Romans 15:13

So...Painted this for a wedding present to my cousin...    
(sniff! she has gone over to the other side...lol jk)

Congrats to Marshall and Alicia! *confetti confetti*

yeah...
k you'all have a good day!

x0x0

Freedom

Here is a mixed media painting that i did for this beautiful poem that my dear friend wrote. It meant alot to me so i wanted to have it on canvas and thus this painting came out.
random fact: the blue paint is metallic and shiny but its not really noticeable except in real life.

eyes

Hi guys! its been awhile since iv posted and my excuse is that i am currently working on 5 paintings...i had a burst of inspiration for a bunch of paintings and just couldn't wait until i was done one before starting new ones...i was scared the inspiration would leave ya know...
anyway one of my dear friends named Mojo wanted me to teach her how to paint and i agreed to try although teaching has never been my forte..so since she wanted to paint eyes that's what we did! i painted step by step and she watched and copied what i did and i would show her painting instead of mine but she took it home..
i'm at a lost of what to do next in this teaching experience :/

Come?

He said "Come."
At that word my soul gave a happy little skip but Alas! my flesh had quite a different reaction. Down to my toes my stomach plunged and with a wild leap my heart was in my throat making my startled exclamation come out in a stifled squeak. For past his outstretched hand i saw many many things, uncomfortable things. There were distant foreign lands, groups of unknown people, many of who seemed to be in pain...gruesome pain. It made me feel a little sick and all the more frightened. There were many things i saw but the scariest was the fuzzy unknown things, the unknown future.I knew of course that the future is always hidden but those blurry visions did not look at all like what i had carefully planned for my future. I turned my eyes toward his kind and oh so gentle ones.
I stuttered, "But...but you..you want me to follow you there? But what if...what if i should catch some horrible disease? For it is all so dirty and unsafe! but worse than that, worse than and bodily harm...what if i go and they hate me? you know yesterday with those kids...how could you expect me to hang out with them? I am quite shy you know and what should i have said? I didn't know them you see. They might have laughed at my stumbling words. And another thing...you know how i should like to give you my everything,earthly goods and all, but i feel so poor already. If i gave it all to you, how would i pay for college...and everything else? i know you say you will provide everything i need but...will you??"
my voice broke off and i wrung my hands. The worries, doubts and fears still racing through my mind. He just stood there while behind him flashed all the alarming things.
Again he said, "Come..." this time even more softly. Again my soul gave that absurd little jump. My soul's excitement caused my feet to take one involuntary step forward. But much too fast my flesh wrestled back control and the next thing i knew i was cowering behind the couch.
"Okay, this is just silly!" my soul huffed in annoyance.
"No its not!" my flesh replied, "didn't you see all that stuff??"
"Oh come on! You know He says all the time not to be afraid,be of good courage, i will take care of you." my soul countered.
"Yes!...but...Oh will he? Oh if only i could be for certain..." i chewed my fingernails nervously.
"You can be for certain! Do you not trust him?"
"Yes but..."
"Oh of course! always the 'but' must come into play! The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." my soul said bitterly.
"Oh dear!" i sighed heavily,  "if only i could shake this fear."
There came a faint whisper, "Ask him to borrow you courage. You can't do this on your own.Give him control."
My eyes brightened and my soul clapped
"What a splendid idea!' My soul and body said in unison. I peeked over the couch and there he stood with infinite patience.
"Could i...could i borrow some courage? a large dose please? and would you mind taking this fear?" I asked.
"Of course my child! i was wondering when you'd ask" He replied with a smile. He carefully lifted my fears and threw them far, ever so far away and then he wrapped my heart with courage and strength. When he was done he looked at me again with a twinkle in his beautiful eyes, "Come?"
I smiled and linked my arm in His.

When you follow Him it won't be safe and comfortable, on the contrary it will be rather alarming at times and very unsafe by human standards. Its crazy really, how safe you'll feel in the most unsafe circumstances.

P.s the painting is for sale: 11in by 14in acrylic on canvas...it was done impressionist style for school.

Eiffel tower

heres a really quick painting i did...i spent barely any time on it at all...i just  wanted to paint the Eiffel tower only i didnt feel like taking the time...lol so thus the slightly lopsided tower:)
someday i hope to actually tour Paris instead of just sitting in the airport the whole time im there..
someday...

Little Bo Peep

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep

And can't tell where to find them  

Leave them alone and they'll come home

Wagging their tails behind them.

tis another illustration i did for school....the colours of the painting didnt scan well onto the computer sadly..:( 

anyway, peace<3 

Abstract

So i painted a piece of abtractness :)

01-17-2012 Abtract art has always intrigued me...What was the artist thinking when they painted it?or where they even thinking anything?maby they were just throwing paint on a canvas..?
i always wonder...and try and guess although i never find out how close or far my guess was...
but anyway! im giving you guys a chance to guess And find out how close your guess is:D (what fuN!*snort*)
so if you feel the urge you people can try and guess what i was thinking when i painted it and what the painting is supposed to say...Or you can just say what it means to you..which may be the same thing(wait!does that even make sense?)
and then later i shall post what it means...maby...i may change my mind...but probably not(tsk tsk the frivolousness of me)...


01-21-2012 ok the guessing game being over i shall now post the meaning of this piece of art...

