God's Kaleidoscope
by Hazel Holland
Title
God's Kaleidoscope
Artist
Hazel Holland
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
I used different colors of wet bleeder tissue paper to create the colorful watercolor background of this beautiful surrealistic painting. After I finished painting it I was reminded that grace is all around us and shows up in the most unexpected places. So often it's displayed through the lives of the most unlikely people, and comes free of charge to people who don't deserve it.
I feel sure that Jesus must have been aware of our gut level resistance to grace because He talked about it a lot in parables without hardly ever using the word. He saw grace everywhere. His Father's world was a place where the sun shines on those who acknowledge Him and those who don't.
On the other hand, because we are so accustomed to finding a catch in every promise, it is sometimes hard for us to believe that Jesus' stories of extravagant grace included no catch phrase that would disqualify people like you and me from receiving God's love.
God didn't wait for us to come to Him. He became a Man and came looking for us. He came looking for the sick, not the well. He came for the unrighteous, not the righteous. He came for those who betrayed him... like the disciples... like you and I... and His response is always like that of a lovesick father. He rejoices when one of His "real" kids repents and returns home.
Jesus is GRACE. He made the first move by coming to this world. And in spite of the fact that we live in a world of sin, it can never disrupt the flow of God's grace. For grace does not depend on what we have done for God, but rather what God has already done for us!
God is grace. God is the One who loves.♥ As we drink from the Living Water our roots will grow deep in Him, and our lives will reflect the colors of His grace.♥
FEATURED IN FOLLOWING FAA GROUPS:
* The World We See Group
* 500 Views
* This Way Arts
* Christian Theme Artwork
* Greeting Cards for All Occasions
* Weekly Fun for All Mediums
* Images That Excite You
* Water life
* Emotive Art
PLACEMENT IN FAA CONTESTS:
* Won 2nd place in FAA contest "Your Best Imaginative Artworks"
* Top Finisher in FAA contest "Your Best Watercolor"
* Won 3rd place in "Landscape Paintings" contest 3/26/16
* Top Finisher in "Dreamscape" contest 8/21/16
* Top Finisher in "Waterworld" contest 10/20/16
* Top Finisher in "Puzzles Challenging" contest 1/1/17
* Top Finisher in "ALLEGORY the visual story teller" contest 2/9/17
* Top Finisher in the "River" contest 5/11/17
* Top Finisher in "Colorful Landscape" contest 5/25/17
* Won 2nd place in "Semi-abstract handmade landscapes" contest 1/27/18
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Laurel Adams
Dear Hazel, thank you SOoo much for sharing the backstory in the BUZzz, reminders to us all that the Power greater than ourselves has…this!…us! All in divine order.
Laurel Adams
Hazel, CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU are awarded: SPECIAL 🎨🐝🏆GA FEATURE ARTIST of DISTINCTION 🥁👏🏻. Please feel free to post your Special Feature, selected for its “Sheer Beauty” in the ARTIST BUZzz GROUP Features and SPECIAL FEATUREs 2024 Archive Thread! BRAVO!
Hazel Holland replied:
Laurel, thank you so much for the honor of being awarded a SPECIAL 🎨🐝🏆GA FEATURE ARTIST of DISTINCTION 🥁👏🏻 for this watercolor painting! 3/6/24 in the ARTIST BUZzz GROUP Features and SPECIAL FEATUREs 2024 Archive Thread! So much appreciated!
Laurel Adams
CONGRATULATIONS! Your work has been featured in the Home Page of The ARTIST BUZzz Group! You are cordially invited to POST image embed links for this distinction to the 🌟GAs -Features Archive -2023 thread in the discussion tab. Thank you for your glimpse of beauty!
Hazel Holland replied:
Laurel, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the Home Page of The ARTIST BUZzz Group! Your support is truly appreciated!
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Hazel Holland replied:
Christopher, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the Home Page of The 1000 Views on 1 Image Group! Your support is truly appreciated!
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Hazel!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Beautiful Watercolors"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Hazel Holland replied:
Taphath, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the Home Page of "Beautiful Watercolors"! Your support is truly appreciated!
Gary F Richards
Outstanding red composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest YOUR FAVORITE RED AND GREEN CREATIONS - ONE IMAGE.
GJ Glorijean
Hazel, The Lord God is the Master Artist & it is a marvel as is your award-winning watercolor, God's Kaleidoscope. In His Image meditative reflection, beauty, and serenity, GJ glorijean
Laurel Adams
Hazel...what a remarkable “ after” in the before backstory! Couldn’t resist! ...v...best tomyou!
Genevieve Esson
Congratulations!!! Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the group: Lyrical Trees - Vibrant Wavelength Of Color!
Hazel Holland replied:
Genevieve, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the group "Lyrical Trees - Vibrant Wavelengths of Color". Your support is truly appreciated!
Hazel Holland
Michael Mirijan, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the group "Pictures for present". Your support is truly appreciated!
Hazel Holland
Mariola Bitner, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the group "Wildlife ONE A DAY". Your support is truly appreciated!
Hazel Holland
Fred Jinkins, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the group "We Paint Every Day". Your support is truly appreciated!
Hazel Holland
Eva Lechner, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the group "Imagination-Artistry-Creativity". Your support is truly appreciated!
Pamela Williams
What a fine piece of artwork and I am happy to announce that this beauty has been featured on the streets of the Art District group. Congratulations for this accomplishment! You may archive your work in the groups "Feature Archives & Thank You Thread"
Hazel Holland replied:
Pamela, thank you so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the "Art District" group. Your support is truly appreciated!
Brian Tada
Revisiting this absolutely beautiful, colorful masterpiece of God's beauty... Congratulations, Hazel, on your contest wins and multiple group feature awards! Totally awesome work of excellence! F/L
Hazel Holland
Romuald Henry Wasielewski, thanks so much for featuring "God's Kaleidoscope" in the group "Arts Fantastic World". Your support is truly appreciated!
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