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Eden Painting Story

Exactly 3 years ago today, March 19th 2011 the Eden painting
project was born. My friend Sherry (yes I have a very good
friend that has the same name I do) and I had fallen in love
with some private gardens that are graciously opened to the
public a few weeks each spring and we had gone to delight in
God's nature after church. The flowers and scenery took us
back in time, back to the garden of Eden and the beautiful
world God had made for us in the Beginning. What joy Adam
and Eve must have experienced in our world of perfect
harmony, love, peace and perfect joy. How they must have
thrilled in meeting the different animals, birds and other
creatures as well as smelling all the beautiful flowers and getting to take in their beauty. It fills me with wonder when I
think that God put so much loving care into creating this world for us, the variety that still remains is so incredible,
He truly does love us! Even though we chose a different master and sin, sorrow, misery and death came in as a result,
we can still see His signature in nature and the beauty that remains. Sometimes I'm overwhelmed when I think of
how great God's love is for us, and that God in His matchless love, gave His own life so that all who chose Him could
have the joyful assurance that someday we will be with God in paradise again!
Revelation 2:7...To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the
tree of life, which is in the middle of the paradise of God.
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Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And the sea
no longer is. And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of Heaven, prepared as a bride
adorned for her Husband. And I heard a great voice out of
Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and
He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God
Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will
wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there will be no more
death, nor mourning, nor crying out, nor will there be any more
pain; for the first things passed away. And He sitting on the
throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me,
Write, for these words are true and faithful.
While we were thinking about these things I was strongly
impressed that I should do a painting of Adam and Eve with
Jesus in the Garden of Eden before sin. Oh what a glorious
thought! As I shared it with Sherry and we prayed about it, it
became clear in my mind that this was something God wanted
me to do, and He wanted me to do it, He would help me each
step of the way.
Time was short, the gardens were only open to the public a few
weeks and I needed models and outfits. A couple immediately
came to my mind, but when I called to talk with them they
declined, each couple I approached had some reason why they
couldn't do it, and I began to get discouraged. The weeks went
buy with no success in my model search for Adam and Eve.

Since I was a small child the paintings of Adam and Eve stark naked in the Garden of Eden before sin bothered me. I
could tell it bothered some of the artist as well since they managed to hide much of them behind bushes or animals.
As I have grown in my relationship with God and the study of His word the conviction has only intensified since the
Bible says God never changes, which would mean His principles don't change either. (Malachi 3:6 I am the LORD, I
change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed. Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day,
and for ever.) God's word expressly forbids seeing the nakedness of others, unless it's your spouse, then there is no
shame. It also expressly forbids wearing clothing of the opposite sex, which means the dress for each must be distinct.
(read the story in Genesis 9: 20-27 and Leviticus 18 and Deuteronomy 22:5) The Bible equates our sinful condition to
shameful nakedness and His righteousness with rich, white garments or robes. Revelation 3:18... I counsel you to buy
of Me ... white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear...Isaiah 61:10: I
will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness...) God Himself covers Himself with robes of Light
(Psalms 104:1-2 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, You are very great; You have put on honor and
majesty, covering Yourself with light as with a robe... The Bible clearly teaches that in Heaven we will wear white
garments or robes which He will give us (Revelation 3:5: He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white
raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life Revelation 7:9: After these things I looked, and lo, a
great multitude, ... stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palms in their hands...)
Based on all this I believe that Adam and Eve were clothed with beautiful garments of light, pure, glorious and white,
just like God, the Angels and those who overcome will be clothed. When they chose to un-plug from God and put
their trust in the deceiver, there robes turned off, just like a light that is unplugged from it's source of power. So they
found themselves truly naked and ashamed and Hid from God when He came to visit them (Genesis 3:10:...he said, I
heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.. ) My favorite passage about
clothing and Christ and His church (all of us who put our trust and lives in His hands) is Psalm 45:6-17, it's simply
breath taking and led me to pray for appropriate garments for my photo shoot.
As I searched for the right garments I kept praying for God's
guidance in what He wanted me to use and was led to look up
Indian Wedding Garments from India which I learned are called
Wedding Sherwani's. I had no idea such a thing existed, and the
sight of them took my breath away, they were so beautiful and so
very masculine, just exactly what I needed for the Adam and Jesus
models! The garments were expensive, much more than I had,
shipped from India with long shipping times and most were not
white. I considered making one, but there was not enough time and
I could not find the right fabric and the ones that I considered were
way beyond my budget. So I returned to searching for them on the
internet. After hours of searching I finally came across one that
shipped from Florida and was only $67 dollars, but it was on Ebay
and the bidding was set past the date that I needed it! I tried to
contact the seller through emails and was told I had done
something illegal and he was advised not to do business with me.
The garment was taken off Ebay and I went out and sobbed, I was
so heart broke (I had never done business on eBay, much less with
auctions) The next morning God lovingly encouraged me to
go check my emails, so I went to my parents and looked it
up and my heart was filled with joy, the seller said not to
worry, that he had taken it off eBay so I could get it in time
for the date I needed it and that he would send it to me with free shipping if I sent him the
money right then! PRAISE GOD! I was so excited!!!! He later told me his car broke
down on the way to deliver it and that he walked all the way to the post office so I could
have the garment!!! God is so GOOD!! Please pray that God will bless him and bring
him into Gods kingdom! When the garment arrived I cried again, this time for joy, it was
so very beautiful!! God is Wonderful!!!! God also helped me find an outfit for Adam,
that was off white and shipped from the USA. I was still missing Eve's garment, which I

