Art Inspiration from Raphael and Gabriel

Three years ago, I had a color dream - I simply saw vibrant wonderful colors: vivid lime green surrounded by brilliant white, surrounded by teal. It was so inspiring. I'm an artist but I wasn't painting or even a fan of abstract work at that time, so I created a still life entitled "Cream and Sugar." In the dream, the colors did appear in the form of orbs within orbs.

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Cream and Sugar  8x10" oil on canvas panel 

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Two years later, my landscapes were becoming so abstracted I was started painting abstracts. Then I remembered my memorable color dream. So I created an abstract painting from it I call "Inspired Dream." Lime green, surrounded or grounded by white, all surrounded by teal. This story is of angelic significance because green (emerald green, even teal) is the color of archangel Raphael. I now know the hits orange or bronzy colors represent the presence of archangel Gabriel, who inspires artists. So I feel very inspired, connected to and supported by Gabriel and Raphael. Woohoo!

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Inspired Dream  30x24" oil on gallery-wrapped canvas 

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Yes, someone above knew before I did that I'd be painting abstracts. I've been painting for a number of years, but painting this felt different, freeing, exhilerating. I was painting wildly, using the palette knife for the first time and following my heart instead of my head. Was so much FUN!!

Do you receive inspiration from above?? In what form? Music, art, screenplays, designs? New concepts, ideas to solve problems? I'd love to hear!

P.S. In the prior post, I tried hard to get the type to match my other posts - black. But nothing doing. Then I realized the type color was teal green and the post was all about Raphael. So he definitely wanted the type to be GREEN. And so it is!