tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55853188705923173472024-03-13T05:31:02.298-07:00Paintings by John BederJohn Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-62814588504644917122013-12-02T06:57:00.001-08:002013-12-02T06:57:51.314-08:00Neptune<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This piece is cast in concrete and hangs on a wall. Most interpretations of Neptune have an angry look, but I wanted to convey a sort of "watcher" appearance. Neptune is a God and I thought that no matter what humans do, a God isn't going to be perturbed. John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-63333574555797544602012-05-30T07:59:00.001-07:002012-05-30T08:10:08.891-07:00Gargoyle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am trying my hand at sculpture. I will cast this in concrete and put it in the garden.John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-11747342286920412742012-04-30T17:16:00.001-07:002012-05-30T08:14:43.522-07:00wildbunch #8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oil on Canvas 48"x36"<br />
This is a commissioned piece, a smaller version of a previous painting.John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-5367589176672241472012-01-30T13:22:00.001-08:002012-01-30T13:29:41.361-08:00drawing<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4SIUDHRX5fg/TycKY0zvTjI/AAAAAAAAAQo/QU_3oiLJwIA/s1600/2479-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4SIUDHRX5fg/TycKY0zvTjI/AAAAAAAAAQo/QU_3oiLJwIA/s400/2479-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703538874696814130" border="0" /></a><br />I am attempting to design faeries and angels. These are done from memory, I am hoping I can turn some of them into paintings.John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-37884863361258850592012-01-30T13:20:00.000-08:002012-01-30T13:22:16.690-08:00drawing<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RGUssZQ8Anc/TycJ4vmPgWI/AAAAAAAAAQc/yB9OoM4sseA/s1600/2478-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RGUssZQ8Anc/TycJ4vmPgWI/AAAAAAAAAQc/yB9OoM4sseA/s400/2478-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703538323542212962" border="0" /></a>John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-74787354390807232762012-01-30T12:47:00.000-08:002012-01-30T13:20:33.137-08:00drawing<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xrY1tP50-dY/TycJhyyMDqI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/2PjaQpXymr8/s1600/2477-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xrY1tP50-dY/TycJhyyMDqI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/2PjaQpXymr8/s400/2477-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703537929260633762" border="0" /></a>John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-53965918500101277842012-01-10T15:12:00.001-08:002012-01-10T15:15:44.361-08:00Fishing for a Reason<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hDI55v9FQzw/TwzGE68igKI/AAAAAAAAAQE/_MxqgtjQUFU/s1600/toadler-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hDI55v9FQzw/TwzGE68igKI/AAAAAAAAAQE/_MxqgtjQUFU/s400/toadler-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696145416561787042" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 10"x10"<br />I am poking fun at myself.John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-31685465660488379012011-12-30T13:24:00.001-08:002011-12-30T13:28:17.965-08:00Tableau#2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YrCGD2Eyidw/Tv4sN6L6OlI/AAAAAAAAAP4/tv1M--vO5ik/s1600/tableau%25232-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YrCGD2Eyidw/Tv4sN6L6OlI/AAAAAAAAAP4/tv1M--vO5ik/s400/tableau%25232-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692035596512016978" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 36"x24"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-63833770382763587332011-12-06T14:17:00.001-08:002011-12-06T14:19:34.267-08:00Pear and Apple<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RbPu7vs6Km0/Tt6U0BsvjaI/AAAAAAAAAPs/EGJOjQ7_Opw/s1600/applepear-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RbPu7vs6Km0/Tt6U0BsvjaI/AAAAAAAAAPs/EGJOjQ7_Opw/s400/applepear-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683143401318354338" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 24"x18"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-17769002025620751382011-11-21T10:04:00.001-08:002011-11-21T10:06:38.805-08:00Wildbunch #8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7bGAlcpfays/TsqS6_9gm3I/AAAAAAAAAPg/h__U4TSEXSU/s1600/grapes8sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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<br />This piece still needs some work.
<br />I am exploring light backgrounds, along with glass and it can be a challenge. I am trying to elevate a particular harvest to include the idea of acknowledgement to the forces that produce life on this planet. We take this for granted, thinking that it will go on as is, but as a gardener I am witness to how many things can go wrong when growing plants. So, this piece is an offering to the cherry Deva, in appreciation for a dependable harvest.
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<br />Oil on Canvas 36"x24"
<br />This isn't done yet.
<br />My take on the scene is that it is set up to make Jake and Neytiri look like Gods. They appear to be collaborating in creating the world around them. In our cultures, Christain, Jew or Islamic, female energies have been degraded and play a very small part in the conception of an overtly male creator God. The Gnostics, before the early Christains went on an extermination campaign to wipe the Gnostics out, experienced the Creator as a female deity embodying the planet. The Greeks named her Sophia, meaning wisdom, and today we might call her Gaia. If it wasn't for Earth, we wouldn't have a place to live. i think Cameron's message is, the military Industrial Complex controlling the world now is basically insane. Without a deep connection to nature, economies that are structured around war are allowed to grow and basically become destructive parasites.
