This is a quick oil sketch of an idea I have had for a little while. It is nothing like what was in my head. It tends to evolve even as I am painting. I don’t know what to do with it. The thought that was going through my head while I have been planning and sketching, both with charcoal and with oils, is Beauty for Ashes (Isaiah 61:3). I am struggling with how to manifest it in an oil painting.
I run to You Lord, I run to You Lord. The warmth of Your hands restores faith in my every step Your grace gives me the strength to go You are my wisdom, in You I can go through everything. I have longed for you all my life I look forward to meeting You in heaven To Thee my love, To Thee my paths, I obey you again to keep my faith. I long for you as a baby longs for mother, As the dry land longs for the rain, I long for You. I look at you when I am exhausted in the struggle, I pray to You, because I believe my victory is in You, I stand on the Word, this world will not overcome Your love I love you, I live for you, you are my God. -- Andriy Hryfel (A Ukrainian Worship Song)
exists to create art which reflects the beauty and the glory of God, to use art to comfort and encourage people, and to inspire others to pursue the arts. 