For Christmas service at our church I was asked to create a painting that showed God's light. Not an easy task, and one which caused me to do much pondering. In Revelations it is written that His face shines like the very Sun. In Genesis God spoke light into existence in four words. Moses was hidden in the cleft of a rock before he could catch a mere glimpse of God from the back. God's light can not be dulled, extinguished, or diverted. God's light is powerful, wild, joyful, and tender all at once. As I prayed about the project I realized quickly that I could not recreate God's light, so I set out to create a painting that began in darkness and moved toward God's light. See time-lapse of painting below. In life I often start haphazardly, leap before I look, step into it. It is often in those moments that I have a "Then God moment". The aha where I realize that I got ahead of God's plan once again. It is my prayer today that I would bathe in God's light and that I would walk only where that light shines.
Isaiah 60:1-3
60 “Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Gorgeous painting. And I can relate to the honesty of the "then God" moments :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Teague.
DeleteLove this painting. I wondered if I had the right video when I saw the underpainting and wondered how you got to the finished result, but I see that the process of journey is the work itself. Great stuff. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteEach painting I do is a conversation with God. This one felt like several conversations and the painting felt like 6 in 1. Yes it was a Journey. Thank you for the comment and I look forward to following your blog
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