Blood cells, veins and cappilaries... The "LIFE" is in the blood. Blood cells carry oxygen to the body and ultimately CO2 and other wastes from the body. Blood, if you really think about it, is simply a transport mechanism. Without it we die for it carries in it what we need for life. The Bible even makes a statement about our blood: Le 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood:
This speaks of course to human life but when we take a look at this concept with spiritual eyes, it becomes pretty easy to see a parallel story line. If we want to have "spiritual life" then we can also find that in the blood. Not in our own blood however, but in the precious blood of Jesus! His blood washes our sins away and replaces them with His own Righteousness. Now that is a blood transfusion!
There is not a lot to say about this painting other than it was an experiment with color juxtipostions and using a wet on wet technique to bring to mind cloud formations. I also use a paint removal process to expose the red beneath the greens... It ended up looking like a view of a weird purple lake from an airplane at about 30,000 feet! I will say, that this piece is much richer looking in person that it looks in this photo. I will keep experimenting... You never know what might happen next.
After fishing all day and catching almost nothing we headed back to the boat ramp about 10 pm... There was a bright yellow spotlight hitting the water and as we pulled the boat up the ramp I went over to make one last effort before heading home. As I approched the shore I started seeing dark shapes moving in the water and soon realized that they were walleye searching the shallows near the shoreline for shad. I stayed there for almost two hours watching the fish; sometimes close enought to the shore that I could have scooped them out with a dip net! (not allowed by law...) Some of them were nearly three feet long and they paid absolutely no attention to me at all. I ended up catching only 2 (by accident I am sure) but getting to see them so close up was a real treat for this nature lover. About a week later I started an automatic or expressive painting and this is what emerged. As the painting was only 9 inches tall and fish shapes were emerging; I thought back to that night and the fish in shallow water...
