Inspiring and Uplifting Art: a gift of grace [Archive] - The Project Avalon Community Forum

Bill Ryan

16th October 2019, 12:49

Click this link to see this young girl's artwork, and prepare to be astonished. "God is her art teacher", she says.

:sun:

https://akiane.com

Here's Akiane's story. :flower:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm9BGxpf0hU
Akiane painted this portrait, which she called The Prince of Peace, when she was 8 (eight) years old.

The painting was stolen, and all she has is a large photograph. Years later, she recreated a slightly different version of it.

She describes how, as a little girl, she prayed the whole day before she painted it, to receive the inspiration for the image. This actually arrived in the form of an unexpected visitor to the doorstep, who had the same striking features.

She explains that the painting reflects her personal recurrent memories of Jesus. When asked (frequently!) how on earth she did this when she was so young, she admits she has absolutely no idea. She just "did it".

http://projectavalon.net/Akiane_and_The_Prince_of_Peace_sm.jpg
(Larger image: http://projectavalon.net/Akiane_and_The_Prince_of_Peace.jpg)

And here's Akiane, back when she painted this.

http://projectavalon.net/Akiane_and_The_Prince_of_Peace_(aged_8).jpg

Cara

19th October 2019, 05:13

A couple of years ago, I visited the city of Ravenna, Italy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna). It served, for a time, as the capital of the Roman empire and is full of the most wonderful mosaics.

Many of the ancient buildings have their ceilings and walls adorned with light-filled and luminous mosaic “paintings”. The effect is a little like being inside of a kaleidoscope (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope).

Here are two lovely examples of these extraordinary mosaics.

Byzantine ceiling mosaic representing the night sky, 5th century CE. Galla Placidia Mausoleum, Ravenna, Italy:
https://www.irequireart.com/i/artwork/800-image-1600-1600-fit.jpg

Byzantine ceiling mosaic (detail), 6th century CE. Archiepiscopal Chapel (Archbishop's Chapel), Ravenna, Italy:
https://www.irequireart.com/i/artwork/802-image-1600-1600-fit.jpg

Valerie Villars

19th October 2019, 13:36

Thank you Cara. I have an especial love of mosaics and woven textiles. They are awe inspiring and true works of art. :)

jaybird88

20th October 2019, 01:32

i always liked the works of Jacques-Louis David.

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Forest Denizen

20th October 2019, 02:38

A work by one of my favorite painters (I have many), Martin Johnson Heade. He painted this in 1871 during one of his journeys in the American tropics. Titled "Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds," It is now in the National Gallery of Art.

"Lichen covers dead branches; moss drips from trees; and, a blue-gray mist veils the distant jungle. An opulent pink orchid with light-green stems and pods dominates the left foreground." On the right, two green-and-pink Brazilian Amethysts hover about a nest while a red-tailed Sappho Comet perches nearby.

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Click on the image to enlarge, and then click it again to enlarge even more!

Franny

20th October 2019, 04:13

I know, Maxfield Parrish, but I've always enjoyed his art. I can feel myself in the worlds these paintings create.

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Cara

25th October 2019, 06:49

The Minoans were a Bronze Age civilisation settled on Crete and other Aegean islands. They created “massive building complexes, tools, stunning artwork, writing systems, and a massive network of trade.” (Wikipedia (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization))

Their palaces and buildings were decorated by richly coloured and graceful frescoes.

I first read about their art in “Sociology, Religion and Grace”, by sociologist Arpad Szakolczai, who characterises their culture in this way:

This Minoan component emphasised the beauty of the world and radiant grace as the central value both in keeping society together and in channelling human energies into an uplifting direction, opposed to the descent into the unconscious forces of violence, greed and lust, combined with the rule of ice-cold rationality and a mentality of geometric legalism.

And here are some of the Minoan frescoes:

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https://arsartisticadventureofmankind.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/241.jpg

More frescoes, with some commentary here: http://antiquatedantiquarian.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-minoans-frescoes.html

conk

25th October 2019, 16:15

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The wonderful Dr. David Hawkins on how beautiful things enhance our life. Art, music, nature...

Cara

4th November 2019, 17:47

Bernini was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque era. His sculptures capture movement and myth, transformation and expression.

Here is a short video about Apollo and Daphne, with a commentary explaining the myth and its expression by Bernini:
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The Moss Trooper

4th November 2019, 18:23

I spent a bit of time with this artist and helped-out in her studio for a while........ Here I am in action!

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Her artworks have 3d elements and are then encased in resin.

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https://www.kerrydarlington.co.uk

Regards.

Alecs

5th November 2019, 00:11

Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright

This video of the architecture is a bit dated but provides some interesting insight. The house dates back to 1935/1936!

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Cara

6th November 2019, 05:28

Since he is quoted in the opening post, it seems appropriate to include him here.....

There is currently an exhibition of some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci (and his school) at the Louvre in Paris. It is timed to coincide with the 500th anniversary of his death.

Here’s a brief video tour of the exhibition:
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Anka

25th July 2020, 02:31

Walter Moras (1856-1925) ✽ German painter

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Zirconian

25th July 2020, 10:41

Cara,
Thank you for this thread.
This morning I have gone from soul gardening to being inspired & uplifted by art.
All the posts fulfilled the titles
Akiane is a gift of Grace.

East Sun

25th July 2020, 23:10

Anka,

Those paintings are incredibly beyond words.

He must have been successful for his art to have lasted
for so long.
ES

Eva2

26th July 2020, 01:17

Couldn't upload picture so want to delete this post but not sure how to do it

Zirconian

26th July 2020, 11:01

I've been having difficulty uploading posts too!

