Debut Of Mothers Tender Farewell To Son Tribute To Mandela Long Walk To Freedom
March 4th, 2015 - Lake City, Pa
DEBUT: " FIRST CLASS EXHIBIT",FRENZEL GALLERY, AT THE ERIE ART MUSEUM MARCH 6, 2015 THROUGH MARCH 15, 2015, EAST 5TH STREET BETWEEN STATE AND FRENCH.
FIRST CLASS EXHIBIT, IS ALSO THE SAME NIGHT AS "GALLERY NIGHT", WITH THE OPENING RECEPTION FROM 7:00PM - 10:00PM WITH COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGES AND APPETIZERS. I AM A REGULARLY EXHIBITING ADULT AMATEUR ARTIST, CURRENTLY SHOWING ACRYLICS ON CANVAS, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, AND ORIGINAL JEWELRY IN "GRAPE COUNTRY MARKETPLACE" AT 15 WEST. MAIN STREET, NORTH EAST, PA. 16428 HRS: MON - SAT 12NOON - 6PM
THIS IS THE FIRST PORTRAIT I EVER PAINTED, AND MY FIRST OF A SERIES OF MOTHERS WITH SONS WHO BECAME WORLD CHANGERS FOR PEACE, THEIR CALLING FROM GOD, AND ESTABLISHING A LOVE OF ALL PEOPLE.
FINE ART DETAILS: 20" HIGH AND 16" WIDE, ACRYLICS ON CANVAS, AND FRAMED BEAUTIFULLY IN A POLISHED, TRIPLE LAYERED PAINTED BROWN FRAME, MOUNTED AND READY TO HANG.
THIS MANDELA PAINTING IS A TRIBUTE TO HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FILM SHARING THE SAME TITLE.
PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE: WILL BE GIVEN AS CHARITY TO CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES IN ERIE DEDICATED TO RAISING OUR CHILDREN UP TO BE GREAT MINISTERS OF GOD'S LOVE AND BRINGING CULTURAL UNITY AND CHANGE BETWEEN ALL PEOPLE AND CHURCHES IN ERIE. FOR A GREAT MOVEMENT OF GOD IS ABOUT TO DESCEND UPON OUR TOWN!
PUBLIC REACTIONS UP TO DATE: "MANDELA" HAS ALREADY GOTTEN A LOT OF PRAISE, RECOGNITION, INTEREST, AND MINISTERING TO PEOPLE ON ALL LEVELS. THIS WAS MY INTENT. PUTTING GOD'S MESSAGE GIVEN TO ME THROUGH THIS SCENE, AND TO HEAL PEOPLE SPIRITUALLY. EVEN BEFORE ITS COMPLETION ON FEBRUARY 23, 2015, FOLLOWERS OF MY ART HAVE BEEN TOUCHED AND SHARED TESTIMONIES SUCH AS: "I CAN REALLY FEEL THE LOVE OF GOD IN THIS", "ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL OF A MOTHER AND SON", AND "I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE".
ARTIST'S PERSONAL NOTE: AFTER SEEING HIS FILM (TITLES ABOVE), I IMMEDIATELY KNEW IT WAS THAT EXACT SCENE THAT GOD WAS COMMANDING ME TO PAINT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHY, BUT I PHOTOGRAPHED THE TELEVISION SCREEN DURING THE MOVIE WITH MY CELL PHONE, CRUDELY, TO ATTEMPT TO GET THAT PICTURE.
IT LED TO AN INTENSE STUDY ON MANDELA, HIS XHOSA NATION, THE THEMBU TRIBE, HIS LIFE, HIS HONORS, HIS LEGEND. I HAD TO RAPIDLY PERFECT PORTRAIT DRAWING AND UPSCALE GRIDDING, BLENDING OF MULTIPLE FLESH TONES WITH DRAMATIC SHADOWS, ETC, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SCOTT RISPIN, MY INSTRUCTOR OF "OPEN PAINT", THE CLASS I HAVE TAKEN SINCE 2010.
COMPELLED TO FIND THE GOD CONNECTION TO THIS SCENE, I READ EXCERPTS FROM HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND FOUND MY MIRACLE GOD HAD GIVEN ME THAT I WANTED THE VIEWERS TO FEEL AND RECEIVE, (BESIDES THE LOVE OF A MOTHER SENDING HER SON ON A JOURNEY TO GREATNESS)
IN THE WORDS OF NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA MADIBA AT HIS INAUGURATION AS PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA ON MAY 10, 1994:
"THE TIME OF THE HEALING OF THE WOUNDS HAS COME. THE MOMENT TO BRIDGE THE CHASMS THAT DIVIDE US HAS COME..
THE TIME TO BUILD IS UPON US. WE MUST THEREFORE ACT TOGETHER AS A UNITED PEOPLE, FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, FOR NATION BUILDING, FOR THE BIRTH OF A NEW WORLD. LET EACH KNOW THAT FOR EACH THE BODY, THE MIND AND THE SOUL HAVE BEEN FREED TO FULFILL THEMSELVES....THE SUN SHALL NEVER SET ON SO GLORIOUS A HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT.... LET FREEDOM REIGN. LET THE EFFORTS OF ALL, PROVE THAT HE (MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR) WAS NOT A MERE DREAMER WHEN HE SPOKE OF THE BEAUTY OF GENUINE BROTHERHOOD AND PEACE BEING MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS OR SILVER OR GOLD. LET A NEW AGE DAWN!"
THIS PAINTING CALLS OUT PEOPLE TO LOVE OUR CHILDREN, FOR BROTHERHOOD, PEACE, AND RECEIVING OUR DESTINIES AS PEOPLE OF GOD.