Shema
by M Spadecaller
Title
Shema
Artist
M Spadecaller
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting / Graphics
Description
The essence of Judaism is embodied in the prayer, the Shema (Deuteronomy 6.4-9). The last word of the first verse ends with the word, Echad, which means, (the) One. For Jewish parents to teach their children to say this prayer before they go to sleep at night is considered a mitzvah. It has taken me near a lifetime to appreciate the magnitude of its meaning.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6.4-9)
"Shema" is a hand-painted digital image and photo composite created in Spadecaller's Florida Studio.
Copyright Matthew Schwartz 2014
All images are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist.
Information about the artist, this image, and its creation: I am an old school painter with several years of traditional experience. In recent years I (and many other artists), have developed their talent by using software to create digital art that is unique. The picture that is presented here, never existed in real life as a photograph captured by the lens of a camera. This image started with a composite of photos and digitally hand-painted images that were first layered in Photoshop. The final outcome is a unique image entirely. If you enlarge the image sufficiently, you will observe brush stokes and colors that were not produced by any camera or by a paint brush. These strokes are painted by hand through the use of digital software. I love and respect the art of photography and traditional art forms. However, the creation of this image exists beyond what the camera photographs. This is an alternative dimension of visual art that falls outside photography and outside the scope of oils, charcoal, pastels, acrylics, or watercolor. I hope that this vital and distinct form of art will continue to gain wider acceptance and respect among art enthusiasts and artists . ~ Spadecaller
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May 3rd, 2014
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