Anka

26th July 2020, 12:21

Anka,

Those paintings are incredibly beyond words.

He must have been successful for his art to have lasted
for so long.
ES

Wow ES, thank you for your gentleness and appreciation of art !!:flower:

Indeed, art is a fantastic place of beauty in which we can all meet.
I studied art history a little and it seemed like it was always better to be a visitor than an artist, because I understood the life experience of artists embroidered in their art vision, but I painted a few years in my youth.
Are you an artist too, ES? You must be, if you appreciate art so much.
Your heart is right when it speaks through the signature of your avatar, indeed, what would art be without consulting us with the unknown and what would be the inspiration if the unknown did not let us develop it?
... we are truly a symbol in questions that represent us in what we show in the world, and we will always have something to learn.

The idea of art completes our joy for people for so long that it is good sometimes to remember how long art can last in the world, it cannot be stopped, it can only be transposed and transformed, and it has always offered, never she took, practically as we appreciate her beauty, she smiles at us as well.

When we look at a picture especially in the vision that precedes our time histories, we would like to approach it as if to see the details in all their beauty but at the same time as if we wanted to include the big picture, and not infrequently, we realize that indeed the shadows highlight the light and the colors define the reality in a flow of shades combined in the simulated vision of art and experience of the painter ...
I forgot to say "good morning to you, in my morning" on earth!:flower:...in my language the answer to this would be: "Good be your heart!"
..what beautiful isn't it? It's as if we are in two different worlds on the same planet..one sleeps while the other is awake and vice versa ...,
The sun lives in us all my dear friend Es!:heart:

I have many favorite artists, I would be happy, someday to meet all of us, and to paint together the avatar of a new beginning softer, brighter and more full of love, it would be beautiful ...

Thanks also for this thread, where you can pass on the relay in the future, for other people, a relay in our vision of beauty .. because beauty restores love between people, we need love just like art.

I wish you all the best and have a lot of joy in the sunniest hemisphere of your inner beauty!:sun:

The oldest art is also tradition, and pottery is also an extremely old tradition that I can call art, especially when it respects cosmic symbols in the development of good. I like it a lot, and I like the idea of processing the clay at our fingertips and care. Has anyone tried it?

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https://i.postimg.cc/xdXLrFwJ/download-4.jpg

Likewise, the manual weaving of carpets and traditional decorations requires a lot of patience and hope for every millimeter of art dedicated to itself.

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I like stained glass, in the perspective of looking at light through color, but especially in the iconographic fractal arrangement of glass in fractions as if of consciousness in full awakening, in full innocence of color in the ideal of life, a true creation.
The Sainte-Chapelle Paris

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The Endless Column, made by Constantin Brancusi in Targu Jiu, Romania, it is a wooden sculpture and symbolizes the Infinite Sacrifice of Romanian soldiers and it is considered the top point of the modern Art. The column was installed in a park just outside the city, in an open space that gives the impression of exploding from the earth like a trunk that is attracted to the sky.
I see the column also as a living spectrum of sacred genomic transcendence, a portal to what the universe might mean to each individual, a blueprint in full revolution.

https://i.postimg.cc/zGtTc1cY/Presentation1.jpg

I see art in us humans, I see art in Nature, only a personalization with art itself gives us a clear perspective on life and that is all beauty.

Greetings to all art lovers!

Love,
Anca

Bill Ryan

26th July 2020, 12:40

Couldn't upload picture so want to delete this post but not sure how to do it

I've been having difficulty uploading posts too!

If there seem to be any embedding problems, do please send any images to me by email (bill@projectavalon.net), and I'll happily embed them for you in your posts.

:thumbsup:

EFO

26th July 2020, 13:35

The Endless Column, made by Constantin Brancusi in Targu Jiu, Romania, it is a wooden sculpture and symbolizes the Infinite Sacrifice of Romanian soldiers and it is considered the top point of the modern Art. The column was installed in a park just outside the city, in an open space that gives the impression of exploding from the earth like a trunk that is attracted to the sky.
I see the column also as a living spectrum of sacred genomic transcendence, a portal to what the universe might mean to each individual, a blueprint in full revolution.

https://i.postimg.cc/zGtTc1cY/Presentation1.jpg

I see art in us humans, I see art in Nature, only a personalization with art itself gives us a clear perspective on life and that is all beauty.

Greetings to all art lovers!

Love,
Anca

That is the official symbolism;the unofficial and what Brancusi represented was what today is known as DNA,but in his times he consider it an endless spiral which bond the Earth with Universe. Sort of:
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EDIT
Brancusi as Hasdeu in writing was highly esoteric in his sculptures.

Zirconian

27th July 2020, 19:39

Years ago, I watched my friend painting a landscape with the most vivid colours. So much so, the landscape looked like a fantasy.

My friend showed me the artist behind the inspiration. I think he was Canadian and drew landscapes from Western Canada. His pictures stayed with me for a long while.

A few years ago I had an insight into a possible new world, the colours were bright and vivid, not unlike the Canadian artist's landscapes.

I've tried searching for him on the web, to share with you, with no success, though I did manage to find an artist that paints a little like him but not so vivid.

However, his artwork does capture how I feel about Canada and it's landscapes.

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Eva2

28th July 2020, 21:38

Bill, thank you for your help and introducing me to the artist's name - Lorenzo Veneziano. Really like all the rich gold textures in this painting.

http://projectavalon.net/Lion_Polyptych_by_Lorenzo_Veneziano.jpg

Anka

30th July 2020, 19:42

"'In New Age, the mandala is a diagram, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a time-microcosm of the universe, but it originally meant to represent wholeness and a model for the organizational structure of life itself, a cosmic diagram that shows the relation to the infinite and the world that extends beyond and within minds and bodies.'"

