Live Paintings
Trash Mountain Project
5th Anniversary
April 6th was the Trash Mountain 5th Anniversary Celebration, featuring the release of their new book, “Witness: True Stories from a Society Living, Working and Dying in Trash” Bill Horn also debuted the release of his first studio album “Chasing the Horizon” (In an incredible act of humility and generosity, Bill has decided to exclusively donate 100% of all proceeds from album sales to TMP) As part of the evening’s festivities, I completed two live paintings at both the 4:00 and 7:00 show times. This equated to about 5 and half hours of painting my heart out, and as much as I enjoyed it, I’m feeling every minute of it in my back and knees today! Overall though, it was a great experience and a wonderfully encouraging evening of music and personal testimonies. I was truly honored to be a part of it.
The two canvases were designed to join together to form one larger, single art work. I’ll be spending some time over the next week or so tinkering with the paintings more in my home studio. They will then be offered for auction at a Trash Mountain Project showcase event at The Ecclective Gallery in the NOTO Arts District during the May First Friday Art Walk.
The paintings, which are collectively titled “Providence”, are part of my Joyflow series, which is comprised of abstract artworks that explore various aspects of my faith in Christ, characteristics of God, and key Bible teachings. The series is ultimately an outward visual expression of the joy I have in the saving grace of Yeshua. A key verse associated with the series is Romans 15:13, “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
The artworks from this series utilize a collection of symbolic lines to represent the triune nature of God. The yellow line, with the brightness and intensity of its color, is always used to suggest God the Father. In keeping with the unchanging nature of God, this line is always drawn first, and once it is in place, it is never changed or altered. In this composition, the line navigates its way around the canvas, weaving in and out of various green squared shapes. These “doors” are meant to symbolize situations or opportunities that God uses as he guides and directs us through his plan for our lives. This can also apply to the numerous miraculous events that have led to the explosive development of Trash Mountain Project over the past five years. The line also loops twice, once on each canvas, in an attempt to loosely suggest an infinity symbol. This alludes to the infinite, everlasting nature of God.
But God does not simply use circumstances to accomplish his will, he uses people. He brings together people in beautiful and unexpected ways to rally around his purpose and act as his hands and feet. The many circles in the painting being magnetically drawn towards the line depict the people God has called to come along side Trash Mountain Project. United together, we are able to achieve so much more, and God is further glorified for having been the author and designer of it all.
The light and dark blues in the background are also intended to suggest both good and difficult times in our walk with Christ. And in spite of these circumstances, God continues to guide us along the path of his will. Hindsight is always 20/20, and sometimes when we take time to pause and look back to connect the dots in the sequence of events God has led us through, we can see clearly that all along it truly was providence.
The two canvases were designed to join together to form one larger, single art work. I’ll be spending some time over the next week or so tinkering with the paintings more in my home studio. They will then be offered for auction at a Trash Mountain Project showcase event at The Ecclective Gallery in the NOTO Arts District during the May First Friday Art Walk.
The paintings, which are collectively titled “Providence”, are part of my Joyflow series, which is comprised of abstract artworks that explore various aspects of my faith in Christ, characteristics of God, and key Bible teachings. The series is ultimately an outward visual expression of the joy I have in the saving grace of Yeshua. A key verse associated with the series is Romans 15:13, “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
The artworks from this series utilize a collection of symbolic lines to represent the triune nature of God. The yellow line, with the brightness and intensity of its color, is always used to suggest God the Father. In keeping with the unchanging nature of God, this line is always drawn first, and once it is in place, it is never changed or altered. In this composition, the line navigates its way around the canvas, weaving in and out of various green squared shapes. These “doors” are meant to symbolize situations or opportunities that God uses as he guides and directs us through his plan for our lives. This can also apply to the numerous miraculous events that have led to the explosive development of Trash Mountain Project over the past five years. The line also loops twice, once on each canvas, in an attempt to loosely suggest an infinity symbol. This alludes to the infinite, everlasting nature of God.
But God does not simply use circumstances to accomplish his will, he uses people. He brings together people in beautiful and unexpected ways to rally around his purpose and act as his hands and feet. The many circles in the painting being magnetically drawn towards the line depict the people God has called to come along side Trash Mountain Project. United together, we are able to achieve so much more, and God is further glorified for having been the author and designer of it all.
The light and dark blues in the background are also intended to suggest both good and difficult times in our walk with Christ. And in spite of these circumstances, God continues to guide us along the path of his will. Hindsight is always 20/20, and sometimes when we take time to pause and look back to connect the dots in the sequence of events God has led us through, we can see clearly that all along it truly was providence.
Want to see more Special Projects? You can use the links below to navigate through the gallery.
