Category: statements

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Be Mindful

Our Lady.

Madonna.

Mother Mary.

 Holy Virgin Mary.

       She is the most revered and depicted image ever created.

She has thousands of names and thousands of faces.  Yet she is not quoted as saying (m)any words of wisdom in The New Testament. Faith and Doubt go hand in hand. Many of us are not Christian so it is possibly irrelevant what Mary would have said. But as an icon of The Mother she resonates with many of us, regardless of Our Faith.

Mary is a Mother – First

As a Mother she would have said many things

The World today could use more Mothers being listened too

Now

Listen

Share

Play Nice

Be Mindful

Harbor  No Ill Will

Give Others a Turn

Help Others in Need

Clean up After Yourself

Love Others Unconditionally

Make the World A Better Place

Violence is Never A Good Answer

Be Ever Forgiving Of Yourself And Others

November 2011

An Artist’s Religion was initially inspired by Medieval codices, stained glass windows & ancient manuscripts. In Medieval times when few people could read & even fewer knew Latin, many religious scriptures and paintings would have undecipherable writings, explaining or embellishing on the holy depiction. The true understandings of these images were for the very elite. The Apostles & the Saints would aid in the guidance of the soul to deliverance from evil. Even today these icons and images are revered, but not always understood. As an artist I have a hard time believing in anything that is so far removed from me as a human on earth. In response to this cryptic icon worship I have made my own  “holy windows” depicting on artist’s religion of objects, emblems and Saints. Without these objects, these tools of the trade, my work, and my ability to work would cease to exist.

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Scratching knife marks

Sprays of water

Layering of colour

Scraping modelling paste

Paint scraped over

Paint poured

Gravity settling paint

       Evaporating water

            Staining the texture

               Watching paint dry

                  Sponging up the excess

Rotate

Paint

Wait

Rotate

Paint

Wait

Rotate

Paint

Wait

NOW

Where You Are

Be in this experience

You Are Here

In front of a painting

Rotate  It

Wait

Ponder

~Lauren McKinley Renzetti

May 8, 2011

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(Wo)Men in the Moon is ultimately from the inspiration of one individual, however all of the works are derived from photographs of several individuals, two women and two men, in a variety of poses. The human contour & its resemblance to the land have always intrigued me, the man (or woman) in the moon. The paintings are a reflection of The State of Mind of the subject, the photographer, & later during the planning & painting process, all help to set the mood of these works. This series was partly an exercise in simplifying forms into purely negative & positive spaces, with no judgments attached, just simplification of form. Striving to create landscapes that have a hint of the original human element, but hopefully remind us of our connection to the land.

-lauren mckinley renzetti

artist  designer  educator  maker

december 2009

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