Food For The Body and Soul

    There are three things that you need to survive in this world. You need food, shelter and clothing. Food sustains our bodies, shelter gives us protection from the elements and clothing gives our bodies extra protection as well as our humility. Without any one of these your chance of surviving are at risk. What we fail to mention is the food we need for our souls.

    Art is food for the soul. Once we get past the daily tasks of surviving, we need to focus on the art of living. Art plays an integral part of living. Pictures we look at gives our imagination places to visit and escape. Music lifts our spirits. Books and movies can take us momentarily into other places and make us feel a myriad of emotions. Imagine a world without art. We would all be wearing the same thing, eating the same way and living in such a primal state. 

    As an artist I take a great sense of pride that the work I do serves a purpose. Whenever I complete a painting I get the feeling of accomplishment from recreating inspiring images from the heart through the hand. As a student of light I am fortunate to live and travel in such beautiful places and never take it for granted. I try to make every painting a reflection of the different types of light that I find from sunsets, moonlight, lava and torchlight.  For the patrons that collect art they take home a source of joy and inspiration. Each time they look at their art they live a little more than surviving.  They may not all live in ideal areas but when they look at their art it stirs great memories from their journeys and break from the daily grind. It may not make a huge difference but it does serve a daily dose of happiness just having their memories close to their heart thus "feeding" the soul.

    For those who are fortunate enough to have the three essential elements we need to survive covered we must keep in mind those who do not. That is why we must try to help where and when we can to make a difference in those lives that need the most. I came up with the “Food for the Body and Soul” program. When you come to my upcoming show, a portion of each sale will go towards the local food banks to make sure they have the needs to supply those who are without. Make any monetary donation to the food bank and receive a signed print. That way when you feed your soul you help feed someone else at the same time.
 

God Bless,

Walfrido