As happens occasionally, I have again painted “into the future”. This art is from nearly ten years ago. I painted it in response to government tyranny, relating to injustice I was personally facing. But, when viewed in light of 2020 and continuing to this date, some will likely assume other motivations and inspirations for why I painted this art “Let my People Go”, depicting New York City’s Statue of Liberty raising a staff like Moses to part the waves.
Are the people coming or going? The ambiguous figures make their intentions of arrival or departure unclear, made even more obscure by the grainy footage of the painting session (it was filmed with my an old camcorder, before I got an HD camera). The inadvertent vintage nature suits the art.
Art, once shared, doesn’t belong to me. I follow what it feels like I should paint. Sometimes I paint when I’m upset and those emotions provide empathy to others who are facing hardships. Our troubles don’t need to be from the same issue or from the same time period to cross over into shared human experience.
When my art becomes historically timely, it’s unnerving, yet inspiring as well. We are all connected to each other and are connected to our past and future selves as well. No generation stands alone.
- The Sound of Silence, Return of the F Chord!
- “Don’t Try so Hard”
- Authenticity and Confidence when Playing Guitar
- Powerful Original Song, my Love Story
- Power, Freedom and Passion in Learning Guitar
- Playing Guitar Faster, Casting Crowns “Nobody”
- Singing and Playing with Passion
- Playing my First Electric Guitar!
- Painting on my New Electric Guitar! ROAR!
- I am a Child of God! Learning Guitar
- Learning Guitar: My Journey with Electric and Acoustic
- Letting Go while Learning Guitar
- My First Original Song! “Come to God’s Garden”
- Guitar Painting and Special Announcement
- Inspiration for Lighthouse Painting on Guitar
- Electric Guitar Painting – Lighthouse
- “Who am I”, learning to play Casting Crowns
- Painting on Electric Guitar – White Roses
- “Desperado”, learning new guitar skills
- Singing & Guitar – “Homesick”
- Come to “The Well”, Learning Guitar
- Painting on Guitar, Lion and the Lamb
- “How Great is our God” & Painting on Guitars
- Painting on a Guitar – Eagle and Wings!
- “Wind Beneath my Wings” & Painting on a Guitar
- Adventure Continues: My First Painting on a Musical Instrument, Bluebird & Flower on a Ukulele!
- “If I Could Turn Back Time”
