Tuesday, July 1, 2025

stayed



 helene schjerfbeck
finnish
1862-1946
girl at the gate, 1943-44
watercolor and charcoal on paper
21 x 16 1/2 inches
signed with initials upper right
sale:
sotheby's london
july 2022

édouard vuillard
french
1868-1940
laundress, 1892
oil on board
8 1/2 x 10 inches
signed with initials lower left
cleveland museum of art
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song
~
psalm 27:14
ecclesiastes 3:11
isaiah 43:18-19

Sunday, June 1, 2025

good to me

 
angelo morbelli
italian
1853-1919
sunset in the mountains, 1907
oil on canvas
9 1/8 x 15 inches
sotheby's
tableaux 1400-1900
lot 49
paris
11 june 2025
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song
~
psalm 121

Thursday, May 8, 2025

overflow

photo: mine
nyc
@2019
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song here
psalm 23
~
deuteronomy 30:3-6
isaiah 54:5-6
:speaking to the nation of israel here in these verses (i think) but the ability of scripture to speak straight to the individual hearts of His children is wondrous and a precious gift:

Thursday, April 17, 2025

glory glory glory


helene schjerfbeck
finnish
1862-1946

félix vallotton
swiss/french
1865-1925
~
Immanuel's Land
'...i stand upon His merit, i know no other stand...'
anne ross cousin
1824-1906
british
~
romans 5:8

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

river of life


helene schjerfbeck
finnish
1862-1946
the seamstress, 1905
oil on canvas
37 1/2 x 33 inches
finnish national gallery

agnes goodsir
australian~lived in paris
1864-1939
woman reading, c. 1915
oil on canvas
28 x 36 inches
national gallery of victoria, melbourne
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song here
john 7:38
revelation 22:1

Sunday, March 9, 2025

...who makes a way...

isaiah 43:16


félix vallotton
swiss/french
1865-1925
sunset, 1913
oil on canvas
private collection
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song
john 12:32
~
exodus 13:21
job 23:10
proverbs 17:3

Sunday, February 16, 2025

unsearchable


emilio longoni
italian
1859-1932
alone, 1900
pastel on paper
private collection

antonio mancini
italian
1852-1930
the study, 1875
oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 26 inches
galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea
rome
~
romans 11:33

Sunday, February 2, 2025

addendum

 image addendum to previous post
from january 1, 2025

luca giordano
italian
1634-1705
shadrach, meshach and abednego
oil on canvas
24 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches
sotheby's
master paintings part ii
lot 460
new york
february 6, 2025
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oil sketch for a fresco in naples
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daniel 3:16-18 kjv
16 shadrach, meshach, and abednego, answered and said to the king, o nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17 if it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, o king.
18 but if not, be it known unto thee, o king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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note the most important and beautiful words here: but if not; proclaiming a fixed and firm faith and absolute obedience

Sunday, January 12, 2025

all of us

often
 restive and wayward


image one
edvard munch
burnished aquatint
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image two
photo-mine
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song here
~
isaiah 29:24
and
isaiah 25:8
revelation 21:4

Sunday, January 5, 2025

what we cannot see

...yet by faith...

abbott handerson thayer
american
1849-1921
angel (detail), 1887
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 28 1/8 inches
smithsonian american art museum


yamamoto masao
japanese
1957-present
kawa=flow #1719, 2024
silver gelatin print, edition of 20
9 1/2 x 6 inches
jackson fine art
:looking a bit like a seraph/seraphim:
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new
song here
:a song about women with brown eyes and jesus:
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑

another instructive and wise pauline epistle verse
colossians 3:2
as well as
psalm 118:8
2 peter 3:17-18