Nature is the Art Store – Nature Mandala(4:17)

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“Butterflies are self propelled flowers.”― Robert A. Heinlein

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C. G. Jung :"A useful image to help us conceptualize the thread of personal unfoldment is the mandala. By mandala I mean a field with a midpoint, such as a sphere with a center. The field is the totality of your experience – your thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, actions; it is the totality of your life at each moment.The center is where Being's dynamism touches your field, touches your mandala. This is where the transformation of experience begins, which then ripples through the whole field."

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"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold." — Leo Tolstoy

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Anka

1st August 2020, 23:36

Flowers in Art-Martin Johnson Heade ( 1819- 1904)

The most that I like: "Thunderstorm on Narragansett Bay"

https://uploads2.wikiart.org/images/martin-johnson-heade/thunderstorm-on-narragansett-bay-1868.jpg!Large.jpg

"Magnolias on a blue velvet cloth "-Oil on canvas, Height: 38.4 cm (15.1 in); Width: 61.5 cm (24.2 in)

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"Passion Flowers and Hummingbirds" - Oil on canvas, 39.37 x 54.93 cm (15 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

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and,

"The Merry Cemetery" in the village of Săpânța, Maramureş county, Romania. It is famous for its colourful wood tombstones with naive paintings describing, in an original, comic and poetic manner, the people who are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum.

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The unusual feature of this cemetery is that it diverges from the prevalent belief, culturally shared within European societies – a belief that views death as something indelibly solemn. Connections with the local Dacian culture have been made, a culture whose philosophical tenets presumably vouched for the immortality of the soul and the belief that death was a moment filled with joy and anticipation for a better life (see also Zalmoxianism).

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A collection of the epitaphs from the Merry Cemetery exist in a photography book titled The Merry Cemetery of Sapanta by Peter Kayafas.

The artist Ioan Stan Patras, a simple man and a sculptor of wooden crosses, understood that death is part of life. This made him stop looking at death with the rigidity we are used to.
It is assumed that the cheerful attitude towards death was a habit of the Dacians. They believed in eternal life, death being for them only a passage to another world. They did not see death as a tragic end but as a chance to meet the god Zamolxe.

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In many areas of Romania, according to traditional tradition, the separation from the dead is done by good will. The vigil is considered to be the last party attended by both the dead and those left behind. Looking at things from this perspective, Ioan Stan Patras tried to transpose in his works, the essence of the deceased's life, in a happier way, which would make man look at death more easily.

For me it is an art of life, a masterpiece of the comfort of having the patience to acquire wisdom.

This song was performed at the Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest.

The song is about an old man named "Ilie Patrunjel"( just as a symbol name), optimistic and wise, proud of his simple life in joy, play and dance, as it was, just life...
He talks about his journey around the world and wishes the warmest good wishes and advice to "play life" with joy and songs and wishes all people on the planet to reach the age of 96 (just like his age):heart:

Voices from the Merry Cemetery, 6, Ilie Persil(2:08)

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As I wish all people, peace and health and the happiest and most fulfilled life!

Anca :heart:

Anka

3rd August 2020, 22:13

'Street art is unofficial and independent visual art created in public locations for public visibility. Street art is associated with the terms independent art, post-graffiti, neo-graffiti, and guerrilla art."

It may not be art, but it is a creation somewhere in the middle between the perspective of light and shadows :)
The perfect angle always makes all the difference in any inspiration.

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Creative Street Art From Around The World(13:20)
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EFO

15th August 2020, 05:48

Beautiful Paintings + Beautiful Classical Music
(3:17:36 hrs.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XdHP_fQoB0

01. Pachelbel - Canon in D Major
02. Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz
03. Bach ~ Brandenburg Concerto No. 4-1 BWV 1049
04. Mozart ~ A Little Night Music / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
05. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers
06. Handel ~ Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus)
07. Edvard Grieg ~ Morning Mood
08. Bach - Prelude in C major
09. Bizet - Habanera
10. Beethoven - Fur Elise
11. Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1
12. Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 2
13. Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 3
14. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
15. Amazing Grace
16. Chopin - The Funeral March
17. Chopin - Prelude in E Minor (Op. 28 No. 4)
18. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
19. Rossini - William Tell Overture
20. Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream
21. Tchaikovsky - Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies
22. Offenbach - Can Can
23. Camille Saint Saëns - Danse Macabre
24. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor
25. Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King
26. Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
27. Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
28. Bizet - Les Toreadors from Carmen
29. Beethoven - Egmont Overture
30. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
31. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy

Zirconian

22nd August 2020, 20:31

Akiane, a gift of grace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvJKC-YDSA

For many months I was looking forward to today!
Here's why...

Anka

6th September 2020, 23:32

Synesthesia in art

"The phrase synesthesia in art has historically referred to a wide variety of artists' experiments that have explored the co-operation of the senses (e.g. seeing and hearing; the word synesthesia is from the Ancient Greek "together," and (aisthēsis) "sensation") in the genres of visual music, music visualization, audiovisual art..."

What do you do when life chooses you?

You are in front of a painting and you try to understand the artist's vocation even in the colors of the painting. Do you think that you need color, synthesis, protection or you are just an observer?
You can see in the colors of the painting, the state of the artist, you can even see in retouches that swing in the molecules of creation.

Something inside always tells a story and beauty can reveal it.
Performance is the art of being alive, there is no more vivid proof of this than the beauty around us.
You don't have to understand, capture or simulate freedom in one
art analysis, expression lies in the freedom to just, simply understand, and that can be, maybe, love.

