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| NEW PAINTING "Prayer Circles" acrylic 18x24 canvas |
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through the ages, writers and artists have tried to describe the pain one feels
when a heart is broken by sadness, abuse, or neglect. A tale told in our
community was “Cipher in the Snow.” A story about a young boy who had been kicked
around from foster home to foster home, had trouble in school, and was labeled
as a zero – a nothing by teachers and peers!
The child collapsed in the snow not having the strength
to board a school bus. No causes could be found for his demise. The author of
the story said the boy simply “died of a broken heart.” There are many people like
that in our homes and communities. People who do not receive the love they so
badly deserve and need. Our Nation, our world cries out for this kind of love,
but it seems to be missing.
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| "India Rising--Prince of Thieves" mixed media on 16x20 canvas |
Some people treat their dogs better than they do the
people in their lives. Some people also mistreat their pets. The world is dying
for lack of love. There is more selfishness and self-hatred than love;
more violence and lashing out.
I saw a person I once loved for the first time after many,
many years. Changes of age and personality made it almost impossible to
recognize him. But when I saw his profile, I knew. This was the person I had
loved, the person who could turn his back on me so easily; who ignored me and
neglected even to kiss me goodnight or to say goodbye when he left in the
morning; a non-communicative spouse who spoke only to criticize or berate.
When that moment of recognition came, I felt a stabbing
pain in my upper heart followed by the swift squeezing of a fist in the lower
chamber. What it was I did not know. A heart attack, I wondered? Immediately I
felt like crying, and had to leave the people around me. All the pain and suffering of the years we had spent together and the trauma thereafter came back to me. Later I surmised that I
had experienced a broken heart. I never realized it could be so physical, so painful!
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| "India Rising--the Found" mixed media on 18x24 canvas |
I labeled my blog: “AnfinsenArt -- my Brush with God,” because God is
love. I want my paintings and my artwork to reveal the love that God feels for
all his people, even those who may not believe in Him or who act contrary to
His will.
Some people may think I’m a kook! Well, let them. I
prefer to see the good in all cultures, races, and people. I choose to elevate
the people I paint and see them as God sees them. We are all imperfect. We all
have faults. If we could unlock the good that is in most of us, we would find
the secret to world peace and personal contentment.
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| "Fish Market" -- acrylic 18x24 canvas |
Call me a cock-eyed optimist if you will; my paintings
will continue to reflect this optimism, this love of God, this benevolent
higher power that is full of compassion and grace. Would to God we had more of this
love in our world!
Stan
Prokopenko Part 2 of drawing the head
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