Message thru the Glass at Newton Medical Center

Through my partnership with the Carriage House Gallery, I was invited to display a painting at the Newton Medical Center. I decided to put the painting "Message thru the Glass" on display. I painted it in 2010. 

If you have a reason to go to the hospital, for yourself, family, or to  visit someone, it will be on display in the main hallway. Check it out!



The Message thru the Glass

Her eyes aren’t what they used to be.
The vision seems to fade.
Her hair has turned white,
Memories of her youth, now she’d love to trade.

The joints just don’t work.
As getting out of the chair she must try.
Memories of her long gone husband.
Sometimes makes her cry.

The whirlwind of the grandkids,
On a visit, at first, is exciting and grand,
But soon these, new fangled electronics and games,
Loses her, in a world she now doesn’t understand.

But the one thing she does know,
Is the certainity of God’s unchanging word.
She studies God’s beginnings…and His glory,
Bringing her peace, understanding, and a heart reassured.

©2011 R. Allan Lister

Last year, I wrote this poem to go with the painting.

Fred's Lighthouse

I just delivered this commission painting today. Fred owns a company called Lighthouse Music Services near Wichita. He does custom service and repair of musical instruments and sells new and used instruments.

This painting is 12"x20"x3/4". It is acrylic on double primed canvas stretched over hand built stretcher bars. It has been protected by three coats of UV resistant varnish. 

SOLD

the Forty Minute Sermon

the Forty Minute Sermon

the Forty Minute Sermon

This quirky painting has been in the works for a very long time. First, it was just an idea, a visual picture in the gallery of my mind for several years. Eventually I sketched it out and prepared a canvas to use, only it went for another picture. I built another stretcher, but then, I needed the canvas to experiment with techniques for yet another picture I was painting. I finally re-primed the canvas and started this “simple, easy, quickie painting". ONLY it “weren’t” a “simple, easy, quickie painting!!!” After working on it enough to get a good start, I realized it was going to take a while. It did! From conception to completion, it has been a five year journey that has included about twenty-five to thirty hours of drawing and actual brushtime.

I think many of us who regularly attend church can identify with “the Forty Minute Sermon”. Sometimes, even though the sermon is instructive and interesting, eyelids get heavy. One morning I looked around and saw eight people asleep and the sermon was really good! Anyway, you find yourself fighting sleep only to lose. The eyelids close, sealed much like the tomb. Your “angelic” spouse always knows what is happening and sends the “loving nudge”, followed by the “pay attention nudge”, and the “wake up nudge”. When the nudges don’t work, your angel uses the “resurrection jab”!!! The seal is broken and the eyeballs pop open! A “hallelujah moment” just occurred.

This painting is meant to bring a smile or giggle. If it does, my work has not been in vain. Thanks for viewing.

Acrylic paint on triple primed canvas. Protected with three coats of UV resistant varnish. The edges are painted black. The painting is wired and ready to hang. 30” x 6 7/8” x 1 1/2”

The Forty Minute Sermon is not available for purchase at this time. Remember that when it becomes available, it will make a wonderful, fun painting for your pastor, church office or foyer.

Exciting News!!!

The Arts Council selected this picture as a part of their 2012 juried show at City Arts in Wichita, 334 N Mead, Wichita KS 67202. The show starts July 27, 2012 and runs for a month. This painting is not for sale at the present time.