I just love these paintings :heart: A golden blue sound of color will always inspire me to write.
On an artistic level, I've tried this, and even the meanings come together.
I drew the poems of others and I composed poems after the inspiration of music. Somewhere in the middle, I think that the artistic natures must be understood.:heart:

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The Artist Who Paints What She Hears(2:43)

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Eva2

8th September 2020, 16:45

Really like Harri Aalto's art - it has a sort of dreamy, esoteric quality and I’m personally drawn to and feel inspired by his work.

The first painting is entitled The Layers of Consciousness, the second First Frost, the third Ocean of Consciousness, the fourth Observations of Reality.

http://projectavalon.net/Jill_images/The_Layers_of_Consciousness.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/Jill_images/First_Frost.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/Jill_images/Ocean_of_Consciousness.jpg

http://projectavalon.net/Jill_images/Observations_of_Reality.jpg

Zirconian

3rd October 2020, 12:56

Universal Connection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qIc2rGWINo

Infinite light potentials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqjGLFNmorg

Anka

26th October 2020, 00:31

This artist uses hundreds of marker pens to create swirling skies, dense forests, and winding pathways. Any empty space is turned into a magical wonderland. Step into the magnificent work of Oscar Oiwa Studio, NY.

http://www.oscaroiwastudio.com/oscar_website/drawingseries/big_drawing/jhouse.jpg

http://www.oscaroiwastudio.com/oscar_website/drawingseries/big_drawing/cadillach.jpg

Fully Immersive Installation Art by Oscar Oiwa(3:17)

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Anka

26th October 2020, 22:23

Simon Berger is an artist who works with a hammer and glass. He has figured out a way to crack the glass so precisely that it creates an image of a face. It’s a delicate process that has taken him three years of trial and error to get right. Sometimes it takes him one try, but other times it can take him five. And an expensive series of mishaps could cost hundreds of Swiss francs. One wrong hit, and he’ll have to start all over again.

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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Anton Chekhov

Artist Makes Portraits On Glass With Just A Hammer 4:48

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Bill Ryan

26th October 2020, 23:23

This has to be here, I think: an astonishing exhibition of sand painting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cri7aQHRT7k

Anka

6th November 2020, 18:58

There is no need for words because sometimes they are just colors :heart:

Leonid Afremov: One of the Most Colorful Painters Ever

Belarusian painter Leonid Afremov is one of the most colorful painters, his skill with a palette knife and oil paint creates vivid scenes and city escape's full of bright colors and watery reflections. His thick strokes are almost mosaic in nature, but the result is not without detail where the colors merge.

http://funguerilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/leonid-afremov041.jpg

“A poet is someone who can use a single image to send a universal message.” Andrei Tarkovsky

http://funguerilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/leonid-afremov091.jpg

“If you look for a meaning, you’ll miss everything that happens.” -Andrei Tarkovsky

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“Masterpieces, not always distinguished or distinguishable among all the works with pretensions to genius, are scattered about the world like warning notices in a mine field.” Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time

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Sue (Ayt)

14th November 2020, 01:58

Turning Walls into Art
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Lunesoleil

14th November 2020, 06:58

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The Kiss, 1908 Gustav Klimt
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt

❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💖 💜

onawah

14th November 2020, 08:22

I have a modest talent for creating mixed media collages.
I would have loved to have gone to art school, but as fate would have it, I was disabled when in my 20s by a hit and run driver and have had to live on a small disability income ever since.
I wanted to surround myself with beautiful art, though I couldn't afford to buy expensive prints.
But I found a solution.
I began collecting second hand calendars, greeting cards and magazines from various sources, cut out images of favorite artists works and photographs I liked and put them together into collages, adding bits of lace, beads, glitter, etc.
There are some examples of my work on 5 pages of this website, 19 collages in all. http://www.spiritualwomen.org/collective1.php
(Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on each collage to enlarge it. The photos are a bit blurry, but you can get an idea.
The spiritual sisters who own this website, and whose retreats I have attended, gave me the spiritual name of "Nandini", so I use that name on the display pages.)
There are laws about using other artists' and photographers' work in collages, although some of them have "gray areas".
Basically, it is illegal to market such work unless the collage artist has permission from the artists and photographers whose work is used.
I never tried to do that, though I have made prints and cards and given them as gifts to friends and acquaintances, and once I taught a 2 day collage workshop at one of the spiritual retreats that was great fun.
I always use uplifting and inspiring images, and the process of making the collages puts me in a very peaceful, timeless, altered state.
I have the originals all over my walls, and it really helps to create a sacred space for me in my home.
You don't need a lot of talent, just enough space to work in and patience.
It's an inexpensive and easy hobby, accessible to most, and a wonderful way to pass the time.

Zirconian

15th November 2020, 00:03

George Bumann talks about his personal unification of art and science through wildlife sculpture, and finding the meaning in his life, while sculpting onstage.

