Behind the Artist Easel

Why name my blog "Behind the Artist Easel"?

Over the many years of my life I have found myself sitting behind my easel; where I have let my mind wander as I draw, create or paint what I see, and perceive from real life, photographs, or what I see in my mind's eye.  It is a quiet hiding place, where I have spent many hours of letting my mind flow with the creative talents that God so richly blessed me with.  It has been a place of contemplation and a place where the outside world can't enter. God has allowed me the privilege, like so many other artist, of having the ability to communicate the beauty around me, what I am feeling, and the extremes in life that surround us, by using many different mediums.  It is a privilege that I have often taken for granted, but now in my middle years, I realize are so precious.

As in Isaiah 64: 8 "But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay and You our potter, and all we are the work of Your hand."

Over the time-span of my life, God has molded me and then mashed me back down to the lump of raw clay and slip that is the beginning of any beautifully crafted piece of pottery, just to rebuild and shape me again.  Even though, I have at times, come close to looking like the piece that He had in mind, I have had flaws, which caused God to mash me down and start over.  For without removing the flaws, the piece will not be whole and might crack, explode or not hold up to the fire of life's kiln.  At this point and time, God has spent many months mashing me down, once more, to get rid of the flaws, so that I might be remolded and become more flawless.  Don't get me wrong, this won't be the last time God has had to remold me, but each time He does, I get closer and closer to becoming the final perfect product that He is creating me to be.

If you have been around an artist, you know that they don't usually want anyone to see their unfinished work. I too don't want anyone to see my work until it is completed.  Thus, I sit by myself  "Behind the Artist Easel" with the dream of bestowing on the world, however big or small, the masterpiece that God has directed my hands to create.  As I draw, paint, sculpt, or just roll different ideas over in my mind, I find that I also, need to put my thoughts on paper in words and not just in stark pencil lines,charcoal shadings, paint filled brushstrokes, quick exacting swipes of the palette knife or sculpting clay.  Thus, I have begun my blog to share, with family and friends, the thoughts that I ponder and what God is doing in my life as I use my talents to reach others for Him.

Don't be surprised when you see me peek out from "Behind the Artist Easel" and share my thoughts or maybe a finished drawing, painting, or sculpture.

God bless you all,

Your Constantly Remolded Clay