...an illustrated essay by Kevin West
When it comes to describing the work of Spirit Artists, it is actually a misnomer to refer to them as Psychic Artists. They are 'Spirit Imagers', for what they are illustrating comes from, through and by the hand of the Spirit. The Psychic Artist on the other hand will only describe images of earthly origin. This is a special area of study and time should be taken to digest its full implications as contained within there are lessons for us all.
One should always be sceptical of an illustration by an artist that almost perfectly represents and earthly photograph of the departed soul. Why dress and adopt [in visage and figure expression] an exact copy of how one would have looked on the earth plane? This would perhaps beg more questions than answers. In this essay I'm going to put it to you that such artwork is not of Spirit origin. I'm going to attempt to show the difference between psychic art and spiritual art.Two illustrations by Christine Wiseman: She says, "I feel these children are brother and sister. These were drawn quite a while ago, but as yet have never been 'claimed'. Sometimes this can happen, then when I happen to be in the right place at the right time, someone will see the picture and blurt out that they know exactly who is in the picture!"
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Through and by the hand of...Please also see the Psychic part of Mediumship
Contained within the aura is a vast wealth of mental imagery. This is the imagery of every place you've ever been and everyone you've ever seen. Obviously those more closely associated with you will have a greater proportional prominence in your auric field. These are the emanations the psychic artist will be sensitive to. For example, a man brings you a picture of his mother together with a psychic drawing of her - the two are almost identical. Surely the psychic artist has merely picked up on an image of the man's mother from his own aura?
Apparently yes!
His mother may or may not have been present at the time of the drawing - this is irrelevant. The true Spirit Imager will present on paper a picture of our subject's mother in a pose and figure expression quite unique to her, and not captured by any earthly photograph. It will be a picture that clearly says she is alive in the here and now. I have no illustrated examples to show (these are actually very sensitive and hard to obtain as people get upset when confronted with the possibility that their prized spirit picture may only be earthly in origin).
Note with the above Christine Wiseman examples that there are no shadows, yet they have extension in three dimensions. An effect which is ordinarily very hard to achieve. Unlike psychic art, these two examples are alive. I use them here as they show perfectly that spirit images are not photographs - they are representations! They capture the essence and vitality of the individual, almost caricature - yet better than that.Gateway by K. West"Art in any form will always be controversial
as long as artists cannot paint and sculptors cannot sculpt".
As the Spirit Artist develops they may become aware of more than one influence working through them. Often they are not so much bombarded with information and imagery as actual vibrations - vibrations of thought and varied levels of consciousness. In other words, as the instrument they are at the control of spirit operators. They cannot defy this basic premise or principle of operation. If they do then they lose their inspiration - the Spirit leaves them - they can work no more and have to put down their tools.
Therefore a massive trust has to build between the worker and the operator. The artist must be brave, especially when working with expensive canvas and oil. The Spirit will often inspire them to make a dramatic or sweeping movement of the brush which seems to defy all logic. In the end, what is produced can be really quite spectacular.Temple by K. West
It is rare for the artist to know exactly what they are going to illustrate. Often and artist will look blankly at their medium [paper, canvas, etc.] and will be inspired/directed to pick up a particular colour and begin applying it. Often they themselves will not know what it is they are doing. They will often be just as curious as you or I as to the eventual outcome.
They will not work in any orthodox way. In my own three pieces above, 90% is oil on fingers - very tribal. Strictly speaking, in spirit art there is no such thing as 'a mistake'. Many times artists will find that what they thought was a mistake turns out to be an integral part of the finished illustration in both shape and form - even colour too.
There is something instantly identifiable about a picture that has come from the Spirit. It has a special life and light/luminosity all its own. It is something which cannot be easily defined.If you have a spirit picture you would like to submit then please contact us...
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