As a Lamb - successfully uploaded :)

[Callisse J. DeTerre]

Okay, I just got to say, I was making the upload process way more difficult than necessary. Posted my method in the photo-uploading thread.

Also, this is a prime example of the which category does this fit into debate. I put it here because it LOOKS more like digital art at this point than a traditional painting. Here's the thing though...it started out as a color acrylic painting. But then I took a photo of it, manipulated the photo, used graphic painting tools, manipulated some more, then added the words. It's like "collage" method instead of a collage piece. ;D Anyway I don't expect this particular image to be terribly inspiring, but I'll share more later - including additional ones in this series.

[Brigid Briton]

Hi Callisse,

Congratulations on your first successful image-upload. This is a very interesting piece. Thanks for sharing your process with us. Maybe it's just me, but I find the lamb to be rather foreboding. And foreboding isn't a word I would normally use to describe Jesus and his message. The darkness of the eyes (which actually appear to to empty eye-sockets, the pointed (rather than gently curved) ear, the down-turned and very black mouth, all portray something other than the gentle strength I associate with the image of Jesus. Jesus isn't mentioned in this piece, however, the phrase you've attached to the lamb seems to imply that it's about Jesus. In that context, I find it rather, as I said, foreboding.

Brigid

[Callisse J. DeTerre]

The "foreboding" feeling is meant to be a foreshadowing, you might say, as Jesus will not return as a lamb. This is not art that many will enjoy, but it is pure self-expression for me. I care less whether anyone likes it (as opposed to my poetry), but I am curious about people's reactions. Thanks for sharing yours.

[Fire Monkey]

Setting aside any thought of meanings or content I would like to say I rather like the work myself - it isn't the sort of style I go for myself but I do see the art in it.