Prayers and Thanksgivings and Peace

First of all, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For

there is one God;
there is also one mediator between God and humankind, 

Christ Jesus, himself human,
who gave himself a ransom for all

-- this was attested at the right time. For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

 

Paul at His Writing Desk (Detail)

REMBRANDT van Rijn 

1629-1630

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Nuremberg

Germany

 

http://www.jesuswalk.com/timothy/1_grace.htm

 

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)soːn vɑn ˈrɛin] ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative.

 

http://rembrandt-art.tumblr.com/post/70457416301/st-paul-at-his-writing-desk-1629-1630

 

In this painting the light and shadow are closely interwoven. A fluctuation from the one to the other takes place, producing a tenebrous atmosphere, full of mysterious effect. But more than this is achieved: by the fluctuating light the figure is expressly connected with the surrounding space, and the space itself is drawn into the representation. It becomes a vibrant, living medium. Space and figure in Rembrandt's art now share one inseparable existence and are equally expressive. At this point of his development Rembrandt was already able to use chiaroscuro to give the atmosphere both a visual and a spiritual meaning.

Throughout his career, chiaroscuro remained his most powerful means of expression. Of course, there are other important features of his art: his colouristic treatment, his compositional devices; but in a way they are all subordinated to, or in any case co-ordinated with, his chiaroscuro.

http://www.wga.hu/html_m/r/rembrand/11biblic/08newtes.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t ever ask me to house-sit!

Who knows what might happen!

Actually, I just water their plants while they are gone, but they had a major

sewer problem while they were in England.  

It had surfaced before they left, but it needed to be repaired while they were gone.

The plumber found the problem was outside—not inside.

 

 

This tree root was the problem …

 

 

… and it was in this old clay sewer pipe.

 

 

Brian the Plumber placing the new pipe!

 

 

AND … the owners will come home tonight to all these golf balls that Brian’s

assistant found on their property.

 

 

Book Club at Bambi’s

Sharron Leonard, Bambi Moss, Nancy Knudsen

 

 

Beautiful views in three directions from Bambi’s windows.

 

 

Oh, NO!

Gorgeous, but it is much too soon.

 

 

At Rotary on Friday morning we had a sneak preview of “My Fair Lady”

by the Evergreen Chorale.

 

 

Georgia sampling a smoothie made by Gray at our Silver Sneakers class.

 

 

September 17 and 18, 2016

 

Marin Dobson’s lovely work.  She didn’t want to have her picture taken but she

 said she would be happy to donate a painting to the Center for the Arts Evergreen

for us to use in an auction!

 

 

Her work reflects the influence of Quang Ho.

She was surprised that I realized it but this painting of hers

was a dead give-away.

 

 

Diana Begner does crystalline porcelain vases and functional pieces.

She also does crystalline prints on blouses.

 

 

Sally Davidson-Marovich with a pastel work in progress.

 

 

Of course I had to stop to see Laura Mehmert.

“Back to my roots,” since I started painting with Laura.

 

 

 

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Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org