Beside Still Waters

I drew on Phoebe Unwin’s inspiring phrase “the tongues of the subject itself,” and it opened a door to my understanding of soft whispers, gentle breezes, flow and rhythm, gentle hugs… and the still point that is more ‘me’ in style than loudly energetic. I wanted to capture this in bright, clear colour that somehow retained a peaceful and gentle voice.

Peace-filled tongues, that flow where God’s Spirit leads, and are filled with His love and presence – these are “the tongues of the subject itself.” The threads that run through time and hold our world together, which Grace Cossington-Smith called “golden threads,” are perhaps more adequately expressed visually as flow than threads… and I hope to capture all that within a mere painting.