Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: Peace and Quiet

Friday, October 3, 2025

Peace and Quiet

Going Home Series #25 12 x 24 oil $595.

Isaiah said "God's people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings and in quiet resting places." I have heard it said that peace and quiet are rare commodities these days. They are rare but they are not commodities because they cannot be bought or sold. They are gifts from the Lord and He is the only one who can bestow peace and quiet to our souls. How do I capture that in a painting? A path guiding me to the Son with golden light that reflects the Fathers throne?

1 comment:

AnonymousOctober 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
How beautifully written and how true.
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Treatise on why I create

An artist, musician, craftsman, theatrical director, performer, all know that the human heart longs for truth, goodness, and beauty. If we can create that sense of longing, we capture our audience in the creative experience. In Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz, Frank creates a magical story about longing for home. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is a plea by a young girl to find that place of rest, a home in which to feel safe. St. Augustine said "our hearts are restless until we find our rest in God". Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer, expressed his faith through his music. He sat before a painting of Jesus every day and prayed for an hour before beginning his day. His composition "The Mission" transports the listener to another place, another time, another dimension of reality - an eternal home- a celebration of beauty. My goal in painting is to draw the viewer into a higher sense of reality and to feel that sense of longing and to hopefully realize that longing is ultimately for the eternal home, Heaven.