I am posting this to invite you into a project I have been working on. What I need now is prayer as I prepare to talk with individuals, churchs, coffee shops and whatever venue comes up about placing the artwork I have been working on the last three months in. I have working on these abstract paintings for quite some time and I have finally become comfortable with what they are and what they mean to me. Art should never be seperate from humanity, humanity gives art meaning. I struggled for quite some time on what these pieces meant and why they were coming out of me. I think I am starting to grasp them. I am not sure what I am calling them, but here is there story. Process and simplicity are the keys to success I have found. First, the process starts in lowes buying the wood, handcutting the wood to size, priming the piece, coating the piece in resin, waiting…a day later, cutting the piece from the paper that it was resined to, resin, wait, cut, COLOR!!!, another resin layer and finally another cutting from the paper. Every piece gets its own supplies, I start anew on each one. The addition of the colors is the moment in time that makes or breaks the piece, up till and after that, each piece is the same, it usually takes less than a minute to apply the colors, but it is by far my favorite moment, the process is done for that moment when the colors roll together under my stick. It is worth the time, the effort, the process for that moment when it comes together. I translate this into my own life and all the process’s I go through in hopes of those few moments that make them all the worthwhile. Jesus’ life was a process for his moment on the cross, Jacob had his process with his brother before he finally had his moment when he wrestled with God. The seasons of the soul are many, and they include the bitterness of winter and the abundance of summer, And how many process’ have we, the world races been, going through, going be going through lately? God is preparing us for our moment, and it will be beautiful my friends I promise. I am constantly reminded through these pieces that the process is sometimes long and tedious, but I know that moment is coming when I will have my moment again.
The second part of this and I promise it won’t be as long, cause its simple. Its simplicity… These pieces are so very simple, I only let the colors the oppurtunity to create beauty in themselves. Thier are nearly 300 pieces done to get to this one, for me to realize I couldn’t control the resin and the colors. It wasn’t in me. I had to let go of my hand to allow other forces to intercede, but I also had to provide them the platform for doing so. I see no better anology of this then giving into the spirit and letting him use our hands and feet and minds and very souls to create beauty in a world of dullness. We are living art.
