A leftover of last holidays decorations.
Am puzzled by the sign “Beer and Butcher,”
didn’t know those two were a pair:):)
A door behind a window. So cute, could not resist!
More doors in the window display of “All Things Kids” store.
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Oil, 36 x 36 inch, Double for Your Trouble, © St Germain
Painted this at the Mission in North California
in front of an audience.
This story of Luke, the physician, tells about TWO boats,
not one (like I always thought)! Jesus asked Peter
if he could use his boat to talk to the multitudes on the beach.
After that, Jesus said to Peter to go and fish. Peter protested,
But we just fished all night, and caught nothing,
“But if you INSIST, ….”
(can you hear what he was thinking? Excuse me, you’re not
a fisherman, you’re a carpenter. You don’t know anything
about fishing!) but still, he did it.
What ended up happening, was that Peter waved
for his buddies in the other boat, to come help them,
and both boats filled up with so much fish,
that these were about to sink.
What was so amazing to me is that when
we decide to eat humble pie, we discover
why God said something. It is for MORE than we expected.
Knew that this painting would be a big job,
because I intended to paint a multitude of fish,
slithering and moving next to each other, in the nets.
This is where I began to paint. Next, I painted the fishermen
involved. Each with another sweater, facial expression
and positioning of hands. That was fun. But most fun
was to let my imagination go with the sails of two boats
and apply my technique of light rays.
Much interest was shown for this painting. Someone came up
and told that he had had a dream, not too long ago.
When he looked at the platform and saw
what I was painting, he realized it was his dream!
Wrote this poem Aug. 2019 and happened to see it in my journal and added it
to give you some ideas why colors are significant.
All the colors come flying out of My hand
for you to war with
they speak the decrees I have sent over the land
the war has already been won
and My angels dance and sing songs of deliverance
For I am setting my people free
to become my army, to become My witness
together we will put the enemy to flight
They will be scattered, confusion will ensue
and will kill each other off.
Be on the right side, behind Me
I will do away with the ones
who think they can handle Me.
You will be protected
come what may.
© St. Germain, Aug. 2019
Last weeks I have been spending much time to update
the journals of my paintings on my
REAL SLATE table top (so heavy,
only hubby can take it off). This is when I found
the above painting back without a written process. People
who are interested should be able to look up
how it developed and my views about it.
One Word Sun – real
Love how the background turned out so painterly.
FOTD, Fri Floral Foto
Lovely Colors
Weekly Smile, Makro-Tex, Wordless
Rain, rain, rain. The upside is green grass:)
Der Natur Donnerstag
Not what it seems
The people in this booth …. well not this booth,
but the row of booths behind this one:)
PhotoAWeek
Between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Never actually winter, but the skies are more clear, and the fog lasts almost till noon.
The mountains have really this chocolate brown color!
Sun. Best, Weekend Reflection
Deleted most of the phone lines, but left the pole, which is characteristic for this landscape in Amador County in California.
Sky Watch
MONDAY – Our World * Weekly Smile * FOTD *
TUESDAY – Tue Scribbles * Makro-Tex * Travel Tue*
Garden Affair * Der Natur Donnerstag *
WEDNESDAY – Wordless Wed.* PhotoAWeek *
THURSDAY – Sky Watch * Thankful Thurs. * Floral Fri Foto *
FRIDAY – Fri Bliss * Weekend Reflection *
SUNDAY – One Word Sun * Sun Best *
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A little too positive, haha
Wonder how people get in and out of this one!
Some like it plain, and others ….
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What a heritage believers have in the cross.
(this is not a painting:)) Here, on a wooden background of
the door or my big art studio when we lived in N. California
One Word Sunday, Weekly Smile
It has been cold, close to zero, but I wished snow would fall.
Often, like in my previous back yard!
Makro-Tex: Weather
One of the many orchids in the botanical building in Balboa Park, San Diego
FOTD. Garden Affair, Floral Fri Foto
And below, since I needed a wordless capture,
a small bridge in the Huntington Garden Library looking
so compelling that I included it in one of my paintings.
