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Category Archives: Painting
The Color and the Chaos of the Crucifixion
Colors and chaos. That is how I imagine that fateful day. The demons celebrating, had they after all actually defeated God? The angels standing watch, they were told not to intervene as their master was murdered. I wonder what they … Continue reading
Learning to See
I have an old friend and mentor who is also a birdwatcher. “It’s not so much that I am interested in birds,” he once told me. “It’s that being a bird watcher has forced me to slow down. To be … Continue reading
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A Pair of Fall Days
I think they are a pair: https://www.artpal.com/joeldhirst
Eltz Castle, Germany
Europe is a museum to its remarkable past. After the great wars, they tried to build a continent safe from war and violence and poverty. It was a remarkable experiment, which is now mostly coming to an end. Such things … Continue reading
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Protest Art — USAID
A group of Sudanese women stand, huddled together for protection against the sandstorm. They have likely fled the Janjaweed (current RSF), or maybe the army, or maybe both. All they have in the world is a tin pot and a … Continue reading
Eiffel Tower and the Seine, Paris
Paris does abide. The last time I was in France was for my sister in law’s wedding, in Grenoble in 2019 I think. Before then, it was for a few days with my wife and my other sister in law, … Continue reading
9/11 @ 25
For about ten years I fought in the “War on Terror”. My work was in three theaters, all in Africa (Uganda, Mali, Nigeria) against ISIS, Al Shabbab, Al Qaida and Boko Haram. I mapped jihadi movements throughout the Lake Chad … Continue reading
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Colorful Castle
I did a second one of these, more colorful. Which do you prefer? https://www.artpal.com/joeldhirst?i=319328-51
