Soul in the State of Steady Determination

In, “Lifeline”, my blog post from March 14th, I describe how I was trying to paint something intangible like the soul. The soul was painted in a state of growth using numerous shades of green. When ”Lifeline” sold in 2022, I decided I wanted to paint the soul as a series, in various states.

At a very young age, I believed in a physical world and a world that was unseen. I also started to feel a sense of purpose to create. Even in grade school, if I wasn’t drawing, it felt like I wasn’t living up to my calling. Although, I didn’t have the vocabulary of “purpose “ or “calling” at that time it was just an indescribable knowing. Looking back, that knowing has been with me for years beckoning to me like an inner guide, calling me back to my true self.

“Soul in the State of Steady Determination”, refers to my soul that keeps on persevering in the light of my purpose. I included waves to indicate an ebb and flow. Although I may get distracted at times and get lost out at sea, I remember my calling to create and come back, beginning again with more force than before. This new wave comes in stronger and breaks against the shoreline making its mark. I’ve also included an invisible heavenly realm that symbolizes the strength and guidance my soul needs to stay steady and determined.

“Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So, we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

“Soul In the State of Steady Determination”, 24”x24”, Oil on Canvas, 2023