Poetry, Painting and Praise

Poetry Painting and Praise

Paint and Poetry onto paper do pour
Ideas and illusions I cannot ignore
Mood and medium master my mind
Keeping it creative and one of a kind

My love, my desire is to see color flow
On paper my rainbows all seem to glow
These creations are but reflections of light
Our Creator above makes all things right

I pray my passion my purpose my peace
Is to serve my Savior and never cease
Praise and gratitude in my heart does evoke
To honor God's name with every stroke

by: D J. Bates

Art in Bloom, art exhibit.

Hi all, 

I have to tell you that my "Art In Bloom" art exhibit at the Lauritzen Gardens had to be a success. For anyone to have braved the heat and the wind and the lightning and the thunder and the downpours they have to be a hardy breed of enthusiasts. Saturday was blazing hot, the hottest day of the summer, Sunday was a monsoon, but I had a fun time. Actually sold two paintings and a couple of prints and cards.

The most fun was having Sheryl there with me, and my kids and grandkids coming to enjoy the gardens too. They asked us to "demonstrate" our craft, so I was painting a pink hibiscus and someone came up and said she had to have it...so I sold it. I had to finish it first so she walked around and came back, and the painting was ready to take home.

Jim helped me wrap my most recent painting in plastic on Sunday morning, and that one sold just after I set it up too.

All in all with the "trading" for trinkets, artist connections and a possible gallery interested in my artwork, I would say it was a successful first show in Omaha.

The Perfect Rose

Transported to another dimension this Perfect Rose was

Transplanted into a garden of wild roses

Transferred to the blank canvas by the painters brush

Transformed by the glory of God's grace

Transfixed the blood red bloom was pierced for our

Transgressions forgiven by His death, hung on the

Transom, the crosspiece which represents the

Transverse structure on which our Lord was hung

Transfigured into a change in form Jesus was

Transfused into the light of the world

Transparent for all to see, the clear way which is

Transposed into the language of love

Tranquil as the scene might be

Transcends our vision for hidden in the leaves

Translated from Heaven as the Lamb of God, His

Triumphant return we so anxiously await

Transient people though we are, soon we will be

Transported to our future resting place by the

Transpiration of His precious blood through the

Transition of His death, burial, and resurrection

Thank you Lord for all you do and say

Taking on our sins in a most graphic way

Thoughtfully providing an escape when we stray

Thoroughly loving us every day

I am a Watercolor Artist who also loves poetry, or a Poet that loves painting. God is The Great Creator, any thing we create is only a reproduction.First I conceived the painting, a Perfect Red Rose surrounded by wild roses of many colors, with a heart shaped “crown” of thorns intertwined around the trellis. Hidden in the thicket is a lamb, hard to distinguish unless you look for Him.This is a tribute to God who designed the universe, and an imitation of Gods inspiration given to the prophets of the Old TestamentHe is the Rose of Sharon ... Like a lily among thorns…He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him and by his wounds we are healed. We, like sheep, have gone astray each of us has turned to his own way…

The Perfect Rose

Psalm 51:10

Artfully Created by DJ Bates

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

Artfully Created by DJ Bates

Psalm 51:10

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Psalm 51:10-12

The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. Psalm 19:8, NIV

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14, NIV

May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. Psalm 20:4, NIV