Tag Archives: Angels

A Mother’s Prayers Are the First Ones Heard

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Elaine

Detail from a recent Spirit Painting/2012 I was taught that the prayers of a mother for her child are the first ones heard by God. I believe it.

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Floor Plans: Creating a Meditation Destination

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Elaine

This is a dream-house plan I created when I was quite young On Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King’s holiday today, I post this very old plan I created because I think all good things begin in our hearts and minds … Continue reading →

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Sewing Archangels (Or Drawing with Thread)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Elaine

My sewn archangel, one of three/2010 Sometimes, only an angel will do. For protection, for beseeching, for peace, for calming down.  I woke once and had the quickest flash of an angel, pale and silent, with his wing covering the … Continue reading →

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Points of Avoidance and Points of Attachment

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Elaine

Detail of oil and acrylic on paper/1996 I may have used this piece of art on Illuminara.com before to illustrate the emotional sense of blessing the past (all we’ve learned, all we’ve suffered, all our perceived mistakes or losses, all … Continue reading →

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Spirits of the Air and Sky

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Elaine

Another detail from a recent Spirit Painting/2011 I am showing this painting in details over the course of a few days, partly because the painting seems to want the close-in, observant approach. Just as tenderness and care brings every living … Continue reading →

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Psalm 139:12: Even the Darkness is a Light to Him

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Elaine

A tree that blooms even in winter/2011 I painted this for someone, wanting to grasp the feeling of life and hope even through winter or dark days.  Often in winter I look out and think that if I didn’t have … Continue reading →

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Winter Bird

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Elaine

My painting of a warm bird in winter/2000

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Create a New Angel for Yourself

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Elaine

Papier Machè Angel/newspaper  2007 Sometimes I take old paper scraps and bend and shape them into people.  You can’t go wrong creating angels. I honestly think every time you create an angel through drawing or sculpting, etc., you provide yourself … Continue reading →

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Birds and Angels

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Elaine

detail from an unfinished painting/2011 My own visions have been of the harmoniously enthralling murmuration of birds which then turn out to be angels, actually.  If angels (or at least some) have wings, then perhaps they move the same way … Continue reading →

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Angel Accordion Book

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Elaine

I tried to make this accordion book have the look of a ruined fresco What is man, that thou art mindful of him?…For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and … Continue reading →

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