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"Beginnings"
I would draw when I was in elementary school. I loved to make things look real on paper and I’d take my time trying to make reality live through the things I made. I always wanted my drawings to be perfect and I wanted the things I drew to look like the world I saw with my eyes.
When I was in high school I couldn’t draw anything abstract. If I couldn’t see something with my eyes it was almost impossible for me to imagine. I couldn’t think outside of the box I had set up around myself; the box society and conventional thinking had set up for me.
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"The Bird and the Olive Leaf"
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"The Swan"
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"Spiritual War for Destiny"
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I then began to realize that my relationship with Jesus Christ had walls as well. Having spent my entire life surrounded by Christianity I didn’t know how familiar it had become. It wasn’t power for me. It was ritual. So I graduated from high school and didn’t know what I wanted. All I knew was that I loved art and music and that I wanted to love Jesus and give my life to Him.
My life changed when Jesus made Himself real to me. The way I loved was different and it provoked change in every area of my life. My family changed, my music changed, my art changed and it wasn’t about painting from an earthly perspective anymore. Art became about me letting go of my anxieties and painting from Heaven’s perspective.
It was hard for me to paint without that picture for my eyes at first because my mind was too realistic and I always wanted to know what was going on. Then God told me that I needed to paint without any ideas and I was scared because I didn’t want to ruin a canvas! He told me that He would be faithful to me if I’d trust Him enough to take a step of faith and since that day I’ve been able to paint abstract. And it wasn’t me... It’s what He’s done in me. I’m so thankful that what I can’t see is more real than anything that touches my vision and I long to see more with my eyes, but sometimes I see more when I shut them.
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"Self Portrait"
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"Isaiah 11"
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The things I paint are not preconceived ideas and the stories behind the paintings are miracles. Painting is not just a hobby for me. It’s a vent for the things the Lord is releasing in the Spirit. I know that these pieces are not just for me, for my closet, or for my house, so I hope that they can impact you in unimaginable ways.
The Lord is faithful and you can trust Him.
Yours Truly,
Candice Snyder
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