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Artwork; Beast and Beauty

Here is my second piece of artwork in a couple of decades. Distractions and struggles over the years and just couldn't and didn't do art for far TOO LONG. 

I am using the Samsung Z Fold 3, a great phone that is cutting edge technology. A featured program, an art tools called Clip Studio Paint. A program that is comparable to Photoshop, which I used back in the 1990's! Back then I used a big desktop computer, monitor, scanner and more. Now, it's all in the palm of my hand in a phone! It's mind blowing!

My first work was titled "AFTER SIN" and is a vision of Jesus coming after the sin that is in your life. For this second work I wanted to stay with Biblical inspiration. So, for my subject I turned to a favorite event of mine in the book of Judges. Chapter fourteen, verses five and six, "a young lion roared against him." The Judge Samson is confronted by a LION! This was a wild cat that was a man eater! Powerful and strong, the claws and fangs of this beast were deadly weapons. My challenge in this artwork was to communicate this in a picture of the LION himself. I also wanted to experiment with a more painterly style. Using color with little or no black or white. I also wanted to use a dramatic lighting to create energy and drama in the image that was otherwise "peaceful." As peaceful as a beast can be.

As the weeks wore on and my painting progressed slowly, I began encountering butterflies in my life and the inspiration to add the cut out of the flying butterfly as a nuisance to the LION! Hopefully it's a bit of whimsy that brings the piece together. This inspired the title of the piece "Beast and Beauty." It's fun to think about who is the beast and who is the beauty as we witness the delicate insect disturbing and upsetting the majestic cat. All the while we know the LION was the threat to Samson's life.
I hope you like my effort. And, maybe we can learn to see the beauty present in our lives and be inspired to take on the nuisance and beasts that disturb our lives.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KO5beG
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