George Bumann, a professional sculptor working in and around Yellowstone National Park, takes an unconventional approach to his art. Though reared in his mother’s New York sculpture studio, he initially turned his back to the arts to pursue a parallel passion–ecology. Later, living in the fabled Lamar Valley of Yellowstone, he was overcome by the depth of experiences that words could not convey. An effort to communicate the indescribable brought him back to the early lessons of the studio. The tug between art and science, in the end, led him on a very personal journey to unify his two worlds. Through his art, George chases the awe and the mystery of wild places and wild beings in pursuit of a deeper sense of what they mean to us, and more importantly what they reveal about us. When not working in his Montana studio, he may be found modeling clay beside a herd of bison, hiking primordial pathways, or scrambling up a tree to avoid an ornery moose.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdRS4ElPgEg

Zirconian

22nd November 2020, 17:19

Spray paint art by Robert Stevens painting green forest and a stream flowing through purple foliage. Spray Painting Nature and landscapes
Music mixed through garage band app with presets given royalty free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcvWvi3C7d0

Zirconian

22nd November 2020, 17:25

My favourites

The beauty, grace and inspiration that is Akiane. :heart:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yhWBn3GnaQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4if1SoufbE

Eva2

23rd November 2020, 06:56

I think Rosa Bonheur has produced some of the best and most memorable animal paintings. Her most famous, of course, is The Horse Fair:
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Anka

31st December 2020, 12:26

Ivan Aivazovsky

Storm over the Black Sea
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The Ninth Wave
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The Azure Grotto, Naples
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Artist uses his bare hands to create hypnotizing patterns on wet clay.

Russian artist Mikhail Sadovnikov Art (5:24)
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Zirconian

2nd January 2021, 17:27

Nature Art Makes Us Happier and Healthier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gssRbdKuK8

Nature Art nurtures the whole being - body, mind, heart and spirit - bringing harmony and balance back into our lives which ultimately makes us happier and healthier. Feeling overwhelmed, a little stressed, disconnected from the Natural World? Why not try Nature Art.

Anka

17th January 2021, 20:36

"A thread to share beautiful, inspiring, and uplifting art.:heart:"

Oleg Shuplyak: "The Master of Faces "
Oleg Shupliak, a student of architecture, was born in the Ukraine on September 23, 1967. He enrolled at the Lviv Polytechnic Institute to study architecture, which was secondary to his first love—painting.

It was at the institute where he learned to compose pictures and articulately position images inside it. In his free time, he began to create oil paintings, drawing famous faces inside it. His unique approach branded him as one of the most accomplished and famous illusionists of our time.
Enjoy:)

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Anka

26th January 2021, 07:32

World’s most inaccessible art publicized in the heart of the Colombian jungle

Prehistoric paintings on vertical rock faces in an Amazonian wilderness in Colombia were recently photographed and filmed for western eyes, with commentary from Dalya Alberge (Guardian) and Mark Plotkin (Amazon Conservation Team). The pretense of this British filmmaker as the “discoverer” of the paintings is of course ludicrous. The once populous Karijona Tribe most likely painted these masterpieces, and continue to live uncontacted in the vast rainforest, and anthropologists and explorers have studied the region for hundreds of years.

https://humansarefree.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Spectacular-Ice-Age-Rock-Paintings-Found-in-Colombian-Rainforest-01.jpg

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"No one has inhabited these sites for many, many years. The Amazonian Picassos who painted these masterpieces are believed to have been members of the Karijona tribe, a once fierce and populous group. A Spanish soldier who visited the region in the 1790s estimated a population of about 15,000 Karijonas. Introduced diseases in the 19th century decreased the numbers of Karijonas to around 10,000. The turn of the 20th century brought the evils of the rubber boom when groups like the infamous Casa Arana killed, enslaved and mutilated thousands of Karijonas and other neighboring tribes. According to Franco, who consults with the Amazon Conservation Team, by 1920 the Karijonas had dwindled to around 1,000, and today — sadly — only 60 remain."
https://www.wilderutopia.com/international/colombia-stunning-indigenous-rock-art-from-amazonia/

Anka

27th January 2021, 23:55

Still art, 612 slices of bread toasted blond, brown, or burned to create shadows and highlights.

https://www.rankings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/art9.jpg

Dirty Car Windows, far more creative than “Wash Me”:)

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Sugar: Muniz’s wet fingertip can take credit for the shading you see here. The sugar is not adhered to the paper, so photographs were taken of the art from an overhead mounted camera.

https://www.rankings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/art7.jpg

Junk: Freeman brings new meaning to the term “second use” with his junk drawer art worthy of hanging above a mantle.

https://www.rankings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/art6-1.jpg

Guns and Bullets

https://www.rankings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/art4-1.jpg

Push Pins: These pieces are created using tens of thousands of push pins in only five colors: blue, red, yellow, white, and black. Daigh won third place at Art Prize in 2010 for his work.

https://www.rankings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/art3-1.jpg

And the last one... maybe I'm too old for that, maybe not at all gracefully inspiring, but I'll draw the picture in the air while posting, maybe "you can see"...:)

“This world is not visible, but it is real, perhaps more real than the world of matter, and it is also for sale.” One recently sold for $10,000.
The painting is called "Absolutely Nothing" and should be placed somewhere below this text :)...because it doesn't even have a frame;oh and it seems that the number of "artists" for this current is worryingly growing.

Anka

31st January 2021, 04:57

Jason deCaires Taylor is a British sculptor and creator of the world's first underwater sculpture park and underwater museum. He is best known for installing site-specific underwater sculptures which develop into artificial coral reefs.

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Jason deCaires Taylor, From the water we drink(3:03)

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onawah

31st January 2021, 07:03

I recently read the 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
Review here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goldfinch_(novel)
...and then watched the movie, which is quite good, though it was a difficult fit, as the novel is very long.