felt impressed should be a wedding dress. I looked to no avail for one that would work and would be modest, it was a
very discouraging endeavor. I asked women I knew if they had a wedding dress that might work but none did. After
several days of fruitless searching I cried out to God to show me what on earth to do, I was at the end of my rope and
running out of time, each day made it less likely it would come in time for the photo shoot, for by that time I had a
date and the model for Jesus, but still no models for Adam and Eve. God impressed me to look up Moslem Wedding
Dress and I found one that shipped from America, but it was $200.00 and I had exhausted the little savings I had on
the other two garments. God impressed me to look again, to look were I knew there was no money, and I looked and
there was $200!! I was overjoyed and immediately ordered the dress, praying the whole time it would come before the
photo shoot. So you see I ordered the garments before I had my models, which humanly speaking makes no sense, but
God knew what I needed and provided! The mens outfits were ordered April 3 rd and April 4th early in the morning and
the moslem wedding dress was ordered March 6th in the evening.
For the model for Jesus, I knew just who to ask, the year before I had a exposition of my work at the McKee Library at
Southern Adventist University and it seemed that every time we had gone down that way, no matter which Adventist
church we visited, there was Chad! He had a beautiful, loving smile, and a gentle loving demeanor and looked so very
much like the paintings of Jesus. His love for Jesus had led him to take the Nazarene vow, so
his hair was long, he was perfect! I had spoken to him each time and finally we had
exchanged information, just incase I got to paint Jesus some day. As I hunted for his contact
info with no results and worst of all I couldn't remember his name! (I remember faces, but
names are hard for me). I called my friend at Southern who had helped me in the passed and
when I described him she immediately knew who I was talking about and helped me get in
touch with him. He was more than happy to help and said the only day he could do it was
Friday the 15th of April, so we planned accordingly. (The gardens were scheduled to be closed
that weekend and would not be open until the following spring) So by April 4 th in the evening
God had given me the model for Jesus.
The wedding Sherwani's arrived on Friday April the 8 th, exactly a week before the photo shoot. On Sabbath Sherry
and I went to see more gardens, it was a delightful afternoon. Sunday morning I found myself in a panic and again
cried out to God. I thanked Him for all He had provided so far but remind Him (as if He needs reminding) that the
photo shoot was Friday and I still had no models for Adam and Eve! I told Him that I believed this was His project
and so He needed to provide the couple, I was not going to keep calling but trust Him to put them in my path. He
impressed on my mind that He would give me the couple that day, which seemed so impossible to me, since I rarely go
anywhere do to my sciatic issues that prevent me from driving more than 5 minutes. My dad came down to my house
and casually mentioned a couple in the Spanish Church he thought might work. I made a mental note of their names
since I didn't know them and when on with my day. Sherry invited to take me to go to the gardens so I could
photograph the scenery so I wouldn't have to worry about that part when I did the photo shoot on Friday and I gladly
accepted. The day was beautiful and the pictures came out great. As we were walking down a path a very tall, well
proportioned couple came up the path along with their little boy and huge great dane dog. They were so very tall it
immediately brought to mind Adam and Eve. They were friendly and kind and we talked with them a while and
shared my project with them. They were very interested and were even willing to be the models. Meeting them was
very special, they were so kind and
gentle and would have made the
perfect Adam and Eve, it was hard to
believe how tall they were and so
perfectly proportioned! It was a
affirmation from God I will always
cherish! I knew that would not work
since they were tons taller than Chad
and would never fit in the garments
God had given me. I truly wish we
had taken their picture with us, then I
would have proof that they were real!

