Magenta Shield

Magenta-Shield

This was a challenge. Well, most of them are. Too much like a Christmas flower. Then the magenta emerged as a kind of protective shield. So there you have it.

More portals

Island-Portal

The latest portal.

Earthenware for the Voyage Home

Next in the portal series. Oil mixed with sand. Like the other portals, the portal inside leads you to the space where you began.

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“Aperture”

Latest painting. The cosmic theme continues. If reality is a thought burning in the mind of God, how could we describe that?

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Art on Fire: The Life and Work of Melissa Weinman

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I’ve long admired the work of Melissa Weinman, a Washington-based painter who works with images of faith. The image above is part of a series she calls “rosefire,” inspired in part by the last lines of Eliot’s Four Quartets. Image Journal is posting my article that describes her faith journey and how it has influenced her painting. More at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/goodletters/