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Art

Two New Abstract Figures (one of them Biblical)

January 13, 2024September 29, 2020 by Polly Castor
Painting of Even and the snake, painting of Eve and the Serpent

These two figurative paintings are a bit outside of what I usually do, but I’ve been thinking about them for a while.

Categories Art, Spirituality Tags Abstract Art, Bible, Release, spirituality & art 2 Comments

Learn to Paint Podcast (with Art by Those Interviewed)

September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 by Polly Castor
How to Paint Podcast

I’ve been enjoying this podcast and you may be too.

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, education, Featured Artists Leave a comment

Discernment (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Oil)

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by Polly Castor
Discernment (oil) by Polly Castor

We all need discernment very much.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Oil Painting 5 Comments

Spirit Descending Like A Dove (New Large Monoprint)

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by Polly Castor
Spirit Descending Like Dove monoprint by Polly Castor

This depicts what happened when Jesus was baptized.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Bible, Christian, Monoprints Leave a comment

Resonate (New Large Monoprint)

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 by Polly Castor
Resonate (monoprint) by Polly Castor

Here is my newest abstract conceptualist work, this time done in a large format monoprint.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Monoprints 2 Comments

In the Beginning (New Large Monoprint)

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 by Polly Castor
In the Beginning (monoprint) by Polly Castor

This depicts “beginning” as both “the Word” and as the start of life on earth.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Bible, Monoprints 2 Comments

Profusion (New Abstract Oil Painting)

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 by Polly Castor
Profusion (oil) by Polly Castor

Let us all embrace the profusion of good all around us!

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Oil Painting 1 Comment

It’s Not About the Church Building (New Conceptualist Pastel)

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by Polly Castor
It's Not About the Church Building (pastel) by Polly Castor

This intense painting expresses how I feel church should be.

Categories Art, Spirituality Tags Abstract Art, Church, pastel 4 Comments

The Artistic Process Encounters our Inner Being (Quote by Peter London)

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 by Polly Castor

Artist are not just making things. They are coming to understand the rewarding inner patterns of being.

Categories Art, Ideas Tags authenticity, Quotes 2 Comments

Spirituality and Art (Book Review with Photos and Notes)

August 6, 2020August 5, 2020 by Polly Castor
Spirituality and Art Book Review with Photos and Notes

This is a beautiful, well illustrated, and thoughtful book on a topic of articular interest to me.

Categories Art, Books, Spirituality Tags 5 Star Books, Abstract Art, Art Books, Book Reviews, spirituality & art 1 Comment

Two New Abstract Paintings About Immortality

January 13, 2024July 29, 2020 by Polly Castor
Passing On painting by Polly Castor

I just finished two new paintings in my immortality series.

Categories Art, Spirituality Tags Abstract Art, spirituality & art 4 Comments

Because God Said So (New Abstract Painting)

July 23, 2020 by Polly Castor
Because God Said So painting by Polly Castor

Listen to God, try the spirits, and if good, be obedient.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, God, pastel 4 Comments

Recent Artwork By Friends

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020 by Polly Castor
Recent Artwork by Friends

Lots of good art has been going on among my friends! Check it out!

Categories Art Tags Art by Others, Art Shows 14 Comments

Cast Your Net on the Right Side (New Conceptualist Painting)

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by Polly Castor
Cast Your Net on the Right Side (mixed media) by Polly Castor

Here the Bible story from the 21st chapter of John is depicted as a reminder to apply this allegory in our own lives.

Categories Art, Spirituality Tags Abstract Art, Bible, Christian, mixed media 5 Comments

We Got a Free Kiln!

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 by Polly Castor

Feeling very grateful for this current leap forward, and trying to be patient for the next right steps in their own good time.

Categories Art, Hope Tags abundance, gratitude, pottery 9 Comments

Motherboard (New Abstract Painting)

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 by Polly Castor
Motherboard (acrylic) by Polly Castor

I just finished this painting that was begun a long time ago…

Categories Art Tags Abstract Art, Acrylic Paintings 2 Comments

Tree of Life (New Large Conceptual Landscape Painting in Oil)

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 by Polly Castor
Tree of Life (oil painting) by Polly Castor

This depicts the Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible.

Categories Art Tags Abstract Landscapes, Bible, landscape painting, Oil Painting 2 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

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We are so blessed with your access to nature and your talent to communicate visually….

You are doing so wonderfully at praising God with your talents.

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I really enjoy reading your blog – but I have to say that your monthly ‘Bits and Clips’ posts and your ‘Grace Notes’ posts are my favorite :)

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Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

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Polly….I’m happier because of you; I sure do thank you.

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Thank you for all the inspiration you share so generously. I am deeply grateful!

What a delight to experience the beauty of nature you shared of your slice of the world through these beautiful photos.

Polly, your wonderful blog is doing more than its bit in this dreadful time. Thanks, and keep on keeping on!

Polly lets her spirituality into her art as you can see in the many abstract paintings she creates. We were wowed by her ability and her encouragement of others to express themselves artistically.

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Beautiful and profoundly perfect for pandemic season, your poem empowers hope for what’s next. I plan to read it at Sunday Devotional. Thank you!

