The lonely shore,

Lion and Lamb

Faithsong: Creation exploded into being rather than mutated over millennia.That image of Aslan now softly roaring, now blasting forth as only lions can, is so much more appealing, vibrant and real than the lifeless (In every way) alternative.  That vibrant creative power of the spoken, (or rather sung) word is part of what interests and motivates me to paint. 

So what about the squiggly lines? Well it's a number of things. My uncle, Jez Kunz once made the mistake of telling me that there are no straight lines in nature... I set out to prove him wrong. Actually it is more than that, It's whimsical for sure, but it is not just a feeling, all of creation links back to, and is sustained by the "prototokos" or firstborn of all creation found in Collosians 1:15. The lines are for Him, and lead to Him. They also allow me to create added meaning in the negative spaces. Not unlike magnetic field lines point to the poles, they point to the restoration of all creation and that Eu-Awesome day when creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay. (Romans 8:21) Come Lord Jesus, come.

The Heavens declare

Moquini

Jackass

Outriggers

Gandalfs wisdom: for Zuzette de Beer

At the battle of the Pelenor fields, Gandalf's words ring true to Pip and all of us who walk the same paths.

Dimi Andro: Threads, Unseen lines and connections. the scaffold of creation. His mighty hand and his outstretched heart holding it together and drawing the threads toward himself the "Prototokos" of Col 1 :15

Ny Adala: The fool for Jemma de Beer

Walker bay twins for Mandy 

Walker bay nursery.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:

I love not Man the less, but Nature more, 

Lord Byron