Life Growth Beauty

This painting I did for a competition - but one thing about art is that often the beautiful is not valued, but rather the dark or weird paintings...it has to do with philosophy - the worldview that everything evolved from nothing, and hence art that 'evolves' or has no meaning is applauded, and art carefully created and beautiful is shunned.  Not always, but I have met a surprising amount of people who verify this is the case in modern art schools and thought.  I didn't even get accepted for the competition, but learnt a lot.  ...Artists if you are thinking of entering a competition with an 'open' theme and you are a representational painter, don't be too surprised if it doesn't go too well :)

But I choose to paint the beauty of creation, show God's truth, and create art that encourages and brings life to people and not be swayed by the status quo :)