Beautiful Inside and Out

Growing up, I heard my Mother often say things like "pretty is as pretty does".  She seemed to have a saying for every possible occasion.  She was very big on first impressions, though, and if someone appeared to her at first glance in an unfavorable way, she tended to stick to her initial opinion of that person.  I fnd that my own sensitivity to others' feelings has me searching their eyes, words and body language to see how they really are on the inside.

In some ways my artistic sensabilities are like that, as well.  I like to ask God for His heart and His eyes to see people, and there are times when I see someone, often a child, who is hurting or ill or poverty stricken, I get a vision of - maybe just a glimpse of - how God sees them.  So the two paintings in this post are taken from photo references of real people in Africa.  The waif in rags that were almost falling off became a beaming angel child, and the mother who looked positively murderously angry became a wary warrior on behalf of her toddler.  I hope you enjoy them and whatever you see in the images.

Makeda Mekelle

(Amharic for "Beautiful, Who Is Like God")

Oil and gold foil on linen

I Know Who I Am

Acrylic on canvas

It seems that more and more I'm painting people and angels!  You can see more of my angel paintings on my blog www.angelsinpaint.blogspot.com.

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