Encourages
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We all cheer for something. This is a little bit different than my typical art, however I just wanted to share this. Shot these pics a couple hours ago. This is my oldest daughter (16 years old,) cheering at her highschool football game. Thought it made a nice inspirational or motivational piece.
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These ancient live oaks have stood their ground for a long time, surviving hurricanes, intense heat, bitter cold, and every test that time can dish out. When I look at them, I’m filled with a sense of respect for them and encouraged to stand firm through my own trials.
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This male painted bunting frequented my birdbath this past summer. I thought this Irish blessing would be a good companion piece with this image of a rainbow bird.
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This little goldfinch on a gray winter’s day reminded me of a ray of sunshine so I used the photo as the basis for a card to offer cheerfulness and to send sunny thoughts. I’d like to dedicate this image to my friend Chris who’s in need of some sunshine at this time in life.
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Acrylics & oil pastel on canvas 2008 Copyright. All Rights Reserved to Mariam Muradian. This painting was directly inspired by one of the visions I had in the Native American “Deeksha” Healing/Blessing on New Year’s Eve. My eyes were closed. / I saw penetrating yellow light pouring and radiating out from behind my eyes. I was able to see things in a “Maxfield Parrish way” again. Now consider from whence I have come….. August 2006 I was given a drug to assist my heart; helping to end 40 years of continual “heart attack magnitude” chest pain and to keep me from slipping in and out of consciousness. It was a new, still somewhat experimental, drug on the market….aka “expensive”. In January 2007, after my 13th heart surgery, the drug was increased to get me past a difficult recovery. I began having elevating pressures in my eyes and pain like knives inside my eyes. Very rapidly I lost my peripheral vision, my color vision, and my central vision. My eyes had become extremely light sensitive; I was given the darkest glasses. This was in the middle of painting The Genetic Bill of Rights Painting Series. I had to sort my colored paints into shades of grey (which I fell into quite naturally from my formal art training); I continued to paint in color even though I could not tell you what color it was, apart from some incredibly intuitive color vibrations I would get; sometimes I could even hear the color. The signature piece of that series was painted when I had only a sliver of vision remaining in my left eye. / Because I had so little sensitive vision left, the Blind Society deemed it unreliable and trained me blindfolded. I painted the signature piece 80% blindfolded. It was a beyond trippy time for me!!! During this whole loss of vision, I had the Blind Society coming to my home to train me in skills and navigation. I was taught to use a blind cane. I learned to type and use voice recognition software. I was learning to cook by sound. One day I set out to get the mail: I was gone for two hours, had fallen into a bush, and returned with no mail in hand! I was so overwhelmed and challenged. After much painful testing, it was decided that the new drug was the cause of the blindness. I was left with a lousy choice and no guarantees from the medical community. In October 2007, I found myself a long way from home, down a road that I didn’t like nor was I sure I could reverse, go back to the fork in the road, and choose again. Morphine and the runaway bobsled to hell! So I stopped the drug! I began Chinese Tong Ren. / Miraculously, my sight returned, color too! My peripheral is still not as it was before the drug…..whose complaining?!!! Painting is like candy to me now; I was born with the gift, but now it means even more! My mind and soul are still playing catch up with all that happened. I do not understand the “taking” or the “giving back” of it all…..maybe it is for the comfort of others? I suppose the worst way to come away from such a trial would be with a “metaphorically myopic soul”? (I would like to hear your comments on my last statement, please. Write.) What we see can be such a distracting illusion to the essence of what is really there. Oddly, sometimes I miss the darkness. I remember the lessons of the darkness. As my Father would say, “I have made the circumference.” / Gratitude does not even begin to cover it!.... ~Mariam Muradian See the other paintings in this series! /
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I think the photo and the lyrics from a song by Michael Joncas say it all. . . This is dedicated to everyone who is experiencing disappointments and needs a little boost for sagging spirits.