The most lasting impression for me, though, is of the real life painting of the captive goldfinch, which has affected me like no other painting ever has, and I never thought could.
It makes me feel unbearably sad, and I really can't look at it for more than a few seconds without grief welling up in my heart.:(
There is so much expression in the poor captive creature's eyes! It haunts me...
The actual story of the painting itself is fascinating, and the way it is woven into the novel is very well done, though not entirely factual.
I'm glad this exquisite little painting, whose creator was so very before his time, is getting so much attention now.
I just wish that poor little bird could have flown away!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Fabritius-vink.jpg/800px-Fabritius-vink.jpg

The painting is one of the few surviving works by Rembrandt's most promising pupil, Carel Fabritius (almost all of Fabritius's works were destroyed in the Delft explosion of 1654, in which the artist himself was killed).Signed and dated 1654, it is now in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands.

" Its exhibition at the Frick Collection in New York last year drew almost a quarter of a million people. Davis quotes an art dealer speculating that the painting may be worth $300 million: 'When considered by the square inch, ‘The Goldfinch’ might be one of the most valuable paintings in the world.' " https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/07/14/the-goldfinch-in-print-and-paint/

Eva2

2nd February 2021, 22:32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8dM2B_lPxA

Matthew

2nd February 2021, 23:45

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My Gift
Picture by Emerson Tung
https://emersontung.com/

This was Tung's entry for a category called The Beautiful Romance Between a Girl and Her Robot Companion. I first saw this picture on a youtube video for DJ Fresh, Talkbox. The image was a still background while the music played. Something about the innocents and poverty, and sheer love and joy. The robot unable to express facial emotion, but abundant affection both ways. I felt compelled to find out who created it, and then sent Emerson an email saying how much I loved this picture. Emerson replied saying they appreciated it.

Here are the other entries to the category (The Beautiful Romance Between a Girl and Her Robot Companion (https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-beautiful-romance-between-a-girl-and-her-robot-comp-5806146))... they're great but it's Emerson Tung's "My Gift" that pulls me. Love this picture so much

Zirconian

20th February 2021, 13:52

This women is very inspiring...

How I make paint of earth pigments | Painting tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUBLHwBDBeU

A very common question that I've got lately is about my painting technique and how I make paint out of natural materials like stones, sand, ashes, charcoal, mud etc.
So in this video I wanted to open up the door into my little painting world and show you step by step how I make my own paint with these natural materials.

Painting is one of my biggest passions in life, and since I started making my very own paints from pigments in nature I really felt how something "clicked" and I really found something that felt completely right in my heart. The first week I started experimenting with making my own paint I just couldn't stop paint. I locked myself into the studio and felt spellbound by these beautiful colors and textures from nature.
And I keep learning and exploring every time I paint, and keep experimenting with different materials from nature.

I really hope I could give you all some inspiration and some answers to all your questions about my painting technique! :)

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING! ♥

Anka

27th March 2021, 20:45

A Story of Art and Tradition

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Throughout time, painting Easter eggs became an art of its own in Romania’s villages, the painter’s role being initially reserved only for women. While painting eggs is even today a skill of very few master as the process is long and meticulous, some Romanian artisans have transformed these hollowed-out eggs into unique works of art, exhibited all around the world.

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The lines used in the painting process bear their own meaning, if the straight vertical line means life, the horizontal one means death. The double straight line and the spiral symbolize eternity while the curved line means water and purification.

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Colorful Easter eggs have an even longer history, apparently beginning 60,000 years ago in Africa, where ostrich eggs were offered to celebrate the arrival of spring. In the Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Cretan cultures, eggs were associated with death and birth, with the latent life inside the sleeping egg, but also with royalty.

Ostrich eggs were used to decorate and give to kings. Gold and silver eggs were laid in royal tombs 5,000 years ago, symbolizing rebirth.
Anyway, it's a wonderful gift or souvenir, at least for me.I also like those with beads, a work that also requires grace and meditation :sun:

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I enjoy the Easter holidays, for the joy of the children, for the colorful eggs and decorations and the coming of spring and the story of the bunny gifts for the children, for quality food, homemade sweet wine, goodwill to be in a good mood and confidence in hope for a better future, in a word, man's art of living beautifully:)

Cheers,
Anca

Zirconian

3rd April 2021, 18:48

These pictures just uplift and inspire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWcebVXNrDw

Andy Goldsworthy, OBE (born 26 July 1956) is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland.

The materials used in Andy Goldsworthy's art often include brightly coloured flowers, icicles, leaves, mud, pinecones, snow, stone, twigs, and thorns. He has been quoted as saying, "I think it's incredibly brave to be working with flowers and leaves and petals. But I have to: I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole." Goldsworthy is generally considered the founder of modern rock balancing. For his ephemeral works, Goldsworthy often uses only his bare hands, teeth, and found tools to prepare and arrange the materials; however, for his permanent sculptures like "Roof", "Stone River" and "Three Cairns", "Moonlit Path" (Petworth, West Sussex, 2002) and "Chalk Stones" in the South Downs, near West Dean, West Sussex he has also employed the use of machine tools. To create "Roof", Goldsworthy worked with his assistant and five British dry-stone wallers, who were used to make sure the structure could withstand time and nature.

Anka

3rd April 2021, 20:53

A visual explosion and a deep talent for a visual art and aesthetics of an urban space, because painting outside the galleries seems to me the freest, "where half the world passes by it".

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Unfamous quotes from urban artists:

"I feel like it should be more about the art and less about the artist/ Beauty, not self-therapy/Artists are aiming to impress people when we should aim to inspire them/we are generally carried away by a concept of being perfect. Rather than being expressed. That was the time I wanted to be perfect! Aiming to be the top isn’t the way. But being the best and expressive is the happiest way to enjoy the work"

"Somebody could say every painting is a self-portrait, but for me, the painting is the opposite of me; For me, it is many faces of oneself the quest is the truth behind the image."
"I am humbled by the destructive and creative nature in us all. This is what keeps me painting.My greatest achievement is being who I want to be.Talent is about discipline, commitment, perseverance and constancy"
"I find that personal resonance allows for a true connection and true inspiration, therefore art has the power to manifest and effect within another being, and that is truly beautiful. So in essence, I guess, I am trying to create beauty in my work that allows for beauty in other people."

