Peter Leonard
Concept Art:
Faith Art Gallery
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peterleonard.conceptart@gmail.com
If you have sound cloud you can play some of the songs I have written for the paintings.
Getting the tone right, the hardest part. Mood crucial.
Colour, colour, colour. What looks right, what feels right. Recoloured many times.
Had the basic images in my head. But no idea as to colour scheme.
Had the idea of waterfall and that's it. River of Life. Then it was get paint on the canvas and see what happens
Another waterfall came into my mind, and the idea of the garden of Eden. Or, as it was in the beginning. Perfect, and then the Fall.
The giraffe represents the Holy Spirit, which can see beyond the situations.
The word spoken over my daughter was that she has the gift of seeing above the situation. Like the giraffe. That is spiritually.
The lion represents Yeshua, Jesus. Nothing overcomes the lion.
This painting was inspired by a dream my daughter had, and I then put into a painting.
The horse represents the Holy Spirit of the Bible
These 3 images show the trial and error of finding the right look and colour. In the end, it was the Holy Spirit that got me to the final lion. But for those who doubt, wow, what luck, eh?
I knew getting the right expression and look for the lion would be hard. The temple look too.
Not sure of the colour to do the temple gate. Its hard to keep going when you paint and nothing seems to look right. That's when you must keep changing, balance of tone, light and dark. It really is down to constantly adjusting the tones of the subject and those that surround it. It took time since this was in my head.
My first attempt at large acrylic painting. google says everything and nothing about how to start. Just learn myself, and trial and error. Deeper learning, and you make mistakes that can be brilliant.
It was just before dawn. So eventually I decided it would have been night. Anyway, I did not like the sunrise, for me it did not work. So trying to stay factual as well as getting the feel of the scene.
Still playing with the sunrise theme, but it looked more like a face, and whilst I could have tweaked it, the sunrise thing did not do it for me.
This painting came quickly. The ideas were already in my head. Pure symbolic representation of salvation and what the cross meant.
What did evolve was the detail of each symbolic representation. as well as coming across things that were, for me, God inspired.
Inspired by the true story of the White Calvary of Bethune. This was the original look, but changed the soldiers expression later.
The challenge was to work out the lighting as I went along. I like playing with the lighting to suit the painting rather than being too technical. That way the unexpected can happen. The same with perspective. I like pushing the boundaries, so it may not be technically correct by the book, but it still looks right.
Then, the overall theme for the painting was inspired by Isaiah 40, verse 31. Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar aloft as on eagles wings etc
This painting was first inspired by the tepuis of South America
Initially, the swing was going to be metal and white. Then I thought, if Jesus was to make a swing He would make it out of wood.
I get bored easily, so it was hard to decide to paint the swing as wood rather than white metal, which did not look right. Wood representing Yeshua's nature, and workmanship; carpentry and building. The word tecton, which is described His work, meant builder, not just carpentry.
I always struggle with seeing the end when painting. So its as I paint that things happen. I do not know what colour or what effect to create, its as if each brush stroke leads to the next. As a good friend of mine would say. Just get the paint on the paper.
Here Comes Trouble.
Acrylic, framed. Prints available
1m x 1.5m Price available on request
The Chariot.
NFS.
(Prints Available on Request)
Above All Things
NFS.
(Prints Available on Request)
The Fig Tree
Acrylic. Framed by the Artist
1m x 1.5m Price available on request
Let The World Stand Still
Acrylic. Framed. Prints available
1m x 1.2m Price available on request
The Eagle
Acrylic. Framed by the Artist
1m x 1.5m Price available on request
White Cavalry of Bethune
Acrylic. Framed
1m x 1.5m Price available on request
Salvation
Acrylic. Framed by the Artist
1m x 1.5m Price available on request
Get Out Of The Boat And Live
Acrylic. 1m x 1.2m Framed. Prints available
Price available on request
A Life in The Day Of
Acrylic. 1m x 1.5m Framed. Prints available
Price available on request