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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit “If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” John 14:15-21
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/ “What If” is part of the Series “The Skies”...a commentary on nature in a different guise….. Watercolour on Arches Paper… I ask the question…. “what if the sky should look like that, how would you feel? / How does it make you feel? / What do you see when you look at it?...View larger image for full impact…. See What If 2 The sky is falling / capturing unspoken secrets / of the day, / the week, / the month / The sky is falling / smothering the lives / of the flowers, / the people / the city / The sky is falling / hiding the beauty of the grass / the mountains / the sky / The sky is falling / hushing the noise / of the animals / the people / the city .....Under Pressure /
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A rice paper butterfly hangs onto this lovely pink flower and reminds me that we should hold on, too, when times get rough. The Bible tells us, “Because he clings to me, I will deliver him,” so clinging’s the answer when troubles come!
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“Everything Happens for a Reason”. A great saying to use as encouragement or motivation or a positive note to send to someone who is overcoming problems or facing challenges.
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A mockingbird sitting in a china berry tree is the focal point of this card assuring someone of your ongoing support.
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I can do everything through Him who gives me strength ~ Philippians 4:13 /
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~ Shinning Light ~ Proverbs 4:18 The path of the just is as a shinning light, that shineth more, and more unto the perfect day. Dedicated to Dee, thanks so much for all your support, and encouragement. /
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Author: Anonymous /
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I Am Your God ~ Scripture from Isaiah /
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Scripture From Psalm / Image and Enchancements / From Print shop and Gimp /
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Your mother’s earthly garden has been transplanted in heavenly soil and the best blossoms are yet to come.
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Jesus Praying / Black and White / All profit goes to Feed The Children
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Each day brings with it the miracle of a new / beginning. Many of the moments ahead will / be marvelously disguised as ordinary days, / but each one of us has the chance to make / something extraordinary out of them. Remember that there is an enduring worth / to every positive step you take, that the good / decisions you make will come back to bless / you, and that your angels will make sure that / any clouds really do have a silver lining. Written by: Douglas Pagels All profit goes to Feed The Children
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/ “From DiEtte’s Garden” is a brand new collaboration with DiEtte Henderson and is based on her lovely photo On the Vine I gave it a tropical spin and did it in a loose painterly style…it is part of the Tropics collection .... see some from the series below… Watercolour on Arches 300lb Not Paper… Not just the grapes but this time of year. / You could say it was the dryness of the grass. / Bees are passing away / in the arms of flowers. / Ride towards the hills / and they are oxidising copper, / the air is very still. / Fruit sighs out of orchards and vineyards / musking under leaves. / You could say it was lying in wait / in baubles of abundance. / The next year / the quiet death / the seeds. Airini Beautrais / Piper Nigrum / Jacob / Bird of Paradise / The Basho Tree / Tropical Fandango / Hibiscus Morning / Down Amongst the Sugar Cane
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/ “Still Life With An Awl” is part of my new collection of paintings of everyday things…things like tools, that we take for granted until we need them…one of my favourite places to go is the hardware store…I love the scent of paint and new metal…I sniff the air as I walk in and revel at all the new things I could get to make my life easier…here is a new type of level, I say to myself…here is something for finding the studs faster, so I don’t have to go knocking and listening…here is a new type of tape that doesn’t rip the drywall to pieces after I paint…I’m going to treat myself to a Dremel tool with all the parts this weekend…what excitement!!..I can’t wait... Watercolour on Arches Not Paper… FEATURED IN …MATURE WOMAN…FIRST THINGS AND FEATURED MEMBER… / / The Legacy / Still Life with Old Dandelion Stencil and Terracotta Pots / Still Life with Wellingtons / The Sap Bucket
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Created from some photos taken in Vancouver at my daughter’s wedding. This is the church she was married in.
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I just love Carolina wrens; they are perky and bursting with personality. This one seemed to be saying, “Chin up!” Makes me cheerful just to see him. The Carolina wren is known for its jaunty little poses, its upright tail, its distinctively long white eyebrow, and most of all its LOUD song! This little bird can belt out some tunes! Their movements are rapid and erratic and unlike some songbirds that linger at the feeders, the Carolina wren usually is very hasty about getting its grub and leaving abruptly which makes it hard to photograph as a result. Though they have occasionally made nests in nesting boxes, they seem to prefer hanging baskets for their domain. They build little igloo-like dwellings lined with soft mosses and lichens cleverly concealed within a fern or other such plants. Usually, the first time I notice their presence in one of my hanging baskets is during a routine watering when the wren comes charging out of hiding, sometimes barely missing my head! A cute little neighbor all around!
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