JUDE HARZER FINE ART

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”~ Paul Coelho

A young and vital child knows no limit to his own will, and it is the only reality to him. It is not that he wants at the outset to fight other wills, but that they simply do not exist for him. Like the artist, he goes forth to the work of creation, gloriously alone.
Jane Harrison

Jude Harzer Artist/Art Educator

Jude Harzer Artist/Art Educator
My art is a reflection of my effort to recognize and embrace the beauty in the world around me, even when it seems most difficult to find. Contact me at judiharz@aol.com or visit my website at http://www.judeharzerfineart.com

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"Most of us have two lives- the life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands resistance."Steven Pressfield

"The greatest freedoms are freedom from regret, freedom from fear, freedom from anxiety, and freedom from sorrow."
Thich Nhat Hanh

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Change


If I sat to write all of the ways in which my life has been "unfolding" and changing in the past several years, I could seriously create an interesting novel. After years of seeking comfort, prompted mostly by fear, insecurity and misunderstanding, I now crave change. I ache for it. Prepared or not, I realize that it is only through change, great or small, that I will become who I am meant to me.I can't accomplish that bound by the mental confines that I constructed in the past. Really what is the worst that can happen? Failure, poverty,abandonment, loneliness? These really are not options in my world:)  What if change means abundance, wealth, community, acceptance and love? I believe it does and will.
So, my path is slow, but steady . Perhaps I am idealistic, unrealistic, even crazy to surrender stability. I'm just embracing the unexpected and welcoming the previously uninvited. Have I been painting? Not much ...but I'm forever painting in my mind. I know that when I put brush to canvas...soon....very soon, I'm gonna' make magic. Life feels magical at this moment for no reason other than I am letting go of my own fears. One of my treasured friends always reminds me that pain, fear, failure becomes only as important as one makes it....it is the way in which you react to it and "hold it" that matters. I am holding my fears with gentleness and respect...they are certainly not gone... but I am ready to set them aside so that I can move, grow, and Fly.
I wish I could reveal  some greater purpose to which I aspire. Hmmm...I actually can't . Painting is it! My joy, my future, my objective... is to create art that is "authentic" and that matters to me. I think it will be meaningful to others as well. I want to share my heart and my work fearlessly. I'm not there yet. I have to be mindful of my present life and of those I love but they love me enough to know that change will do me good:)
So that's all I got. Perhaps not much to anyone other than myself but there is freedom in understanding and knowing myself and my weaknesses. For others, I may never be enough, give enough, produce enough, be smart or beautiful or talented enough.It matters more that I think I am "enough." Shhh.... although I think at times I'm "too much" for some:)
Hold your fears gently and dare to fly. Make it magical and meaningful! Welcome to Judy's world:)

Please Join Me at the Howland Cultural Center May 1st, 2010 !




































You are invited to the opening of The World of Artists, featuring members of The National Association of Women Artists. I will be exhibiting two of my works.
My painting ,Fear, will be available for purchase. It is 2' x' 2' ,oil and silver leaf on canvas, mounted to a wood panel. The image is framed with hammered aluminum.

Please join us in beautiful Beacon, NY for this event!
Howland Cultural Center

477 Main Street
Beacon, NY 12508-3305
(845) 831-4988 

“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.” Fulton Oursler




Wind Water Oil Fire Art Exhibit and Panel Discussion

"Fly: Breathe", is one of five of my works that will be exhibited and that will be available for purchase at the Wind Water Oil Fire exhibit. It opens today at 3 pm in Red Bank, New Jersey at the Red Bank Community Church.

Although my works are not "religious" in content, they are certainly spiritual. My "Fly" paintings continue to attract recognition from those groups who value the inherent symbolism in these works....love,inspiration and acceptance. Although my recent paintings are somewhat different, I have readdressed the "Fly" concept and imagery upon request and realized that I can take this concept even further. My subjects often include children that I love, both in beauty and spirit, who share a "breath of inspiration" in an effort to encourage love and celebration of ones uniqueness and the strength to persist and believe in a greater purpose .

May you always see beauty in the world around you:) Fly!

For more information regarding the exhibit, please visit the link below.
http://www.redbank.com/2010/04/08/%E2%80%9Cwind-water-oil-fire%E2%80%9D-art-exhibit-opening-red-bank-community-church

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Jude, Art and Inspiration