<br />If you want to learn more about the Gnostics, check out Metahistory.org, authored by John Lamb
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<br />John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-18216687958384561792011-07-25T18:02:00.000-07:002011-07-25T18:48:49.997-07:00Homage to James Cameron<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LePaUCZyGqc/Ti4T1HSG7XI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/f_tEExDRfNE/s1600/jake-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LePaUCZyGqc/Ti4T1HSG7XI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/f_tEExDRfNE/s400/jake-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633461987096063346" border="0" /></a><br />"Awake" Oil on Canvas 18x14 inches<br />This piece isn't quite done, but I wanted to post it since I haven't for a while.<br />I have chosen to do images based on Avatar to give me an opportunity to write about topics that are on my mind every day.<br />This image is based on the last frame in the movie, and it is when Jake becomes permanently alive in the body of his brother's Avatar. The message here is that we are Spirit first, having an experience of 3D reality, and in this case, Spirit can exchange one form of living being to another. The implication for us is profound and I think the sooner we remember this, the sooner we become aware of what the heck we are doing here now, where we really come from, and where we are going as a collective species.<br />Another implication is, if Jake's human Spirit could be transferred to another form, then it is possible that Jake's, and all humans in physical form, are a result of a Spirit intention, and or Spirit projection from another dimension. 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3d0lr4JBeM/TgOMeJZDIHI/AAAAAAAAAN4/aVoNWR7Nvpg/s400/blueplate6-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621491209433456754" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 24"x48"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-37622874786902371812011-06-23T08:29:00.000-07:002011-06-23T08:31:18.998-07:00On a Roll<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I7tYI9rIsvY/TgNcEdfyA2I/AAAAAAAAANw/w4Kjhe7WbNc/s1600/on%2Ba%2Broll-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I7tYI9rIsvY/TgNcEdfyA2I/AAAAAAAAANw/w4Kjhe7WbNc/s400/on%2Ba%2Broll-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621437991595672418" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 20"x30"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-76729787838884610452011-06-23T08:26:00.000-07:002011-06-23T08:29:53.475-07:00Oranges and Apple<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6NBe1ecyZU/TgNbeejSUYI/AAAAAAAAANo/__J29TGqNRE/s1600/oranges%2Band%2Bapple-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6NBe1ecyZU/TgNbeejSUYI/AAAAAAAAANo/__J29TGqNRE/s400/oranges%2Band%2Bapple-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621437339043778946" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 18"x14"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-77088901356885375652011-05-18T15:30:00.000-07:002011-05-18T15:34:09.600-07:00Apple and Pears<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kT7h_LABTLk/TdRJAZV-NdI/AAAAAAAAANc/5nlT2lSNoxg/s1600/Apple%2Band%2BPears-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kT7h_LABTLk/TdRJAZV-NdI/AAAAAAAAANc/5nlT2lSNoxg/s400/Apple%2Band%2BPears-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608187707134981586" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 24"x16"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-55291025310193752652011-05-11T06:33:00.001-07:002011-05-11T06:36:08.463-07:00Three Pears<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dzCdx_jHybQ/TcqQbd383iI/AAAAAAAAANU/AQegCc1FV6U/s1600/three%2Bpears-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dzCdx_jHybQ/TcqQbd383iI/AAAAAAAAANU/AQegCc1FV6U/s400/three%2Bpears-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605451487766175266" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on Canvas 11"x14"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-14766954681501035422011-03-26T08:01:00.001-07:002011-03-26T08:06:35.969-07:00Oranges #5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dXMarZUjUgk/TY4AV_qwnMI/AAAAAAAAANM/QfTPIfraw-s/s1600/oranges%2B%25235.jpg-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dXMarZUjUgk/TY4AV_qwnMI/AAAAAAAAANM/QfTPIfraw-s/s400/oranges%2B%25235.jpg-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588404565481397442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Oil on Canvas 14"x11"John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-2045043870354576582011-02-10T10:55:00.001-08:002011-02-16T10:39:41.700-08:00cd cover<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BwL_xiv3AUU/TVQ04_G0jqI/AAAAAAAAAM8/rmdPgbRRefk/s1600/postersm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BwL_xiv3AUU/TVQ04_G0jqI/AAAAAAAAAM8/rmdPgbRRefk/s400/postersm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572136792581508770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a cd cover I designed for my friend Ian. I listened to his piano playing and had to find an image to represent his emotional, uplifting and artistic way of playing. The cosmic background did it. Free audio samples are available by clicking <a href="http://www.feelingfacescards.com/ian.html">HERE</a>...Enjoy Ian's fabulous music!John Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5585318870592317347.post-76072416330840882552011-01-28T07:29:00.000-08:002011-01-28T07:33:33.148-08:00Seagull<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_njX2wsF4pVs/TULhchSE65I/AAAAAAAAAMw/kUixmPsC7Wg/s1600/gull-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_njX2wsF4pVs/TULhchSE65I/AAAAAAAAAMw/kUixmPsC7Wg/s400/gull-sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567259969470131090" border="0" /></a><br />Cedar construction 36" wingspanJohn Bederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13683142292973347866noreply@blogger.com0