In the Potter's Hands
by Eloise Schneider Mote
Original - Sold
Price
$350
Dimensions
36.000 x 36.000 inches
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Title
In the Potter's Hands
Artist
Eloise Schneider Mote
Medium
Painting - Oil And Acrylic Mixed Media : Available On Canvas, Rolled Or Framed Print, Cards
Description
Hands mold the pot as the wheel turns and the potter watches the clay take shape in the morning light. Will the potter form a new pot or a new life? Perhaps the concept is one and the same. Here's to new beginnings.
............................................................................................................................... Sometimes I think the hands belong to God as he is shaping my life, fixing the cracks, repairing broken pieces of my heart, making good out of bad. Other times, I imagine that the hands are mine and I am molding little lives in kindergarten class. Or maybe the hands belong to my husband whose loving touch smooths my stress marks.
................................................................................................................................... I want to have hands that love, never hands that cause someone to shrink back as I've seen little children do with parents who raise their hands to strike them. Hands should be loving. I want to pet, squeeze, tweak, and stroke, just like hands smoothing out the bumps and bubbles of the pot.
.................................................................................................................................... This painting is oil and acrylic. I began with a black background and then used white to outline the image of the hands and the pot. From there, I layered on the paint, building skin tones that highlighted muscles and movement. The final stage was adding the highlights. It just seems to me that pots in the molding stage should emerge in the light of a morning sun. Perhaps that isn't realistic to the potter, but it certainly appeals to the poetic writer in me.
....................................................................................................................................... I like analogies, and I think I like being a pot. I like to think that the rough edges are smoothed away by the kindness of hands. Maybe I won't be smooth from youth, maybe I won't have the shine of new clay, but I can be smooth from the love of hands that wore away the cracks with constant care.
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November 18th, 2009
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Comments (197)
Debby Pueschel
Congratulations on being chosen Artist of the Week in New FAA Uploads. I love your work, and you totally deserve this! FLFB
Robyn King
Congratulations Eloise your amazing artwork is being featured in Over 5000 Views:-) Please take a moment to add your beautiful art to our archives in the message area and have a wonderful day!
Nancy Carol Photography
Well done! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "July Aug Sept 2022 Features."
GJ Glorijean
Eloise, Beautiful... Hoping you'll make a scriptural photo version or add to the description! As it is you are welcome to display this work in the ACL and showcase outshoots in the Discussion! GJ
Beryl Jasper
Congrats!! Your amazing artwork has been featured in IF THE IMAGE EXCITES YOU group. You may archive your artwork in “Thank you and Promote” and any other thread of the group in which the artwork fits. Thanks for sharing.
Lyric Lucas
CONGRATULATIONS Eloise! I have chosen this excellent unique and creative image to be "SHOWCASED" at the top of the Home Page in the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! 5/2/22 - 5/15/22 L/F/PIN
Lori Pittenger
Congratulations your outstanding artwork has been featured on the leading page of Impressionism group 4/25/2022! Please visit the group to view it in our online gallery and to add it to the many themed catalogs in the group’s discussions. Excellent work!
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for having this great piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. I am proud to be able to support and promote all artists within our group. I very much enjoyed viewing the masterfully done piece from you portfolio to show off to all other artists and to attract perspective buyers. Thanks for sharing your beautiful artwork with all FAA members. Well worthy of this recognition.
Jacek Dudzinski
Excellent work! I love it! What an inspiration. Your feedback of my artwork would be precious!
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