Rainmaker and Flower Pray on Dirty Knees

I pray on dirty knees

TW – subject of abuse and mental health – image and word

abstracted vertical single figure painting with textures of charcoal paint and sanded paper, predominately black with blue and red

You only thought
you covered me in stain
You only thought you were the only one there.
You blinked! And
love walked in!
He covered my
blanket of stain
With the sweetness of
dew in first light.
Oh, you were there,
and so was He.

Rainmaker and Flower Pray on Dirty Knees shares the journey of healing and learning to love life. Contemplative poetry and paintings based on my life experiences.

There are discerning days.
There are days of
Unknown melancholy
And, then,
there are days;
days in which
that clutching darkness
dances around my
Wandering mind, and
I question
tomorrow’s dawn.

Rainmakers Dance is an abstract single standing figure standing on one leg with the other bent. the arms are outstretched backwards, the background is mainly red grey and some white on right side of painting. the body of the figure is wearing a short yellow sleeveless dress and the head looks obscured with clothe draped over the head

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Being Fed in the Fields of the Lilies is a abstract vertical single figure painting in a seated position looking a little to the right when in front of the painting. it feels like washes of thin layers. predominately line and wash with thicker white pastel on the face. colore are mainly black, red with a creamy grey beige background

Rainmaker Tells Us is an abstracted vertical single figure in a seated position with on leg bent out to the side and the other bent at knee vertical. the body is shifted to the left facing the painting and the arm on same side is straight to floor holding the body up. shoulders are tilted. you cannot see the other arm. the background is mainly pale washy yellow with some orange red inky washes. the body is mainly thicker black ink lines and the body integrates with the background

Letting Go Before We Say Goodbye is a abstract vertical single figure painting in a semi seated position predominately cream grey with peach red and black lines on with texture of the sanded paper

I Pray on Dirty Knees is a single vertical abstracted figure on their knees. the background is cream grey and the figure is mainly black. there is jagged thick black line vertical on the right side facing painting slightly in back of figure.

I Will Sing You to Sleep is a vertical abstracted single figure in a standing position with the right shoulder and hip dropped when facing painting. the head is turned to the right and down when facing the painting. the background is mainly creamy beige with some thin red and black washes on the left when facing painting. the body is gestural black ink charcoal and graphite lines. the head is a thin blended charcoal and ink with thicker red pigment over mouth and dripping down the paper. the body is partially concealed with white ink

Contemplating the Rainmaker is an abstract vertical single figure painting in a seating position with the leg bent in butterfly position with feet touching. the background is mainly a washy light pale yellow. the figure is outlines in black ink and the body is mainly washy pinky red. the face is washed out.

Rainmakers Tears is an abstract single figure in a standing position with legs apart as if to jump. the background is mainly creamy beige. the figure is mainly gestural ink lines and the face is masked with deeper red opaque ink with long drip lines moving to the right and down when facing the painting

I Pray on dirty knees is a abstract single vertical figure in standing position leaning slightly back and to left when facing painting. It is primarily cream gray background. the figure is mainly cream and red with black lines. the face is partially concealed with white wash of paint. there is wide band of black charcoal around waist. the texture is mainly gritty like charcoal and sanded worn paper

paint much love, always,
Connie Karleta Sales
a.k.a. This Crooked Little Flower

I pray on dirty knees

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