I wanted to share something I read:

"Picture the scene: the place, Constantinople; the year, 837.  A monk called Lazarus crawls on all fours towards the Church of St. John the Baptist.  Every movement is agony to a body beaten to a pulp by imperial guards.  His hands are burned to the bone after being forcibly held in fire.  What horrendous crime has this  monk committed to deserve such torture? ….  No, he is guilty of painting icons!
We know next to nothing about Lazarus apart from this event, but his story is a dramatic illustration both of the savagery of the iconoclast persecution and the heroism of those who supported the holy icons.  Lazarus struggles into the church on his knees and, ignoring the pain of third-degree burns, grasps a brush in black and blistered hands.  Quietly and reverently, he continues to work on the  icon he has just been punished for starting."

This was Lazarus the Painter taken from "Traveling Companions:  Walking with the Saints of  the Church" by Christopher Moorey

This piece is in Priority Mail Art Biennial, Ground Floor Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, 343 5th Street, if your in the area the closing party is Sunday Sep. 29th, 1-3pm.  For more information the facebook link is https://www.facebook.com/events/11957256039695061/

I have been experimenting with fluid acrylics and incorporating them into my paintings. My intrigue with fluid painting is that it's a one of a kind and you can never repeat it exactly. Cy Twombly is as artist that does paintings and drawing that are not reproducible and this always interested me, especially since my other work is easy to copy.

I made this piece especially for a show called "Seven" and I missed the deadline.  My bad.

This photo was taken from an idea for another photo.  The surprises that occur when doing art are one of the highlights in the process of making art.