Lowbrow Art

Walking into a workshop, a clean, but well-used work area with low light, I see beams of light from an overhead source, perhaps a high window, with motes of dust floating around in them, between me and a straight-on view of a woodworker's workbench with a vise mounted on it and some random tools laid out from a job just completed. I see many tools hanging on the wall behind the bench, and stored underneath. A long well-cared for handsaw, a brace-and-bit, several different sizes and styles of wood chisels hanging in a rack together, a couple mallets and a good framing hammer, and particularly, a large well-defined carpenter's square.
a tree in nature
architectural vista
Personal POV scene. Me and Jesus in the desert on a cool morning at daybreak walking toward a bright star. Jesus is wearing old clothes and carrying a satchel. I’m wearing old clothes and sandals just like Him. The air is cool and crisp. The sky is bright blue on the horizon with deep purple fading into black at the upper atmosphere. The air is crisp and clear. It’s like the desert in California looking east toward Arizona. There are desert hills on the north and south sides and mountains in the distance.
Greek hero's triumphant return
still life arrangement of fruits and flowers
Factory workers at shift change
Figure experiencing grief
Family dinner with hidden tensions
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Speeding locomotive through urban landscape
I lift up my eyes toward the sky; know my heart and home are there, where the ones before me lie. One day, I’ll be gathered up and carried to that place where I shall know as I am known, and see my Maker’s face. It’s appointed unto us just once to be: We linger here, but soon we’ll be set free. No more reaching upward ‘til we die, Our roots stay here. We stretch beyond the sky.
Athlete with discus in contrapposto pose
A koi pond seen from above, orange and white koi fish swimming among lily pads, clear water with subtle ripples, fallen cherry blossom petals floating on the surface, dappled sunlight
Stacked cereal boxes with spilled contents
1000 identical clocks showing different times
urban street with city activity
Guitar player with newspaper collage
Violin and sheet music deconstructed
Christ Pantocrator with gospel book
Every house on suburban street photographed identically
Line of stones placed at low tide
animal standing in natural pose
a tree in nature
portrait of a person with expressive eyes
urban street with city activity
portrait of two people together
still life with everyday objects
A koi pond seen from above, orange and white koi fish swimming among lily pads, clear water with subtle ripples, fallen cherry blossom petals floating on the surface, dappled sunlight
portrait of a person with expressive eyes
Shipwreck in stormy seas with survivors
An interior scene. An old Bible with dog-eared pages, a black leather cover, and words of Christ in red sits open on a table. The camera sees the Bible at a 45 degree angle. The table and chair are old and worn, sitting on a worn carpet on a wood plank floor. There are some pens and highlighters, along with a red ribbon bookmark, a half-empty drink and some paper clips. The room is in low-light, and a small window is in the background. Someone has been studying and just stepped away for a moment. Some lines in the Bible are highlighted yellow.
Daily photograph of same street corner for one year
Figure as architectural construction
Tech entrepreneur with data visualization elements
Triumphal procession with spoils of war
portrait of two people together
I sat, long ago, on an Asian hill with a Shakya Mundi friend, and watched the autumn leaves fall down from high above, giants in the forest casting off their wakefulness, falling progressively into winter’s long, white sleep. “The important thing to know about trees” he said, “is that they are most beautiful in autumn; just before the winter snow. They live and grow through the entire year just for these brief moments of stunning beauty. We are like that.” He said, “but we have only one autumn, and a very long winter.”
Annunciation with donor figures in ornate interior
a close up of a menu with a price label on it
serene landscape with mountains and water
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