by Mark Hillis | Jan 17, 2025 | INSPIRATION
Bible records first mention of artist used by God Many are surprised to learn that The very first person the Bible says was “filled with the Spirit of God” was not Adam or Eve. It wasn’t Abraham. And it wasn’t Moses. It was a creative named Bezalel, an artisan whom...
by Mark Hillis | Dec 12, 2024 | INSPIRATION
(Featured Image: “Afternoon Light, Georgia Hay Field” – by Mark Hillis – Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 20″) Summer Memories of Farm Life Growing up on the farm, Summer was the season I waited for. As soon as school was dismissed for the...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 25, 2024 | INSPIRATION
Featured Image: “Al Ritmo de la Respiracion”, by Carlos Jacanamijoy, Harpers.com/NYC Understanding the Artist’s Worldview Art has long been a universal language, capable of capturing beauty, emotion, and mystery. The works of Brazilian painter Carlos...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 20, 2024 | INSPIRATION
Painting Creation emerging from Chaos Featured Image: “ORDER OUT OF CHAOS”, Oil on Canvas, 30″ x 40″ by Mark Hillis “CREATION” is a painting I did some years ago. It is a work that is drawn from the imagination, borrowing upon the...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 20, 2024 | INSPIRATION
Featured Image: Detail from “The Precious Life”, Charcoal on Toned Paper, 9″ x 9″, by Mark Hillis The Miracle of New Life A Newborn Infant – always a symbol of new life, of hope and innocence. The culmination of nine months of life in the...
by Mark Hillis | Nov 17, 2024 | INSPIRATION
The Artist’s Trained Eye The artist’s journey is, at its core, a transformation of vision. While others walk past the ordinary scenes of daily life—sunlight and shadows dancing across a surface, or the architecture of an old and massive tree—the trained...
