The Artist Spirit

Betty Slade, Artist

The Master Artist speaks. He opened my human heart and His paintbrush danced across the recesses of my dark soul.

The canvas surrendered, love awakened and a new creation began. And the Master Artist dipped His brush into the paint and gently wrote His name upon my soul. "I have set you as a seal upon My heart, as a seal upon My arm." Song of Solomon 8:6 "Now you must set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon arm, for love is as strong as death."



Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Laura in Naked Silence

Song of Solomon 5: 6,7 " I opened for my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and was gone.
My heart went out to him when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. The watchmen, who went abut the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took my veil away from me."

Laura in Naked Silence 24X30 Oil

The Canvas responded. "I have turned Him away, the one I love. He came to me as the Man of Sorrow. I had taken off my robe and had washed myself with soap of self-righteousness which will never clean tmy soul. When He came to Me, I felt the myrrh which dropped from his hands on the handles of the lock. Great drops of blood dripped from his head, I did not want to touch death, especially the death of the cross. So I turned Him away."

The Crucified Artist, who created all things, and gave His life for the soul of His workmanship, turned away from His canvas until another day.

She fell into naked silence, as the watchmen found her and struck her and took off her veil. She knew only the Master Artist could satisfy the longing of her soul. She lifted her head to heaven and felt the shame of her betrayal for her Creator.of New Life..

"I have gone down to my garden, to the beds of spices, my spouse, my fair one, and I will wait for you there until you discovers Me within your own soul"

 The Master Artist and His creation have become one. "I must wait unti thel dawn falls upon your heart and then and only then, my revealing and existence will be real to you. You must learn that I exist within you You are made in my image. Your identity must be sought in your Master's  touch..  

Ciera's Prom Night (24X30)

Song of Solomon 2:1,2 "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughter.

Ciera's Prom Night (Oil 24X30)
 The Artist takes his brush and dips it into Magenta Rose and He paints innocence on her soul. You are the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. I look at you, my sister, my love and I see my Son. I am preparing you for my Son. He must go to the valley of death, and so must you. 

I can not hold back pain from you, it is the only way to the cross. It is the only way you will learn about yourself and come to eternal life.

The canvas responded, Must I lose my innocence? Must I lose my youth? Must I grow up too fast? Can I not stay here for eternity?

The Artist wept.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Angelina Del Ora

Angelina Del Ora 24 X30 Oil
Song of Solomon 4: 1-3 "Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove's eyes behind your veil, Your hair is like a flock of goats, going down from Mount Gilead...Your lips are like a strand of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil, are like a piece of pomegranate."


The Master Artist writes upon His canvas:  


"Do not let your beauty be that outward adorning of arranging the hair, of wearing gold or putting on fine apparel; 1  Peter 3:3


My Lord, I do not know how to be any other way than the way I am. All I know is what I have been taught. Plaiting my hair with gold, widen my eyes with black, and calling out for satisfaction. That is the way to please men, thus please myself.

"No, No, No my daughter, my friend, Adorn the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of Me.  I am not wooed as other men, I am wooed by your heart. I must color your heart with red. It is my blood which was spilled at the foot of the cross. It was for you."

"Behold, you are fair, I look at your heart. I look for that quiet spirit in your heart. I wish to come to you and find a resting place. I choose the heart of my people to rest in. You are no exception. You have used your beauty to seduce others, now you must die to the wantonness of others. You must learn my ways."

Come, my Lord, speak to my inner person and change me. I yield to your touch, My Master Painter. I wait for your brush filled with gold to come upon my faith, that I might be pleasing to you. How can I be completed without you. I find my completeness in you, only. You are my expectation. You are my hope.

"My Angel of gold. You no longer belong to the world, they have used you and seduced you and all the time you thought you were seducing them.I love you with an everlasting love.  My love will change you and teach you of another way.  Be patient, "Do not stir up love until it pleases."

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Lillian's Pearl


Lillian's Pearl (Oil 24 X30)
Song of Solomon 1:8, 9, 10, 11 "...O fairest among women...I have compared you, my love; to my filly among Pharaoh's chariots. Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with chains of tole. We will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver."

