"I paint because it hurts not to!"

"I paint because it hurts not to!"

Marta Gottfried

ART

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea and to show you where the harbour is and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

Henry Ward Beecher Quotes.

Blou

Ek verf 'n blou prent:
(dis nie 'n grou prent)
blou rivier, blou lug, blou bome
en oor alles gooi ek 'n wit sneeulaken
van ver-verlang

ek sou so graag binne-in my prent in wou loop
om vreemde wêrelde te gaan verken,
wêrelde wat mens net op foto's sien
as jy soveel sikkels silwer soos ek verdien

ek sou sneeuskoene met skaapwol binne
en dik, warm wolsokkies aan my voete wou trek,
'n blou balaklava oor my gesig wou sit
en 'n jas van sabelbont sag om my lyf wou vou

ek sou die lug, so breekbaar, dun en koud,
diep wou inasem en met warm handskoenhande
aan die sneeu wou vat en dalk miskien,
miskien sou ek 'n bloedrooi blokkieskombers
onder een van die bome gooi
en jou gulhartig nooi om saam met my
na die ysblou lug te staar, want dalk
net dààr word vreemde drome
sommer eensklaps waar

Elizabeth Kendall ©

This is life!

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” – Henry David Thoreau quotes

I used only a palette-knife for painting this. I didn’t use a brush.
Acrylic on canvas: 36 × 48 " (92 × 102 cm. )
This is a commission for Kara Kuryllowicz in Toronto, Canada.
An email from Kara on 20 Jan. 2012:… I OPENED IT AND I LOVE IT…
it’s in my room above my bed – will wake up to it Sat.!!!
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I dedicate this painting to all the wonderful people all over the world who buy art from enthusiastic artists like me! And I thank God for the talent He gave me ;-)
I enjoyed every minute of it! It could be a wave at Ballito in South Africa….. ;-)

The Wave

“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.”
— Danny Kaye

Hierdie paletmeskuns is absoluut 'n heerlikheid! Ek vergeet van alles as ek hiermee besig is. Dis net die reuk van verf, die saligheid van sielsgelukkige oomblikke en die wete dat ek bevoorreg genoeg is om Godgegewe talent te mag gebruik....en dis genoeg.