Art & Expression

A very old picture of mine that still moves me. It was done in the early stages of a relationship that is now fairly solid. This painting was taken  from the chapter on love from the book of Corinthians. Having spent a few years alone because of immaturity, when I found myself in this new relationship I wanted to express my deepest feelings. When I was a kid I would fall in love and use other's art as a way to express myself. I had no original ideas.  For a long time I painted no original art because I had nothing to say. Georgia O' Keefe said that," I can't live where I want to. I cant even say what I want to! I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least to paint as I wanted to." It took me a very long time to paint as I wanted to. I had to live alone for five years without a relationship to realize that I had something to say. Perhaps I couldn't say what I wanted to, because there was no one to say it to, and at the time I could not live where I wanted to for various reasons, but I could at least paint as I wanted to.   Perhaps falling back on the Bible is not an original idea, but I was in good company. William Blake used the Bible for inspiration, Rembrandt used it, as did Raphael. Each said something unique using words and images that had stirred people's hearts for thousands of years....