These images are among the over 80 paintings I’ve done that test well so far for looking back at the viewer with unconditional love. I don’t view my paintings as either religious or contemplative, exactly. Rather, my aim is to make paintings that can awaken healing power within the viewer.
So my paintings are religious because they depend on my Christian faith and on guidance from God and Jesus and the Spirit. They’re contemplative in that they depend on an I-Thou dialogue with the painting as well as a dialogue with God and of course, direct guidance from God. All the paintings I post anywhere have been screened by Jesus as “Good News.” I’ve tossed a lot of artwork that didn’t meet that test.
Since my aim has evolved over many years, I’m now also testing paintings for their healing power, using my own times of specific disheartening feeling-experiences. I’ll need to write about all this on the website I’m remodeling.
Cheers and blessings,
Catherine Jo Morgan (Cathy Jo)
Part of a series
Image 4 by 10 inches, framed 8 by 16 inches in black mat •
(The symbols are from Angeles Arrien’s five cross-cultural symbols plus a heart)
Acrylic on archival Ampersand hardboard panel
6 by 6 inches
The Anam Cara paintings are designed for desk or other tabletop display, to be “soul friend” companions — listening, understanding, and loving unconditionally.
Mixed media on canvas, 8 by 10 inches
Acrylic on canvas, 24 by 18 by 1.5 inches
