Monday, January 13, 2014

under the microscope

I love the Working Artist's Initiative! We completed our first group in November and another group is about to start. It was so wonderful both for accountability and to have other creative people to talk to - for support and encouragement, and just to have someone who speaks my language. I was able to complete five paintings. God is so good, he sent me a woman of many talents, one of which is being an amazing professional photographer. Kelly Tooman took photos of my first batch of work, which I just learned how to watermark and I'm excited to share them.
This is my Under the Microscope series, all of which are loosely based on microscopic images. I became fascinated by how beautiful God's designs are at a microscopic level. These patterns were always there from the beginning, even though we weren't able to see them until relatively recently. I think He really loved making them, and then was waiting, like a proud father, for his children to unwrap and share his delight in a surprise gift that had been prepared thousands, and perhaps millions of years before.
Axons 24X48 Acrylic

Liposomes 36X36 Mixed Media

Micro Structures 2 30X36 Acrylic

Lycopodeum 24X24 Acrylic

Micro Structures 130X36 Mixed Media