As the day drew to a close Sherry suddenly remembered she was supposed to pick up an order from the book mobile
(a traveling christian book store that came by periodically) She called them and we headed out praying we would get
there before they were gone! When we got there they were still open and when I entered there was one couple in the
small space, a couple from the Spanish church, remembering God's promise I went over to talk with them and share
what I was doing. To my delight they were not only thrilled and willing to be my models but were also off on Friday!
I was over joyed! In my excitement I didn't notice he had a hat on and never dreamed he didn't have much hair, all I
knew was God had fulfilled His promise and given me the models on the very day He had promised to give them to
me!! I went home REJOICING!
Tuesday April 12th just 3 days before the photo shoot, Eve's dress
arrived! It was beautiful, just right, I was so excited! Dora and Carlos
came over on Wednesday evening to see how their outfits fit and their
response is still ringing in my ears. Dora kept repeating a mi medida,
a mi medida! which means tailor maid for me! Of course they fit, for
God had chosen them, NOT me, oh how glorious it is to walk with
God and see how He works things out!
God truly knows the heart and who to pick, Carlos and Dora, are so
very sweet, they caught the spirit of the whole thing, read the
accounts of Creation I asked them to read and joyously joined my endevour to share God's love throughout the photo and truly played the
part in a beautiful way. Best of all they are completely ok with
whatever I do to their pictures or paintings of them and have been a
joy and delight in my life ever since!

Friday, April 15th was so, very, very special. My time with God that
morning was glorious and He gave me a sunrise that touched my heart
deeply, Oh, How I love JESUS! When Chad arrived and saw the outfit he
would were he exclaimed, I get to wear that! He was very excited! When
he came out from putting it on he said it was his size! He had never
known his size as they size tuxedos until the year before when he was
measured for his wedding, the outfit was his exact size! I must admit the
weather was a little dubious, the weather reports were anything but good,