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I made your fabulous Fish Tacos and they were BEYOND delicious!!

I always appreciate your reviews. Our fave film in 2019 was The Green Book – which we watched following your recommendation.

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing….

I’m grateful for you opening my eyes to the wonders that surround us.

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

I love your blog! I shared it with my mom, an artist, and she is impressed with your art. I’ve also spent time studying your paintings. Just listened to your interview, it was stellar! Thank you!!

Oh so beautiful! I keep coming back to look at the paintings again.

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I’ve just finished this book and I loved it! Thanks for recommending it.

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I’m so grateful for all you share with us.

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Thank you for using this platform to share these references for listening & learning. Now the work required to make a lasting change is up to each of us! ❤️

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Outstanding message! And a sure “wake-up” call for me regarding mortal decline. I’m off on a refreshing direction. Thanks, Polly.

Thank you for revealing this idea you’ve been following. I can tell when an angel has tapped me on the shoulder–it feels light and right and fun.

Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

Thanks for the nudge!

You continue to inspire, impress, and
amaze me, Polly.

WONDERFUL blog, Polly! Thank you for your spiritual calm, support for each of us, uninhibited creativity, and amazing paintings. I am just left in awe !

I feel the joy and love of the color and thought in all your work! You are letting your light shine.

I feel such gratitude for the beautiful way in which you express God. Thanks for blessing my life and being such a shining light in the world!

Thank you for the joy you share. I look forward to reading your posts!

Very helpful in these seemingly uncertain times. I found a couple of specific ideas expressed here that apply to a specific situation in my life. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing from the seat of your soul with generosity and openness.

Thanks, Polly, for listening so carefully and sharing so selflessly.

I have so enjoyed your recent posts– about your garden, your reflections about parenting, your vibrant artwork– so many wonderful expressions of Spirit.

Thank you for this exercise in balance, Polly. Helps a lot!

Thank you for writing this opinion so eloquently, Polly. You have addressed many nuances that I have been espousing for years, and your words are powerful and thought-provoking.

All of your work is eye and mind popping. I love it!

Thankful every morning to see another treasure from you in my emails !

Grace is a beautiful quality and you exude it in spades – thanks so much for all you do and are! You are a treasure!

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Wow, super powerful and definitely what I needed to hear today.

Helen Frankenthaler’s works were interesting, but I like your abstracts better.

Polly always captures the balance between what I can do, and all the miracles I am given.

Today’s post was a Gift from God. Opening your email this morning truly lifted my Spirit. Thank you.

Your blog is uplifting and enlightening, and seems to speak to me just when I need it most.

Once again, you have come through for us with such clear and coherent thinking and put into words the feelings in our hearts.

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I so enjoyed your trip blog. The outstanding photos and the amazing narratives made me feel I was on vacation for a few minutes each day.

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

Providing us with wonderful refreshment, enlightenment, peace, encouragement, joy,
and a whole lot more. Thanks, Polly!

Wow, you outdid yourself this month with your Bits and Clips. It was a wonderful mix of beauty, humor, and thoughtfulness.

I just love your photos, Polly. Whether it’s food or art or nature . . . They are always so beautiful and interesting and full of life !

Love your blog. Today’s was dynamite, and very helpful for understanding our role as individuals at this time.

Thank you for sharing this quote. It is very appropriate for our times. A beautiful wake up call to change our thinking and focus on what is real and true.

Your abstracts are interesting and you have a unique style that is all your own. Original, demonstrating individuality and confidence! I see joy and love expressed.

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The phrase ‘divine choreography’ is resonating with me. Bless you for sharing your inspiration with us all.

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

You brighten my life with your thoughts, views, words, pictures….

This is one of the BEST explanations of one’s understanding of God I have seen in a long time. The image paired with the text was spot on!

I am so happy to have found your site and to be able to enjoy your expression of Spirit! Love your poetry, your photos, your ideas, your …YOU! THANK you for sharing so abundantly!

You capture so vividly the beauty of nature. Thank you for bringing such beauty into my every day.

Illuminating thoughts, thank you for sharing them. Very clear.

Just a wonderland of possibilities and ideas and the materials to explore and discover. What a beautiful, exciting place! I’ve taken all this glory into my heart today and am grateful for it.

Your posts are treasure troves of your beautiful and giving heart.

Yes, lots of good flavor triggers in there. I printed it out and will try it. Thanks so much!

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

Thank you for sharing the joy of your trip with us. I feel blessed this morning to know you in all the ways you reveal good and magnify it.

This poem is what I needed to further focus on moving out of the fear of COVID.❤️

Thank you so much for this thoughtful, informative and articulate book review, Polly!

Thank you for bringing your beautiful great outdoors into my world.
You do a great job taking pictures. The colors are so vibrant and I like that you notice
shadows.

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

I am simply amazed at the wealth of beauty, soul, and experience. Love it. Love you! Thank You for sharing your innermost so openly.

The Spirit at work is so well described here. In between the lines I read that
our only true peace is in pleasing Our Creator! Thank you deeply, Polly!