Sundays Best, Wordless Wednesday
Peering in one of the windows of a historical building in Old Town Sacramento
made for a very interesting reflection.
Travel Tue, Weekend Reflection
When living in Northern California, I could take sky pics every day.
It was seldom a blue sky without any pattern.
Sky Watch
MONDAY – Our World * Weekly Smile * FOTD *
TUESDAY – Tue Scribbles* Makro-Tex* Travel Tue* Garden Affair*
WEDNESDAY – Wordless Wed. *
THURSDAY – * Sky Watch *Thankful Thurs.*
FRIDAY – Fri Bliss * Weekend Reflection *
SUNDAY – One Word Sun * Sun Best *
America
Unimaginaative, but needed for Home Depot … the birds make good for a lot
The hard count of it is that they could improve on a friendlier entrance door:)
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Already last year in Fall I noticed my approach/style
in painting had changed. Not surprising. Had moved
to another state, people are different in Texas than in California,
the culture is not as rushed. What threw me more
for a loop was that also the content of my paintings seemed
to have changed.
Had to think and struggle with that for a while,
before I was ready to make this visible to you.
Even though I always have been a big proponent of truth,
you may see the subject is now
not displayed in a “neutral” way.
If you don’t know what “mene mene tekel” means and
to whom it was said, you may have missed this change.
Oil, 36 x 36 inch, Mene mene Tekel © St Germain
The king had become very distraught
when a hand began to write this on the wall
(no it was not with a feathered pen)
and his advisors had no clue. Someone knew Daniel
who had served the king’s grandfather, brought him in.
Mene mene tekel means, “You have been weighed,
and you have been found lacking (wonting).
This night the kingdom will be taken away from you,”
Daniel the prophet said
to the king who thought he could use the dishes
from the temple (which are by the Jews
considered as very holy), for his guests at his party.
Maybe king Belshazzar had no idea which
consequences there were to this act?
Not a chance. Daniel started out by saying, “You know that
God had your grandfather King Nebuchadnezzar roaming around
as a beast (a lion) with hair on its back,
living outside, eating grass with claws
for seven years, before his mind came back to him.”
Then, Daniel proceeded to tell what the meaning was
of what had suddenly appeared on the wall.
That very night an enemy kingdom took over,
and Belshazzar died.
Blooming baskets – cheerfully bringing things
in perspective. Whatever this year will bring,
I choose to be determined to bloom!
And I won’t allow it to intimidate me
when I see bare branches like below.
FOTD, the Garden Affair, Floral Fri Foto
This fall and winter the grass has remained green
in Texas since we had much green. Of course, just the same
we have bare branches in January:)
Courage will give me the necessary umph
when I see a hundred steps in front of me
to climb:)
In the Fall we watched on our Ipad the ballet performance/
fundraising event they put on where Peach was part of,
our littlest grand.
One Word Sunday: action
Wordless Wed.,
Weekend Reflection
and when the tide rolls in, and my feet get wet,
I can say, “Maybe wet, but I’m not overtaken!”
MONDAY – Our World * Weekly Smile * FOTD *
TUESDAY – Tue Scribbles * Travel Tue * Makro Tex * PhotoAWeek *
WEDNESDAY – Wordless Wed. * Garden Affair *
THURSDAY – Thankful Thurs. * Sky Watch *
FRIDAY – Fri Bliss * Weekend Reflection *
SUNDAY – One Word Sun. * Sun’s Best *
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The roof line of this tiny business in town was so cute, I had to include this door.
Some of hubby’s jobs were really worth the stay, while he improved the house.
Even though staying in a hotel in town maybe nicer, staying on the job site, shortened the work time considerably instead.
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Oil. 36 x 36 inch Spheres of Influence. © St Germain
“How shall we then live?” was the big question of Francis Schaeffer,
a philosopher who lived in Switzerland,
more known in the 1960 to 1980. It had been
since Bonhoeffer since there was a philosopher
who had much influence on the people of his days.
His question was the inspiration for this painting.
