not my will

This painting is about my small ideas of Gods will, the thought while painting it was that i see all these different options (the red boxes) and I try to somehow decipher which is Gods will for me, and maybe all along all the options are his will, he sees the bigger picture, that all those options in the red boxes are all his will. Together they make the shape in the middle......... Maybe? Maybe not.

Boxing day

Mirror image

Two Wolves

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.

"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Worry

This picture represents how I worry. I feel like I am constantly being reminded or trying to figure out what next. so these colors that move toward the circle in the middle represent worries about the future. There are some colors (worries) that are unable to enter that circle. I see the yellow which blocks these worries as faith. and currently my little faith is only blocking some of these worries. I imagine the more I learn to have faith that God will take care of me, that yellow will continue to enclose that circle, and stop those worries.

Love

Words

and now...

This painting came from my thoughts the day my friends Hope and Zach left. It truly was great having them here, It was refreshing but also challenging. I felt after they left that I could move in two directions. One that was looking forward to the future, which could keep me from truly being here and now. Or I could praise God for the time we had and continue to live in the now. That's a pretty simple explanantion of real conflict I still struggle with. The idea of moving in a positive direction or a negative direction. I think this painting could somehow be a guide to most of lifes situations, that when something happens to you, your faced with the "and now.."

Shadows

Experiment

God my God

THis painting was inspired by a lyric in a Manchester Orchestra song, "God my God where have you been ?" I was originally going to write those words on each of the lines, but I haven't yet, so we'll see. Anyone have an opinion?

1 + 1 = baby

I did this same painting once before with different colors, I didn't really like it, so I tried these colors. I still dont really like it. I'll probably try it again. I just really like the idea of two people (colors) coming together to make a new person who is an equal part of both people.

Colors

happiness

My original plan was to write h a p p i n e s s in one of the rows of red circles, but as I painted I decided against it. Dont look to close, because I started to run out of red paint, so the top row is pretty sketchy looking, oh well.

John 3:16

This painting came from a conversation I had with my friend Zach about a sermon his pastor once gave. We just talked about the first part of this verse that says "God so loved he gave." How Love is giving, How giving is just a natural part of Love, Love gives.

Interpretation

This was originally intended to be a gift for my friend Kevin. It is supposed to represent Interpretation of scripture, how your family, church, culture, life, and friends can change how you interpret scripture. It ended up looking a little to cheesy. My roomates said it looks like star trek.

to be continued

Actions speak louder

No thats not a nose above the lips, its that small indent below the nose.

p makes p

I bought a painting book the other day, it shows techniques and styles and what not. So this was my tree practice.

*&%

This was a gift I made for my friend Kasey. The colors are pretty girly, but I figured she would like them.

Have you felt it?

This is a story about my team here in Pine Ridge. It's kind of long but if you would like to here it just ask.

Doubt

Is inevitable

When I started this painting I was using a canvas that was already painted on. Right away I put some red in the corner and I could see what ws underneath the red. It was then that I learned of the Transparency of some paints versus others. Needless to say it bummed me out. So the Message as it reads is failure is inevitable. You cant really see the "is inevitable" but if you look hard enough you can. I was trying out some new brushes without a plan, and It just came out like this.