You've made a holy fool of me

2010-03-21T09:50:00.001-07:00

To anyone who follows this blog I'm now going to post my paintings on my other blog at
jakeladd.blogspot.com
so PEACE!

not my will

2009-06-23T21:09:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-23T21:07:00.000-07:00

Mirror image

2009-06-23T21:06:00.000-07:00

Two Wolves

2009-06-04T16:31:00.001-07:00

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

2009-04-11T11:25:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-11T11:14:00.000-07:00

Words

2009-04-11T11:02:00.000-07:00

and now...

2009-03-16T10:38:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

Experiment

2009-03-16T10:08:00.000-07:00

God my God

2009-03-16T09:58:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-16T09:40:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-16T09:28:00.000-07:00

happiness

2009-01-26T13:12:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-26T13:04:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-26T12:57:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-26T12:56:00.000-08:00

Actions speak louder

2009-01-26T12:52:00.000-08:00

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

p makes p

2009-01-20T15:03:00.000-08:00

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

*&%

2009-01-20T14:53:00.000-08:00

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?

2009-01-16T15:22:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-16T15:20:00.001-08:00

Is inevitable

2009-01-16T15:15:00.000-08:00

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.

70's

2008-12-08T12:21:00.000-08:00

This painting was made watching that 70's show. It was suppose to have a feeling of 70's decor (Lay off I'm not a graphic designer) Lizzies mom made a rug in high school of trees and a sun (which was why I used trees and a sun) I don't know if it was made in the 70's but I liked the way it looked. So, thanks Chris!

Silly Christians

2008-12-08T12:09:00.001-08:00

There is a sign as you travel into Pine Ridge village that reads "Prepare to meet thy God" It has always bugged me. My roommate Allisa informed me that this sign is pretty tame compared to some of the nonsense "Christians" place on there signs, but for some reason this sign drives me nuts. It is an old sign, I can tell because the letters are peeling away, which makes me think that this was the message being brought to Pine Ridge all those years ago. Prepare to meet thy God. It feels to much like a scare tactic to me and doesn't tell anything about the incredible love that God shows us, and that we should be showing to others. If scaring people into heaven is what it's all about. If tracts are a"witnessing tool", If its really all about souls, then why does Jesus preach about how we should be living here and now?

"How hard is it going to be to love our neighbors in heaven?" - Shane Claiborne

Luke 9:58

2008-12-01T12:17:00.000-08:00

My favorite painting I have done so far. Yes, I did show Jesus in jeans and dreadlocks, couldn't really tell you why.

Flower

2008-12-01T12:14:00.000-08:00

When I told my friend Kevin I started painting he asked me if I ever do anything abstract. I really am not even sure what defines abstract but this was my first shot at it. I turned on some music (Sigur Ros) and just went to work.

Tree?

2008-12-01T12:11:00.000-08:00

I had been using the same small canvas over and over, but then I painted a picture that I sent to a friend, and I wasn't ready to try on the big canvas again so I tried a record out as a canvas. It worked fine. This was my first shot on landscape - I guess.

Museum

2008-12-01T12:07:00.000-08:00

This was the biggest canvas I have used so far so it was a little intimidating. It's pretty simple but I was just thinking alot about love and hate and how sometimes we act out of love externally but inside it's done with wrong intentions. Don't ask me how this painting shows that but it was just my thoughts during the process.

Condemned

2008-12-01T12:04:00.000-08:00

This was just a small thought on human value and beauty. From the looks of the picture of the painting a debate could be made at what I am worse at, taking pictures or painting pictures?

Take 2

2008-12-01T12:00:00.000-08:00

This was the second painting, my first one was very similiar but I never took a picture of it. This painting was inspired by a mewithoutYou song that has the lyric "we pray with fingers crossed but You listen patiently anyway"