Actually, this should show before the painting was finished,
but usually since the first image shows on the net,
I chose to make this the second image.
When I was younger, philosophy was important to me.
Here, I show how I make sense of the process
of how we then should live -the (God’s) hand connected
to everything that happens on earth, and the multiple
and intersecting arches were the actual beginning.
The angels were added, and then moving from the unseen
realm to the visible world, thirdly – the pillars of society.
Here, all these ideas have already been added,
but in plenty of cases, the ideas may come
one after another, while I am working on it.
The general idea to get across is how a culture works
and how the spheres of influence interact. They’re also called
by some the mountains of society, but I prefer spheres
of influence. since they are formed and changed by
the interaction, while mountains are part of creation.
How PhotoAWeek perfectly fits in this post with posterity!
Our family is not as big as Nadia’s, but bigger than many
Dutch families, for we have 7 grand kids. Carene, 16 years old,
(the 4th) and almost as tall as her mom
who is 5’10” (1.78 meters).
It seems there are more opportunities for funny situations
to share. Even though this is not a conscious reason,
but a very telling thing is that in first grade I invited
ALL 28 kids from my class to my birthday party
(to the chock of my dear mother).
Have already enough of winter. Sure hope for a looong Spring season!
A few rays of sun in a dark somber sky ….
One Word Sun: weather., Sky Watch
Wordless Wed, Garden Affair
MakroTex – January, Weekend Reflection
MONDAY – Our World * Weekly Smile* FOTD *
TUESDAY – Tue. Scribbles * Travel Tue * Makro-Tex *
WEDNESDAY – Wordless Wed. * Garden Affair * PhotoAWeek *
THURSDAY – Sky Watch * Thankful Thurs.* Der Natur D. *
FRIDAY – Fri Bliss * Weekend Reflection *
SUNDAY – One Word Sun* Sundays Best *
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One of the shops in Old Sacramento
Even though rugged I wanted to display this whole wall
of one of the stores in Folsum CA
One of the residents doors of Apple Hill Farm, CA
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Whereas a new year for me was before just taken as a change
of date, a new year with a new strain of virus, luckily less strong,
makes one spend more thoughts in how to approach this year.
These two below definitely took the jump
Occasionally I do commissions. Here the request
of the bridegroom “to paint
something for their wedding on a the beach.”
For me it meant a research project
about their characteristics, their hopes
and dreams to start forming a picture in my mind
what their marriage would/could look like.
He loves horses, she celebrates life no matter
circumstances. Also they like the unusual,
and are adventurous.
Wordless Wed. – Jasmine
FOTD, Floral Fri Foto * Garden Affair
Since I did not link this birdie last week, it appears again,
begging me to get on the ball!
Photo/aWeek, Sat. Critters
Something new to do at Christmas- have not done any puzzle in years!
This one is a 1000 pieces. Used a wrapped canvas as backing
to get it on and off the table
One Word sun: the box is open, Makro-Tex: new
Uhhhhhh ….. jump?
Now our son after a Christmas with his parents,
hopped on the plane to visit California,
Switzerland, and Germany, before returning to work,
I realize how his thought processes resemble mine:
a daredevil mixed with moments of precaution.
(the gap is larger and higher than the image shows)
By the way at 4.30 am. the airport looked liked the 4th of July!!
Everywhere extremely long lines, and crowds
of people going back home.
Sun. Best, Weekend Reflection
Don’t know how these two colors appeared in the sky –
maybe how I held the camera, or the glare of the water
right behind this scene in San Diego.
Sky Watch
MONDAY – My World * Weekly Smile * FOTD *
TUESDAY – Tue Scribbles * Travel Tue * Makro-Tex:
new * PhotoAWeek *
WEDNESDAY – Wordless Wed. * Garden Affair *
THURSDAY – Sky Watch* Thankful Thurs.* Floral Fri Foto*
FRIDAY – Fri Bliss * Weekend Reflection *
SATURDAY – Sat. Critters *
SUNDAY – One Word Sun * Sun. Best *
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living between two realms 