predicting rain, hail and possible tornadoes if I recall correctly. Andrew was sure we were going to get dumped on, but
I believed otherwise, God had orchestrated everything and He was in charge of the weather as well. So while others
suffered bad weather we enjoyed perfect weather and lighting. You see the cloud cover offered the perfect lighting
every photographer dreams for, soft defuse light with no harsh shadows. I couldn't have fabricated that if you had paid
me a million dollars, but God can and did!!!! Carlos was a little nervous at first due to the lack of a full head of hair
and his belly, but I assured Him that God had chosen him and that I would find hair from another source. The photo
shoot was such a delight, they really got into imagining they were with God in the garden for the first time discovering
all the many wonders of creation and His wonderful love and fellowship, it was priceless! There was no pasted on a
smiles but a genuine experience we all enjoyed! When we had done all the photo shoots we could think of it started to
gently rain, the sun light was quickly fading and we headed to our little house to celebrate with a meal. It was an
experience I think we will all treasure for the rest of our lives! The gardens were so beautiful and extensive, they were
perfect for the photo shoot, everything was as perfect as you can have in this world of sin, it was very very special land
I thank God for the experience we all had with Him, for we felt His presence in a special way. Thank You dear Jesus
for such a glorious gift!
The following weeks I focused on researching and taking and looking up pictures I already
had of animals and plants. Mom's books on birds etc proved helpful. Sherry took me
more places and I went to the Zoo with my friend Melody on May 5 th. She works with
Kindergarten kids and once a year they go to the Zoo, near my home, I go with them to
help watch the kids. It was lots of fun like usual, and I stayed afterwards to take more
pictures. At the end of the day, when I was taking pictures of the wood ducks the shutter
stuck on my camera. It proved to be a permanent deal and I was out of a camera for quite
a while. For more than a year, but don't remember how long.
Working on possible
compositions on my
computer was fun and frustrating at the same time, the
ones I tried just didn't seem to be working out. One day
when I was getting discouraged about the whole thing, a
clear impression popped into my head. Just do your
giraffes! I know it was God because it wasn't my idea. So
I went to work on that one and it came together! Praise
God! Two of the giraffe's I had photographed at the Zoo
went into the photo manipulation as well as my friend
Sherry's birds, which I put on Jesus arm. This would give
me a good visual picture to go by as I began the painting.
Carlos was given a new head of hear, borrowed from
someone else and I was finally ready to get started!
Art materials are not cheap and the canvas I wanted for this painting was no exception. I use Genesis Artist Oil
Colors which require a sealed surface, so I can't just use any canvas. But once again, God worked marvelously, I was
able to buy two 36x48for much less than the cost of one! With God's help I carefully drew out the forms of Adam,
Eve, Jesus and the giraffes, that way when I painted the background I would not paint where they would be, keeping
the surface clean and smooth. The medium I use for painting is called Genesis Oils and I truly praise God for it, for it
is simply wonderful! First and foremost it is NON Toxic and doesn't require nasty solvents which makes it possible
for me to use and they dont stink, praise GOD!!! They are archival and heat set, which means they NEVER dry out
until you cook the paint with a heat gun! That means my brushes don't dry out either which is marvelous. They
require glass pallets and I love to use small Pyrex ones with lids that I find in the kitchen departments. It allows me to
mix my own colors and make different pallets which last for YEARS!!! God is so very good and I thank Him for
inspiring the person who researched 20 years to come up with it and for helping me discover it, since oils have been

out of the question for me and I don't like the other mediums for detailed work.
Painting Faces and animals is fun for me, but scenery is
another thing all together, especially trees. Birds are not to
easy for me either, so this painting has been a challenge
from the start. Praise God, He has been with me every step
the way, guiding, teaching and encouraging me. THANK
YOU JESUS! My first challenge was the soft rolling
mountains in the background. My first attempt was awful,
was not pleased. I had a talk with God about it, which
went something like this, the garden of eden is supposed
be pretty and my mountains are anything but pretty, please
help me. Amazingly, He showed me how to repaint them,
and I was so very glad to see the ugly mountains gone and
the new ones in their place!

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The way God uses our troubles to bless us, never ceases to
amaze me. Let me explain. In September of 2010, my
prolonged sitting issue escalated into a no sitting issue. In
fact the doctor said I would NEVER sit again, but praise
God he was wrong! God sent me help and some treatment
that made it possible for me to sit again for a few minutes at a time, but NOT in
the car. The combination of sitting and the vibrations in the car made it impossible,
due to the pain it would bring on, so I had to lie down in the back seat. This did
two things for me, it cured my car sickness and let me see lots and lots and lots of
TREES! Seeing all those trees has helped me tremendously with the most difficult
part of the painting for me, trees. Fortunately I no longer have to lie down in the
car every time, laying the seat way back does the trick, unless its a long trip, which I
like much better.
As I slowly worked on the background, the
funnest part was putting pairs of animals
here and their, some are very small, since
they are way in the background. Watching people find them all is equally
fun, now that it's finished!
Remember my struggle with trees? Well, I painted one tree that came out
supremely beautiful! With the thought that heaven will be extremely
beautiful, I had set out to make it as pretty as possible, combining it's spring
and fall leaf colors with it's spring blossoms, I actually painted a beautiful tree! But there was something terrible
wrong with it, it was too pretty, it seemed to be screaming, look at me, look at me! It was a HUGE distraction and
the longer it stayed on the canvas, the more I could see it had to go, since it would take away from the real focus, which
was JESUS and His loving relationship with Adam and Eve and His creation. So it met it's demise, I completely
erased it and replaced it with trees that would add beauty but NOT steel the show. Andrew's reaction was priceless,
You cut down a tree in the Garden of Eden he exclaimed, going on to say something about things not dying there.
Anyway, I was disturbed for just a moment and then a thought popped into my mind that gave me great joy. When
God restores all things and the redeemed are allowed to walk once more in the garden of Eden, there will be one tree
that will be forever GONE! Can you think which one that would be? That's right, the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, for the devil and everything evil will be GONE and there will be no trace of anything that was once his!
Praise God!! The Bible says to him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the middle of the
paradise of God. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Revelation 2:7, Revelation 21:27.

