Jon White Draws

“Spirit” - Oil on paper.

thelandwithin — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:39:29 -0400

“Spirit” - Oil on paper.

“Beyond the Darkened Horizon” Part 2 - Oil on paper...

thelandwithin — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:52:40 -0400

“Beyond the Darkened Horizon” Part 2 - Oil on paper (A3)

“Beyond the darkened horizon” Part 1 - Oil on paper...

thelandwithin — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:48:44 -0400

“Beyond the darkened horizon” Part 1 - Oil on paper (A3).

Latest painting: Untitled, oil on paper. Had to perserve with...

thelandwithin — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:16:00 -0400

Latest painting: Untitled, oil on paper.

Had to perserve with this one a bit but happy with the end results. If interested in buying any of more work please email me for more details at jonathanthewhite@gmail.com

joncherry: STAG TIMES, 2013

thelandwithin — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:08:23 -0400

joncherry:

STAG TIMES, 2013

‘Light.’ Oils on heavyweight paper. I was up early...

thelandwithin — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:44:30 -0400

‘Light.’ Oils on heavyweight paper.

I was up early this morning and the light of the rising sun was pouring through my window. Before the demands and tasks of the day moved me into action, I paused and painted this picture reflecting on Mikoto Fujimura’s words about how the squeezing of paint from the paint tube is a symbolic act of squeezing out all the ‘unnecessary concerns of life.’ A ‘ritual’ opening the senses to the ‘reality of creativty.’

Finally forced myself to pick up a brush (or pallet knife in...

thelandwithin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:45:52 -0400

Finally forced myself to pick up a brush (or pallet knife in fact) and get painting again this weekend.

Been way too long.

Experimenting with oils and enjoying the results.

A couple of months ago, Anna and I travelled to a conference in...

thelandwithin — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:27:58 -0500

A couple of months ago, Anna and I travelled to a conference in England with our friends Thierry and Mylene who paid all the travel expenses as we couldn’t afford to at the time. Instead of paying them back with coins and cash, they asked me to pay them back in paint! And this is the result!

I painted it in the prayer room at Bethanie and loved every minute of it.

Tomorrow night we are heading into Caen too give hot soup and...

thelandwithin — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:42:26 -0500

Tomorrow night we are heading into Caen too give hot soup and clothes to some of the homeless guys there. We’re also going to give them an illustration of mine with some promises of HOPE from the Bible on the back. Here’s a little video by the great film maker that is Laura Bradford. Check out her blog…

lauraamyliderth:

art: jonwhitedraws.com
music: dlamin.bandcamp.com
film: lauraamyliderth.com

Started a little new community blog documenting music and...

thelandwithin — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:49:00 -0500

Started a little new community blog documenting music and whiskey…

thewhiskeyplaylist:

Glenmorangie - the original, 10 year.

“The original Glenmorangie has flavours of honeyed sweetness fused with notes of citrus, vanilla and almonds, making it delicate, alluring and very complex.”

Enjoyed in Normandy, France by Jon and Lou.

The Glenmorangie Playlist:

1. On the nature of daylight - Max Richter (L)

2. And it’s alright - Peter Broderick (J)

3. Peaceful warrior - Aaron Parks (L)

4. Country Dumb - Josh T. Pearson (J)

5. Enter his rest - Wovenhand (L)

6. Dreams Today - Efterklang (J)

7. Stars (feat.MakO) - Yvette (L)

8. Heads will roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (J)

9. Running up that hill (A deal with God) - Kate Bush Remix (L)

10. Atoms for Peace - Thom Yorke (J)

11. 15 Step - Radiohead (L)

12. I have loved you wrong - The Swell Season (J)

Day sixteen Pray for fisherman in winter - they don’t have...

thelandwithin — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:43:09 -0500

Day sixteen

Pray for fisherman in winter - they don’t have it easy. Kings of the seas.