Confusion

Rage

Massive messes

           Screaming, Crying, Yelling

The continuous sound goes on and on

   Confusion swirls

Intense feelings cloud the brain

  Violence

           Resentment

 A painful pounding, Headache

Oh why isn't there quiet?

         Where? where did the peace go?

Dark and empty

   All around, a clashing din

Nowhere to find rest

     Groping in the blackness

Squeezing eyelids tight

     Forlorn whimpers inside my head

The confusion crashes on 

    To much noise

To many voices

 To much

The turmoil continues

        Cluttering my soul

  

But then,

  Way in the distance

              beneath the ugly 

Comes....

       A soft still Voice

Trickling through the anger

 LIGHT

   The swirling mess 

            fades away...

 hope enters 

Peace has come.

P.S. i hate making art that looks ugly to me, as did this piece, but there was no way i could make it any other way and have it mean the same thing...

Monkey

Hi everybody :) sorry i haven't been posting stuff regularly....

Um i painted this on my little bros' wall...It was easier than i thought it would be, thankfully:)...i might paint a giraffe on the brown wall in green someday...if i ever get around to it...we shall see...

anyhow...
Happy New Years!!!

Followed a Star

 MeRrY ChRiStMaS!!!

Unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given

thank you Jesus for coming to this torn creation full of darkness, sadness and desprate madness to bring us Peace, Joy and Hope. Thank you! <3

May we all follow Jesus like the Wise men followed his Star

post inspired by Brandon Heath's song "The Night Before Christmas"

Happiness

hey everybody! here is a painting that i worked on for about a year!i now know it even better than i know the back of my hand(much much better in fact!...where did that saying come from anyway?obviously from someone who was obsessed with staring at the backs of their hands..?*giggle*)
Yeah..it took forever!SO glad to have it done!! it was actually very sporadically worked on...didnt work on it for 3 months in the middle when i was in ukraine...as you may guess its sorta hard to work on a painting that is hundreds of miles away...heh heh..
My bro david http://binarysoda.blogspot.com/ drew it(cheers dave!) and i did the painting of it...
Um it was way to big(around 3ft by 2ft..?) to scan so i just took a picture...it doesn't show the colours very well(i promise they look better in real life) and i apologize for the blurriness...
we plan on selling it if i can find a gallery(or whatever) to display it... That will be a new thing indeed!...selling artwork...but yeah we'll "give it a go" :)  And maybe if it works i can sell more stuff...maybe...only then id have to be alot less sloppy and stuff...hmm novel idea!:D

p.s. in the meantime while i look for a place to sell the painting, it is displayed here and for sale to anyone who wants it...
Acrylic on canvas
About 61cm by 91cm
Price $400

Ashley

hey Ashley! Taylor said quite awhile ago that you wanted you name done in graffitti so here it is:D sorry it took so long...:)
peace<3

Colourful

heey guys! its finally time for another post! its only been waaaay to long!
 So anyway this is a painting i did for school(imagine that!*shocked voice*)...it is quite different looking in real life..the scanner sadly can't transfer the colours as nicely as hoped(the yellow and green parts dont show well at all..sigh)..And this painting is quite large,about 1.5 ft by 2 feet...or something like that..
 This assignment had lotsa rules. i had to divide the face into quarters and then paint each quarter with a different colour scheme and tool(i could NOT use any brushes)...so i painted one section with a Q-tip(yay for those handy things!), one with my finger(also a handy thing *no pun intended* snort!), one with a sponge(bleh it was terrible unhandy!), and one was done with fabric ...and you know this is the first face iv ever painted! they sure made it hard enough *grimace* lol
it was fun though! maybe i will paint more faces this style! you just never know...

k peace <3
xoxo

Houston skyline

this is a pic i did for my bro who is currently in the houston boys unit...they are making a cookbook there and this is one of the pics their gona put in it...so yeah its gona be a OSM cookbook with this kinda pic in it eh? haha just kidding:D also my other bro did a picture for it too and really well done! dont think he's posted it yet but heres a link to his blog binarysoda.blogspot.com
anyway you all have a lovely day!
peace<3

Erin

sorry it took me so long to get this done erin...but yeah anyway hope you like it:)

abstract

um here is a not-very-interesting abstact painting that i did to match my room...and um i love to paint abstact things cause they the most easy fun slap-it-on projects:)  quite theraputic as i might have already said some other time in my blog ramblings.. Just a small update on my art life...iv been working alot on my huge rainbow painting that iv been working on since forever and..its almost done!!!yay! anyway you all have fun and remember to stop and smell the flowers and to find shapes in the fluffy clouds:)
peace<3

tyler

so yeah anybody else want theirs done to?:) um brent il be getting to your some day soon i hope...:)
k peace out

Eli

here's yours eli:)
peace out
(man i wish there was a peace sign on the keyboard:D lol)

Emily

hey cuz here's your name done in graffitti:) finally i have more time for art yay!!! so yeah anyway love ya lots x0x0
peace out<3

working on it

here is a teeny sliver of a huge 2x3foot painting...so yeah just thought id show you'all what iv been working on since iv not posted something for ages...btw the white spots are where i havnt painted yet(just in case you couldnt figure that out) um yeah anyway heres a tweet that made me laugh
 Cashier: "Have a nice day." Me: "Don't tell me what to do." 
 heh heh  k have a osm day! peace out

chelsey