"Don’t have much to say that wouldn’t look better on a wall:)"...

Zirconian

16th April 2021, 18:50

Erik Satie ~ Once Upon A Time In Paris (Artwork by Edouard Leon Cortes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9WKC5sT9Z4

ongs ~ Gymnopedies #1 ~ Gnossiennes #1,3,4,5 ~
Album ~ Satie: Works For Piano Solo And Piano Duet ~
Artist ~ Pianist: Anne Queffelec ~
with artwork by Edouard Leon Cortes
Tracks: 0:00 Gymnopedies #1
3:32 Gnossiennes #1
6:52 Gnossiennes #3
9:33 Gnossiennes #4
11:52 Gnossiennes #5

Eva2

16th April 2021, 18:59

Visionary Art and I'm a fan of this form of art. Perhaps someone could start a thread on this style of art as well. There are a lot of wonderful visionary artists. This particular one is Igor Goryunov
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/s1080x2048/174606212_4112420745476106_9078158015024758259_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=4xPgsfHCnYcAX_7dMmk&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&tp=7&oh=8ecc374a28f1d7cc8cfd1f59f4755df3&oe=609EA8BB

Zirconian

18th April 2021, 22:31

Love this...

Fluorescence" by Akiane ( A love story )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8IyZhKzoI

One kiss, one tree, and one light make two hearts glow up at night."

(Only on the original painting, if put under an ultraviolet light, two figures will appear under the tree)

I have recently finished painting a large volume of artwork imbued with spontaneity, multiplicity and spiritual actualization.
I have not followed any particular rules, styles, movements or forms.
Many paintings have been purposefully left unrefined as fresh glimpses of my focused attention or visionary endeavors."

Eva2

21st April 2021, 17:11

"Dancing Dreams" by visionary artist Cameron Gray:
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/170108711_3783142578449488_842700656421085762_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_ohc=Lffq4_oSguMAX9suIxd&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=04e084de70da856875a145d08659febd&oe=60A551A1

Eva2

22nd April 2021, 15:46

'Ara Mikaelian - "Trip Around Leap Year"'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/27541071_1811443775595206_5329659108363346261_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=oOq5tDXBCsAAX-lg8ug&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=79acf73e488850f8dc72ac58a7296605&oe=60A7BEF7

Eva2

29th April 2021, 03:57

This beautiful stone mural is from the very talented artist Harri Aalto
'My surrounding space feels a touch thicker, richer than just air. Even the knowingness quality of Self-awareness is blanketed in the soft glow of love’s universal essence: a hidden treasure I tend to keep quiet lest somehow, with too much scrutiny, it might just fade away.

Below is a natural stone mural that I created.'
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/178071853_1050981585311534_6579456542883242756_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=INrhs2yfDtcAX9zKkSH&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=7000a1189bb11cce1a1e3420bf41e06b&oe=60AF85A0

Eva2

20th May 2021, 18:47

I found this to be beautiful sculpture that conjures up some powerful emotions and feelings (well, at least for me):https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/188514337_3804109713051110_8137183649867837890_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=Utcw0VFpCBMAX8o8Pod&_nc_oc=AQludW4lQpWFUBqQnGCCkt7NUP8vL_Gxiuf2GQjJYXru32x3tP8ybbOwBOPRnAiX7dhQBSS2GYkqEkS5-eaISEgp&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=6275787e07082c21c9f5682fd706651f&oe=60CDC0F7

Eva2

13th June 2021, 04:52

I thought this was pretty amazing. I remember in India carvings in bottles similar to this but not to this tiny degree - doubt there is any other in the world that can create sculptures so small. Perhaps he's a savant.

'British artist "Willard Wigan" was able to make small statues that can only be seen through a microscope and put them inside the hole of a needle, noting that "Willard" is considered the owner of the most steady hand in the world'
https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/197795088_1031802270889563_2139035944188563567_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=DljbamN8xr0AX_1613d&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=26f5b360c099b6aa0d5db2919eaf4731&oe=60CAA542

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/198836740_1031802297556227_7935981343921889529_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=mOHl5D_aQ88AX85cW4z&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=6b70bf721a722903bb35786c73f4f3cc&oe=60C9D326

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/198261126_1031802324222891_6970886241675983525_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=HJtdQ5IG3sUAX8rWD65&tn=YW9anTpRfrBAwucS&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=fbe642a56a3869d4a0296218177e0538&oe=60CA73B0

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/198600608_1031802347556222_5044254788725735925_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=pyUfuFUvTDUAX8O4VcG&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=7ce8e771734c2f2d93b4ed198143a91d&oe=60CA6771

Eva2

14th June 2021, 15:34

Visionary Art from Ashley Christadudson:
https://scontent.fyvr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/197313724_10161410506628986_721879928318657756_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=WOPH4sJyHc8AX80t6g6&_nc_ht=scontent.fyvr1-1.fna&oh=c3c8af4af93b6866faea1b936d2b3d15&oe=60CCA1D7

Zirconian

25th June 2022, 15:31

For those who are weary, something to inspire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPO5qJpK6Xg

The more you look...The more you can see | "TRIUMPH" by Akiane

AKIANE:
Hey everyone!
I have recently finished painting a large volume of artwork imbued with spontaneity, multiplicity and spiritual actualization.
I have not followed any particular rules, styles, movements or forms.
Many paintings have been purposefully left unrefined as fresh glimpses of my focused attention or visionary endeavors."
Please enjoy!!