Day fifteen. Orkney - a windy loch. An oil pastel picture I did...

thelandwithin — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:04:12 -0500

Day fifteen.

Orkney - a windy loch.

An oil pastel picture I did after returning from my trip to Orkney.

Day fourteen. The arrival. (welcome to the world Olive Roux...

thelandwithin — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:25:31 -0500

Day fourteen.

The arrival.

(welcome to the world Olive Roux Long)

Day twelve. In the words of Bilbo Baggins, “What have I got in...

thelandwithin — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:16:00 -0500

Day twelve.

In the words of Bilbo Baggins, “What have I got in my pocket?”

Pocket Prayer.

When I go into the prayer room at Bethanie I have an odd habit of taking everything out of my pockets and laying them out neatly on the floor. I don’t really know why I do this but I think it is symbolic of me letting go of some of the demands and pressures of life that naturally weigh me down. Yesterday, as I did this slightly OCD ritual, I used the things in my pocket to aid me in prayer, each item representing in some way something in my life that I needed to ask God to intervene into and yesterday specifically in the area of provision.

What’s in your pocket?

Day eleven. “We’ve got land, we grow food We bake bread,...

thelandwithin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:54:00 -0500

Day eleven.

“We’ve got land, we grow food

We bake bread, and fell wood

Spring lambs in the fields

Sweet water in our hills

And at sunrise each day

We connect, we pray

We’ve got faith to spare

We bond, we share

So, sit down, stop running

He’s near, he’s coming

No TV, no net

No phones, no regret

No past, no doubt

We say, we shout

It’s on the wind, and the trees

It’s on land, it’s at sea

Join hands its clear

That this time he’s near

So, Sit down, stop running

He’s here, he’s coming.”

These are the lyrics to a song called ‘Witness’ by the folk duo ‘Show of Hands.’ The lyrics were the inspiration for today’s advent picture. For me, the lyrics capture the tension of living in the ‘now and not yet’ of God’s Kingdom. God is with us, he is here in this moment and we know it – and yet we are waiting for more. Specifically at the moment, this ‘waiting’ is in faith for God to provide us the money to buy Bethanie. Our waiting is not about being passive or hiding away but equally it is not about rushing around in a mad frenzy of doubt and anxiety. Our waiting is an active stillness, trusting in the purpose, plans and provision of God’s Kingdom. Doing only what we see our Father doing.

But beyond our waiting for these funds to come in, we are waiting in active stillness for the day when all that is not good, beauty, love and truth will shrivel up and die. There is tension in the waiting, the wrestle between faith and doubt, trust and fear, truth and lie and yet we know that

He is here

and

he is coming.

And we are actively waiting for him.

Day ten.

thelandwithin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:22:51 -0500

Day ten.

Day nine. “Mary.” Mary spent a whole bunch of time...

thelandwithin — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 09:03:24 -0500

Day nine.

“Mary.”

Mary spent a whole bunch of time waiting.

I wonder what emotions, fears, dreams, thoughts and conversations Mary had as she waited for 9 months for her son to be born. I wonder also how she felt as she waited and watched him growing up and how she felt knowing and waiting that his life was going to be like no other and end like no other as well. For Mary waiting was not something done from a distance, from the sidelines, disconnected from emotion. Waiting meant participating in the plan of God and knowing when to move and when to be still. Waiting meant obedience. Waiting meant trust.

Day eight. The blessing is in the land.

thelandwithin — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:33:56 -0500

Day eight.

The blessing is in the land.

Day seven. I’m always amazed between the contrast of...

thelandwithin — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:53:37 -0500

Day seven.

I’m always amazed between the contrast of darkness and light in the sky when storm clouds gather. Yesterday I saw this happening as over the sea as I travelled on a ferry from England to France. This is a sketch I did of the gathering storm expressing something of the battle in the sky between light and dark.

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:2

Day Six

thelandwithin — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:08:50 -0500

Day Six