Oil on Board, 20″ x 24″, 2024
I was having a very hard time with this painting. I think it was just a complicated scene and I wasn’t sure how to simplify everything so that it made sense but also wasn’t too detailed, either. I was about to give up on it, and it was beginning to be late in the studio. I decided that I might try asking God if he could help me out. I didn’t actually expect any answer because I was asking something that was a bit out of the blue for me to ask him, but God responded immediately. I mean, I was basically kidding myself when I asked God. But he answered.
I asked him to help me paint this painting, and he immediately responded with,
“Step back, look here, now go in and paint that.” I was dumbfounded. Did God just interrupt my thoughts and give me a clear direction? So I looked at the place, saw a thing to paint, and went for it. But I was very cautiously painting, slowly brushing so as not to ruin anything. Then I heard God say in my head,
“Go faster.”
“But Lord, that’s scary and uncomfortable. What if I mess it all up?” I worried.
“Paint faster and don’t worry about messing up.” So I painted faster–uncomfortably fast, much faster than I was used to. I wasn’t so sure about this, and I felt like I was surely ruining the painting and would hate it. But I kept asking God what to do next and he kept leading me through it. I would slow down accidentally and then I would hear God say in my head,
“Go faster.” Ugghhhh I kept slowing down and not noticing. But I continued listening and obeying what I heard and this painting is the result of God helping me paint. It was a very meaningful and educational experience!
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