Painting Title: TRIUMPH
Film Title: TRIUMPH

Purchase prints: https://akiane.com/product/triumph/
Purchase original: https://akiane.com/product/triumph/

Subscribe to my Newsletter for updates on my new paintings, films & projects! https://akiane.com/subscribe/

Website: https://akiane.com
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akianeart/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/akianeart

Harmony

26th June 2022, 04:08

Tracie (Bodhicee)

26th June 2022, 04:26

49201

A Light Filled Peony by watercolourist Marney Ward :heart2:

Johan (Keyholder)

26th June 2022, 12:08

I first heard about her when I saw the movie "Heaven is for real".

Her story is quite incredible as well.

When I see that her art is selling for many thousands (or 100.000's of $) I was not so happy with that. BUT, if it is indeed so that most of that money is going to charities, I would think it's OK.

Zirconian

26th June 2022, 12:25

Hi Zirconian,

I watched the video Akiane painting the picture above in post #66. Afterwards I went to her gallery and was looking at some of her art and I was struck by the similarity of one of her paintings that I will link below. I recently had a dream with the sky opening up at the night time and the green and gold and sparkling look was the same but there was a mountainous island out at sea that was so magical looking through the uneven edges of the sky very much like the painting, and the energy was so amazing I felt breathless.

https://akiane.com/product/the-light/

Hi harmony,

Incredible dream. Thanks for sharing.
I could post so many of Akiane's art for similar reasons to your dream description, the energy is amazing and can leave you breathless. Yesterday, I did find a thread on Akiane in Project Avalon, started in 2010 when she was considered a child prodigy. She is 27 now!
To me her art touches on the divine and is very uplifting.

Here is another video of her latest art, that touched me deeply.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtgeQjHsFI

What also amazed me yesterday, was YouTube, via its algorithms, put up two related videos that I was drawn to watch. One was about a young boy (who is now a young man) who visited heaven at the age of four and saw Jesus. His story is now a film with a powerful part of the film showing his mother realising that what she thought was a four year olds fantasy was actually true when he stated that he saw his sister in heaven and indeed his mother had had a miscarriage. The heart-breaking miscarriage had been disclosed to very few and no one had mentioned this to the four year old boy and yet he saw his sister in heaven. Now there is so much to this story but the reason I mentioned it was because, on an interview about his experiences and the subsequent film, the boys father mentioned that he used to show images of Jesus to his son and most of the time his son would say that the image did not depict the Jesus that he met in heaven........until he saw Akiane's painting of the Prince of Peace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B86y4XRCHg

Akiane, painted this at age 8.

Makes you think, it really does.:heart:

Bill Ryan

26th June 2022, 13:02

Do also see this wonderful thread: :heart:

Akiane - Artist & Child Prodigy - Inspiration from the Divine (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?9606-Akiane-Artist-Child-Prodigy-Inspiration-from-the-Divine)

Zirconian

26th June 2022, 13:11

Hi Johan,

Yes her art is going for many thousands of dollars but she does indeed give much to charity.
She grew up in poverty and is known for her discipline and hard work ethic.
One of the last videos I saw of her life, she was living in a sort of annexe off the main family home and she was living simply.
She inspires so many people, her artwork lifts perspective to the spiritual. Akiane does not seem to have fallen into any traps of fame and money, so long may she continue. :)

guenonsbitch

15th August 2022, 15:42

Hi friends! I am looking for some advice, and also would like to share my story. From 15 until 32 I pursued acting and filmmaking in Los Angeles to various degrees of success, but eventually became disillusioned, especially after my first 'spiritual awakening' at age 30. I finally moved out of LA, and wouldn't you know while my artist mother was helping me pack she found a portrait drawing of an ex-boyfriend I had done when I was 20. She encouraged me to pursue fine art, and four years later this is my main career focus.

The last year and a half I have devoted much of my creative energy to a project raising awareness around vaccine victims. I have painted 115 portraits of those injured or killed by the vax. You can find my work on instagram @covidvictimsportraits. I was very honoured to be included in a show in London in May called "The Cure is Worse than the Disease" with other artist speaking out about the plandemic.

While I'm still continuing this project, I'm also trying to get back to my other painting. I really love painting animals, women, and children. It brings me great joy. I paint in a realistic style and don't have any interest in catering to the current art trends.

My question is this: are there any art galleries or curators or other exhibitions that are awake to the changes in the world? My fiancé asked me to find galleries I would be proud to be in to help manifest the next part of my career. But I'm struggling to find spaces where I would feel welcome on other levels aside from just the art itself. I'm sure many others are feeling similar struggles in their lines of work. It's one of the reasons I left Hollywood - I felt I couldn't tell the stories I wanted to tell. Are we left carving forward the way Owen Benjamin has? Are there any other artists out there struggling to figure out there next move?

Thank you for your time and thoughtfulness :heart::flower:

(attaching two vax victims and one elephant)

guenonsbitch

15th August 2022, 15:54

Elephant. I am having trouble using the uploader for attachments.

Paul D.

28th January 2023, 17:34

Michael Divine https://www.michaeldivine.com The painting is called Apotheosis of Hope .

Zirconian

28th January 2023, 19:23

Seeclearly.

I agree. It's very important for me to look at the beauty in nature and to listen to uplifting or relaxing music, as a counterbalance to what is going on in the world right now.......and it does work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GnkHUkabmE

ExomatrixTV

2nd May 2023, 09:50