Vows

Today brought another confirmation on why I love intuitive art and abstracts. 

I recently painted another 11” x 14” abstract while painting with a good friend.  We talked and shared and painted spontaneously.  I love these sessions.  So much relaxed creativity with zero pressure to paint “something”.  When I was done, we looked at it in my many directions.  We both saw an “angel” when turned sideways. 

When I got home and studied it again, I say part of a city.  Reminding me of Matthew 5:14 , I embellished the city more to bring it out and highlight it.  When I posted it on Facebook, my sister saw a man and a woman gazing at each other under the city.  I missed this, but when she pointed it out, it was very powerful image and I am not sure how I missed it.  To me, it is the focal point of the painting, not the city, as I had seen.  Possibly together the couple under the city has special meaning to some?

When I crop the painting to show only the couple, I absolutely love it.  I may have painted it, but I didn’t “paint” it.  God did.  If I had set out to paint an expressive painting of a couple, I could not have done a better job.  In fact, I don’t think I could come close to this.  My sister remarked that it resembled my husband and I… Gray hair and all.  I laughed at that.  I do see a regal man and a woman in wedding attire.  I see her curled hair and a beautiful veil.  The colors and shapes are intertwined like marriage.  I see “Vows” and covenant before God.  So the title of this cropped abstract is “Vows”.  I definitely will be getting a print of this for a reminder of God’s authority over everything we do and his involvement in even the “little things” like painting with a friend.

Carrie