Recently I was asked what inspired me to paint the 'Sacred Series'. Essentially it was as a result of searching The Bible for answers to situations I could not resolve or even understand.

Generally I have always leant towards more positive aspects of Faith but this time I started to delve into all the things that in the past I never really wanted to know much about or become familiar with. Life, I felt, presented enough problems without my having to recognise that tribulation is a historical norm.

In all art, be it drawing, painting or a 3D work there is both light and dark. We are taught in art school that Caravaggio was the greatest exponent of Chiaroscuro and it becomes a basic tenet of creativity. Throughout life; during wars, famines, etcetera - it would appear that art concerns everyone and the protection of it is paramount not only to safeguard value but also its role as documentation.

Not long ago an article was brought to my attention by the author Steve Pavlina. The correlation between what Mr. Pavlina writes, the teaching in art history on 'light and dark' and my current Scriptural journeys have lead me to believe that art, creativity and whatever force guides them is the best of 'light and dark' and humankind seems to be trailing in the dust.

I leave you with the opening passage to Mr. Pavlina's article and a link to the whole article hoping that, in all humility, others will see what I have seen:

Are Darkworkers Evil? by Steve Pavlina

As a follow-up to the previous article 'Rise of the Lightworker', let me clarify about darkworkers being construed as bad or evil. There are two perspectives to consider. 

First, from a spiritual perspective, darkworking and lightworking are both paths to greater awareness, greater motivation, and greater power. Darkworkers and lightworkers are similar in many ways, their main difference being how they direct their focus and energy. Darkworkers direct the flow of energy inward, while lightworkers direct it outward. A darkworker consumes; a lightworker creates. Both are in alignment with forces of nature: push and pull, action and reaction.

However, from a physical, earthbound perspective, darkworkers can indeed have a destructive effect. They build their power by draining it from others. To a darkworker this form of destruction is a good and natural act. Harming another person is morally no different than eating a meal...