Why do you look upon me as one who has ornaments about my neck and gold in my ears? I am not worthy of your praise, I don't belong to those who's lives are at ease and pampered. Why have you chosen me from the rows of the vineyard. The sun has looked upon me, I am dark.

" With one stroke of my brush, you came alive to Me. Oh my love, when the sun looked upon you and you saw yourself dark, I saw yout as if the light of the sun shone upon you and pointed you  to me. I see your heart. I see you as the fairest among women. Allow Me the privilege of loving you.

"You embarrass me with your description. I blush at your words, but I want to hear more. Keep telling me until I believe it. I have never known anyone like you before.

Why do you give me all your attention? Others deserve it more.

"Because I love you. You have responded to my touch, My bride Spirit. You are betroth to me. Your government will be upon my shoulders. My care, provision and protection is my up most concern. Are you willing to come to me even in the death of the cross? This is where I will meet you, out of death, comes life."

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Jennifer with the Green Eyes

Song of Solomon 1:5 "I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. Do not look up me, because I am dark, Because the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept."


Jennifer with the Green Eyes (Oil 24X30)

Portrait in Paint! I do not know if I can trust you. How do I know that you have love for me alone? You ask me to leave what I know  and come to you. I am dark, how could you love me? My brothers accuse me of not working in their vineyard. My own vineyard is barren, I have nothing you should want.

The Master Artist's Responds, "My love, it is not what you see, it is what I see. I see you beautiful. Your beauty is my my eyes. I love you with an everlasting love. I only ask that you respond to me."

How can I respond when I know how beautiful others are. I have nothing to give you. Leave me to my vineyard, leave me to my father's house.

"I can not leave you alone. I have heard your heart cry for satisfaction. When you work in your brother's vineyard, you only wished the day to be over. I love you too much to leave you in your barren state. Allow me to paint you from my spiritual palette, I know the true color of your complexion. I see it in your eyes. You desire the water that only I can give you. Trust me, surrender to me. My love, My spouse.

Mary, Do Not Cling To Me!

5: 8 Song of Solomon, ""I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick!"
Mary, Do Not Cling to Me! (Oil 24 X30)


I went through the city and searched for Him until I  found the one I love.

 Why do I love Him?  The One my heart runs to, the One who has captured my thoughts and my attention during the night hours, He is the One who is truly worthy of all my affections. He has pursued me in His glory and laid down His life in exchange for my life.

"I am captured by your tresses, My love", The Songresponded to me. "You parade me through the city as a captured prisoner and I gladly yield to you."

Portrait in Paint! "Mary, Do not Cling to Me. You must let go of Me. You will no longer know me in the flesh, but in the spirit. I will return to you. I am sending the Holy Spirit who will bring My love to you. You will carry me in your heart. When others ask, the Light of my love will be your answer and you will be My witness."


Come quickly, I cry. I can not live without you.

"And you won't. I am here with you, My love, My sister, My spouse."

Monday, November 1, 2010

Two Faces of Eve

Song of Solomon 2:17 "Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether."


Two Faces of Eve (Oil 24 X30)

Portrait in Paint! My independence is important to me. I want to be all I can be, I will gladly pay the price. I will gladly eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I can not surrender to you, I will lose my freedom. I will gladly be beguiled for my own wants.

"Do not send me away to the Mountains of Separation, My love. I have come for you to learn how to skip on the mountain tops with me in My resurrected Life.


I want to love you, My Lord, as you have loved me. I can not help but betray you. You are still the One I love, My Lord, but I must wait behind my wall of deception..


"I will go away and wait for you. I will not awaken your love until it pleases."

Until the day breaks, when the morning light comes up behind the mountain, then I will seek you. In the night hours, I sought the one I loved, but He had left me. My independence has brought death to me. How can I run back to the one I love, who walked with me daily in the garden.


The subtle serpent has wrapped himself around me and he goes  in and out of my mind with his many colors and cunning ways. Stop the noises in my head, My Love and Lord

 I am the Master Painter and I have defeated the serpent on the cross. He has entered into your painting by your will and your disobedience. You have fought against My touch. You have rejected the colors of My heart. You have wanted to paint your own life.


With only a stroke, My Word became flesh. And My flesh came in the likeness of man. I have destroyed the works of the evil one. You must turn to me, My sister, My spouse. My love is enough." I have given you free will, but you must chose me.