, drama, Epiphany, Gallery, Grace, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Christ, miracle of the water into wine, oil and wax painting, Painting, spirituality, the Bride of Christ, the first miracle, The Magi, the wedding feast at Cana, The Wise Men, water into wine, water jars
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Liquid Grace
A blog was my 2012 New Year’s resolution when I made a new website that contained a waiting blog link. My website was minimal. I needed a platform to talk about my work. Now a year later, I am hoping … Continue reading
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