painted prayers

Dear Friends,

God bless you, your loved ones and your ministries today!

Are you ever frightened when you start to draw or paint an image?

The great thing about praying through art is that it doesn't matter if the image looks realistic or not. For instance when I paint an image of a mountain in Haiti and cover it with trees, the thing that matters is that I am praying for the reforestation of the land, not whether my perspective or colors are "correct." When I paint a child it doesn't matter if the proportions are correct, what matters is the smile on her face and the joy in some unknown child's heart that manifests in response to God's touch as a result of prayer and faith.

This type of art frees artists to paint what is in their hearts and minds rather than painting what the physical eye or the camera lense sees. Remember when you were a child and drew both ends of the barn, because you knew both ends existed even though you can't see them both from the same vantage point? Prayer painting takes the artist back to that innocent way of thinking and creating.

In this style of painting life is wonderful, because whatever you do is right!

Love, Sue