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing…. like a bird, natural and beautiful, just singing out truth in her special song on a fine winter morning.

I get so happy when I see your paintings. I really do. They bring me such joy. I feel your heart when I see them.

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

Beautiful photos! All that color, texture & gorgeous pattern….

Your photos have opened my eyes to the beauty surrounding us everywhere.

I LOVE THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every day I look forward to your blog. It’s encouraging me to find ways to express what God reveals in me.

I truly love and am inspired by your blog, including capturing the beauty of life in the moment, teaching by example, taking time with children, and spirituality.

Thank you for your commitment to reality and our true nature!

Absolutely stunning, Polly. I love the infinite range of ideas, expression, and media in this BIG blog of yours.

Thank you, Polly, for bringing clarity to the stressful events we’re experiencing. Your insights are thought-provoking and inspirational. I’m very thankful for your blog.

I think one reason I enjoy your blog is that you Stand Forth In All Your God-given Glory, expressing everything Good!

I never before found computers this beautiful….

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

This blog is a daily dose from an spiritually-oriented, artist, thinker, sage.

Polly, I just love your spirit, innovativeness, receptivity to beauty and to God’s goodness expressed. Thank you for your blog.

This is so well thought out and written. Thank you for this compelling essay. I agree with you on all points, Polly.

Love the poem so so much and the first painting with the trees is INCREDIBLE!!

Your site is bolstering my creative thoughts. I need to put them into action.

Thank you for all your uplifting daily contributions, wherever form they take – photos, recipes, artwork, book reviews and smiley faces!

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

Wow!! I cannot wait to try this recipe! Thank you!

Polly, please keep sharing these pages! I love seeing them. You inspired me to do the same thing.

I love this poem! Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Yes!! Thank you for all the delightful imagery!

What an inspiring and uplifting painting. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with the world!

This is absolutely beautiful and so incredibly helpful and inspiring! Thank you so much! ❤️

Polly, what amazing and timely insight in these wise words! Thanks for sharing this wisdom.

I can’t tell you how helpful this has been to me today. I must’ve read it half a dozen times or more. It’s helping me with a great challenge. Thank you!

I’m new to your site and I love today’s post about being grateful!

The colors are exquisite!!! Thanks for bringing so much beauty into our lives.

What an incredible blessing and inspiration you are. Thank you so much for your beautiful heart!

Just beautiful, Polly. So honest and uplifting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and the helpful ones of others.

Really enjoyed your poem on Animal magnetism. Very clear truths. Thank you. Your vibrant art work is superb.

These thoughts you shared are a keeper for me to revisit when in need. You are a blessing to many!

Quite unforgettable. You truly have a way with words:warm; strong; inviting; enlightening; so substantive, and more.

Thank you for your generosity and your overflowing sense of soul which you share so beautifully and articulately with everyone!!

I read and feel the security of the hearth and home. Many thanks…

Polly, I needed you today and there you were and it was enough. Thank you for being a motivator.

How blessed we are to have someone like you on this Earth.

Thank you Polly for this article on supply! I cherish the healing thoughts therein very much, and they are very helpful.

I want to express my gratitude to you for such a well thought out essay. I found it quite enriching and resonate with those true answers.

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

This is relevant and an excellent way for me to look at some situations I have been in recently.
Thank you Polly.
I will continue to benefit…

Your multiple images and vocabulary choices give energy and renewed resolve to flagging spirits. Thank you for sharing.

So beautiful, Polly. Thank you for spelling out – through such artful means – the beauty of patience.

Hi Polly, loved this poem. It radiates hope and feeling of calmness. I am glad I came across these beautiful words. Keep posting similar reads and spreading positivity.

I did your 52 books challenge, and loved the structure that it provided to my selections. Doing it again this year too!

Polly, I am absolutely amazed. My mouth was watering! I’ll be thinking about it all night…and tomorrow we will break out the paints!

You are my favorite artist. I just have to say it. Your paintings make me so happy.

I find the ideas you share on your blog very encouraging in having a sense of order when it comes to goals and priorities.

You are so incredibly sweet, gracious, kind, thoughtful, creative, generous, joyful, witty, courageous, tender, persistent, compassionate, brilliant, articulate, ad infinitum!

The Brussels sprouts were an exceptionally BIG hit here…. could you direct me to more literature on spiritual healing?

With its awesome art, recipes, book reviews, and really excellent writing, this blog is the perfect corner of the internet.

What lovely Soul-inspired insights! Thank you for these great ideas!

You share so freely, with so so so much love and joy and an open-open-heart…

I am so totally impressed with your photography, poetry, and painting.Your talent is incredible!!!

Excellent post, dear Polly! Thanks!! There is lots that I relate to in your comments!

Thank you Polly, for saying what needs to be said.

Polly your blog is simply a marvelously enriching, thought provoking part of the daily wonders of life! I give thanks for you and the blog!

Thank you for this. Read it. Gave me hope. Going through an “unsure” time. Thank you for these words of strength, hope, and faith.

Polly this is absolutely exquisite and so inspiring. I will refer to it often.

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