Often the best gifts in life are the ones that are given, or (finally I'm getting rid of some dusty art that is in great need of love and clean walls)

I have recently felt convicted to stop hoarding the art that I have created over the years and start getting it onto the walls and into the hearts of those I love and those who love what God has released through me. The piece above (already gifted) is the first in the series of literally hundreds of works of art that will hopefully be finding new homes on various walls that will have them find rest there. If you are interested in, and "moved" by any particular works of art* that you have seen or enjoyed over the years, please contact me and do your best to identify the piece (i.e. the purply yellow one with the swirlies and white specks) and then allow me time to prayerfully consider its release and some additional time to find it, document it, and prep it for your walls. An offering of thanks in the form of art swapping, food, money (est USD value is based on individual/donor budget and or value to said individual/collector, i.e. $5 would be an insult for some pieces, unless you were experiencing unfortunate financial hardship), hugs, vintage items, records/vinyl, art supplies, gift certificates, tea, more hugs, a large bass or war drum, 1927, 32 or 64 Ford cars, musical interments, volunteer slave labor with experience in house painting/gardening/crawlspace adjustments etc... and/or most of all, the joy of ownership, would be greatly appreciated:)

*Disclaimer: just because you ask for it, doesn't me you will get it, (which also doesn't mean that I don't like you) I may just have some unique and unexplainable desire to keep it on my walls;). Also, I have some pieces that have already been claimed and they are reserved for the individuals who already consider them "theirs" despite their current location in my studio.

For questions and comments, please contact the artist/creativist/loony at paulmessenger.art@gmail.com (or FB or cellular telecommunications device)

Creativist: A person who has an innate desire to create.

Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. -George Lois

Reflections of Tomorrow

Reflections of Tomorrow: A journey through some of the works of my recent past, and therefore a glance at where I'm headed. The image below for instance is debatably my first painting, from third grade and of course it is dedicated to my MOM! Many of the line making tecniques and use of color are still evident in my paintings today. There is a thread that connects decades (wow decades) of work together. I have yet to discover what that thread is specifically, other than something deep in my spirit that cannot be transferred effectively into words or perhaps it is the creativist in me erupting.

For this post I have selected a few different groupings of my work. Some of images are from my beginnings and some from last week but all have an influence on the path I tread.

Group One: Sporadic, Free-form, "writing in tongues", Gibberish, letting my hand say what my heart is feeling without my mind getting in the way. It all started around age 13 when I had a major shift in my life and spirit.





Group Two: The body, female, male, young, old, tall, short, skinny, not-so-skinny; what ever it is I am thankful I have one and fascinated with the variety and individuality that there is in our world/country/city/neighborhood. Basically I am a "people watcher" and I love to dissect what makes us all so beautifully unique.




Group 3: Give me a lump of clay and this is what I'll do, I'll make a this or a that, maybe one or maybe two. Ok enough Dr. Seuss! Below you have a few examples of how my mind works in 3-D and as you can see that the threads are being stitched together. For instance: seemingly random mark making, human form, emotion and anything unique.

Group Quattro: This group has been created and developed more recently but it represents a way of seeing that I have had for a number of years. These images are often taken with my camera phone (1.3 megapixel) and are achieved by finding a unique color scheme and then just moving the lens rapidly to create these light trails. I have never taken any mind altering drugs because art was always my drug of choice, these images are proof of it.

Group 5, 6, 7.... to be continued.