Tuesday, March 26, 2013

THE PROCESS of EMMAUS

When you see a painting in a show or gallery, you see just that.
Not what was involved in what led up to the image.
most of the big oil paintings do have a story - 
and it's not something I make up!






With this painting I started out to have a gate opened and a roof line. 
Something interesting was that the sun shone through the painting 
as I had it propped up against a couch to look at it. 
You see that the sun's reflection also fell on several art papers behind it..







At first I had the vague idea for a gate to go through
with in the distance the cross. 
Then I remembered the story of two people on the way to Emmaus, 
talking about the recent events of Jesus accused of treason 
getting the death penalty. In those days it was not the electric chair,
 but being nailed to a wooden cross.  







A third person joined them.
  
Just for fun a detail with a photoshop filter of "blur" and" texture." 
 which makes it look like iconic art work of the early Middle Ages. 
The pointed line changed more to that of an arch.


For Photo Art Friday

I usually do not paint with gold, silver, or glitter,
but felt the gold would highlight  
the meaning of 
the gate of redemption. 
Below is how the painting looks now (in reality). 








The Story ends with their arrival in the town of Emmaus. 
The original two urged the third for a meal,
They were impressed with his knowledge
of what should have happened 
according to their "Law and the Prophets"
passed down from generations. 

 During the meal he disappears in front of their eyes.

Then they knew that he was the one who had been on that cross, 
died and became alive after 3 days. And they said to each other, 
"Wasn't our heart burning when he explained it all to us?"
Am always chuckling about that sentence -
that's easy to say afterwards, isn't it?



40 comments:

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    1. Hi Monika, thank you! Good to see you here:)

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  2. a great Holy Week painting
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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    1. Roger, thank you! Have a meaningful Easter/Resurrection celebration!

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  3. What a beautiful painting, and yes, full of Knowledge.

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    1. Lulu, thank you so much for visiting here! I appreciate your input:)

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  4. I like that story, ...and the painting!

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    1. Thank you Esther! The story was inspirational to me. Have a happy Easter:)

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  5. You are a very talented artist!

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    1. Thank you so much! I work hard at it (99% perspiration 1% talent:)

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  6. A very nice painting! Thanks for the back ground and story.

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    1. Hello Patrick, glad you like it! Wishing you and yours a happy Easter:)

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  7. That's a great story from the Bible and I love your rendition.

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    1. Bettyl, I love this story because Jesus spent time taking care of their disappointments and questions:)

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  8. what a grand introduction to your blog! I love that story. I appreciated your "story" also of the making of your glorious painting.

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    1. Hope the story inspired you as much as the painting! Happy Easter to you:)

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  9. Lovely post – great paintings!

    You're so talented! Have a great Alphabe-Thursday and weekend too,

    Visiting from Alphabe-Thursday

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    1. Lola, thank you! the doggie in your profile pic is so super cute -it always makes me smile!

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  10. thanks for the glimpse at your creative process. I love posts like this!

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    1. After a few of my friends kept asking me how I got to paint this or that, I got the drift:)

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  11. Thank you for the behind-the-scenes look at how this painting progressed. Happy Easter!

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    1. Thank you! most of these kind of paintings have a process, because I'm a process kind of person:) Wishing you a wonderful Easter!

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    1. Thank so much for visiting! Hope you enjoyed it!

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  13. That turned out great♫ Thanks for sharing...My S: http://lmkazmierczak.blogspot.com/2013/03/satans-standing-room.html

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    1. Thank you! Because it is a process, I work at it, till I'm satisfied! Have a happy Easter!

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  14. Wonderful painting - and I so enjoyed this post! And I think it's very fitting to have the gold in there. There's certainly nothing more worthy of gold in a picture, is there! I'm so glad you stopped in today. We are so happy about the little church in our neighborhood. I'm going to follow you via Feedly.

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    1. Am happy you enjoyed this painting! And thank you for the follow:) Wishing you a happy Easter!

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  15. Wow, just beautiful!

    Kaleidoscope
    Catching up with letter K (again).
    Rose, ABC Wednesday Team

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you had a great Easter:)

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  16. Lovely painting. I love it x

    Have a lovely Easter Week.

    Scudds

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  17. Interseting to see your process. Painting nr one with the reflection was outstanding !
    Happy eastern!

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    1. Thank you for stopping by and hope you'll be here more often! Hope you had a great Easter!

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  18. Loved seeing the evolution of this painting. Thank you for sharing with Photo Art Friday.

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    1. Found out a while ago that people are just as much interested in the process as the end result:) Really like Photo Art Friday!

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  19. Thank you so much for illustrating and telling this beautiful story of Jesus going to Emmaus. I sometimes wish he could walk with me and explain the things I cannot understand. Your paintings are so exquisite and fabulous. Thank you for sharing.
    Wil, ABCW Team.

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    1. I ask him lots of questions, and He'll give an answer on some, and others are still a mystery, so I do many "walks" with HIm:):) Happy you like the painting!

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    1. Currie, is Silver your real last name? Anyways, I love silver more than gold:)

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