Just like the tree, the devil has been focused on steeling all the attention for himself the Bible reveals what was in his
heart You said in your heart,I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God, I will set my throne on high; I will sit on
the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; ...I will make myself like the Most High. Isaiah 14:13-14
Now I was excited, ok, I know it's just a painting, but still, the thought that I had just, deleted that nasty tree and all it
represented from my painting pleased me to no end! Why, because the devil has used all his powers to deceive,
enslave, torture, kill and abuse mankind, nature and anything he can get his ugly hands on, and the day his kingdom
ends will be a VERY GOOD DAY! The Bible says the devil... was a murderer from the beginning, and ...he is a liar
and the father of lies. and that prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devourand that he made the
world like a desert and tore down its cities, who didn't let his prisoners go home John 8:44, 1 Peter 5:8, Isaiah 14:17
The devil, his followers and all the fruits of his kingdom, sorrow, sickness, death etc.. will be for ever GONE and in it's
place will be God's kingdom, an everlasting kingdom of PEACE, LOVE and EVERLASTING JOY! The Bible
says, speaking of the devil By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade, you profaned your
sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth and you
shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet Ezekiel 28:18 Malachi 4:3 The glorious
good news of the gospel is that one day VERY SOON God will put an end to all evil and suffering, just listen to these
might promises from God's word: God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. behold, I
create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind... behold, I
create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness ...no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and
the cry of distress. The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the
serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD. the ransomed of the LORD
shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and
sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Revelation 21:4, Isaiah 65:17-19, 25, Isaiah 35:10
No, I did not take a picture of the tree, for just like the Devil who is always trying to steel the show, I didn't want it to
get the un-do attention it was begging for, Jesus is the ONLY one who deserves our worship and praise, so the tree is
forever GONE as a reminder that someday soon the devil and all the woe of sin will be forever GONE TOO!
PRAISE GOD!!!!!
Compositions is important, and I wanted Jesus to be the main focus of my
picture, which meant everything else had to be carefully selected so as to
complement, not take away from the focus. Photoshop really helped with
this, I would try adding different, plants, animals, birds etc... to my painting
by cutting and pasting on photoshop first, it may seem like a lot of trouble,
but it's worth it, I didn't want to paint something and then have to take it
out like the tree I just told about. God helped me find the right ones of
everything and I used the library of my photographs along with the library of
magazine pictures I've collected over time, picture books and the internet to
give me proper reference material. It was fun to add special animals for those
very near and dear to me, no, I couldn't do that for everyone and it had to
blend correctly but, praise God I was able to put in a few special ones. The
cardinals are for my dad, the chickadees and quetzals for my mom, the
racoon's for my brother, the northern blue birds for my dear friend Karen, the
cockatiels for my dear friend Sherry (yes she has the same name I do) and
the fennic foxes are for my husband and the giraffes, well, I like giraffes and
I'm learning lots of other people like them too, so they are for all the giraffe
lovers in the world! I added lots of pairs of creatures, mostly for kids sake,
since I know they will enjoy finding them all. I'm so very thankful God
made so many beautiful things to enjoy and I'm looking forward to petting, hugging and playing with them in the
earth made new! Isaiah 11:6-9 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young
goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear

shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play
over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
When the background was basically finished I started on the faces,
my favorite part of painting and to me the most important. It was
done with lots of prayer, because to me expression is everything and I
wanted their faces to express joy and love. I had fun picking skin
tones as well, picking more reddish hues for Adam and yellowish
hues for Eve and some where in the middle for Jesus. It was fun
looking a missionary magazines and seeing all the beautiful skin
tones God has created, I absolutely love the variety, it makes like so
beautiful! Just like nearly everything in this painting there were
challenges I wasn't used to. When I do a face I usually paint exactly
what I see, but this time I was trying to paint something I've never
seen, sure I had pictures of my models, but they aren't Adam, Eve or
Jesus! God helped me with little issues and big ones to make each
one as beautiful as I could and get the right expression as well. Chad
has such a beautiful, natural smile, and the photo shoot was such a
delight to all of us, I never realized that in the giraffe photo shoot his
smile was a little forced, and no others had that angle. I was unable
to reach him so I could take his picture at that angle, and I cried out
to God, HELP ME!!! Jesus, You are the very most important part of
my picture, I have know Idea how to fix it, move jaws or whatever it
takes, please help me, show me what to do!!!! I started looking for
joyful faces that were in the same position as his, studying each one
and looking for more, they were hard to find, but God helped me and as I studied I started to understand what I needed
to do, but I honestly did not think it was possible, but God helped me and I'm so very, very grateful!!! THANK YOU
JESUS, SO VERY MUCH!!!
Once the faces were done I could start on the robes of light! That was a little daunting, but fun as well, mixing lots of
whites with different hues, basically all the colors of the rainbow, plus varied ones in each. It was a challenge to bring
detail and still keep them bright, but God is good and after painting them twice they came out.
The last step besides the hair was the very bottom of my painting, since it would naturally be in front of their robes of
light. I wanted flowers so very much and tried all kinds on the computer, to no avail, until I tried my favorite,
gladiolas and it worked! It was like God was giving me a great big hug, I was going to put my favorite flowers in the
Eden painting, I was so excited. Gladiolas grew a lot in Honduras, but I hadn't seen a real one for years and prayed
for real ones to look at. When I went to the grocery store, they had gladiolas 2 bunches for $3 and in the exact colors
that went with the painting, I was ecstatic!!! I brought them home, photographed them and went to work painting
with real flowers to look at, it meant so much to me,
that it really motivated me to paint longer than usual,
especially since they would only last so long. By the
time they were gone, their pictures were in my head
and the photos helped me finish the job. My uncle
Oran and aunt Bonnie are wonderful photographers
and had sent us a calender of birds they
photographed. That is where I learned of the
Sparkling Violatere hummingbird, I was very excited
to find out the girls are pretty too, so I put them in
too along with some other critters. I love all the
wonderful things God makes, Thank you Jesus for
making so many wonderful creatures for us to enjoy,
it makes life special!

Hair is usually last, because you want it cascading over the clothes. It was fun, I like
hair even though I find it intimidating, God once again helped me at every step. It was
fun making Eve's hair long with flowing curls. Jesus hair was a challenge since Chad's
was so very long, so I gave it a major hair cut. But after the painting was completed
and My Bible First wanted to purchase the rights to use it in their materials, it was
shortened again and brought back more so you could see his neck which was some
major reconstructive surgery (painting wise), probably the scariest thing I've ever
done, since by then my painting was complete and I liked it, and it had the potential of
ruining it. My husband helped me take reference pictures for the hair the way I wanted
it, and praise God no one was here when I had to carefully erase part of the robe, neck
and back, it looked, well really bad at that point, but no one saw it, I think my husband
would have fainted. Anyway, God helped me get it to a point that when he saw it, it
wasn't scary, and then helped me re-due his hair, I had to re-due all of it because it was
shorter and naturally fell differently, it took me about a week, but praise God it came
out so much better than I expected. God is Good! So from start to finish my painting
took 3 years from March 19, 2011 to March 19, 2014. It's hard to imagine it's really
done and I look forward to seeing what God will do with it. God has taught me so very much with this painting and
it's been a journey of discovery and joy and wonderful affirmation of His love for us all.
Sincerely Sherry Boettcher.

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