Hunt Slonem...

...Mentors don't necessarily have to be people you know, nor even people who are alive for that matter. This morning I was blog surfing and came across Sophie Munn's article about Hunt Slonem... I have loved his work for years, I have to admit, without having any idea who he is. The above painting baring proof. Completed in 2008, it's called "Homage" which is a nod to both Matisse and Slonem (note the birds behind the figure' right shoulder).... So Sophie's post made me dig a bit. What is it about Slonem's work that touches me so deeply?...

"Roadway in the Wilderness"

...Can I say I am pleased, happy in fact with the route my new work is taking. This mixed media paper. It is going places I never imagined paper could go! Just now the possibilities seem endless.... like a train of ideas resting in my head. My process has become a sort of dance with the Creator. A real spiritual place of comfort and restoration. Of peace, and joy. The above work (my very latest) is called "Roadway in the Wilderness." It holds a very personal kinship for me with how God is able to surprise us with joy in the midst of great struggle as in Isaiah 43:18-19. When, through the prophet Isaiah, God spoke comfort and assurance to Israel...