Rebecca Stark is the author of The Good Portion: Godthe second title in The Good Portion series.

The Good Portion: God explores what Scripture teaches about God in hopes that readers will see his perfection, worth, magnificence, and beauty as they study his triune nature, infinite attributes, and wondrous works. 

                     

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Friday
Oct262007

Canadian Artist: Jim Logan

The first Jim Logan painting I saw was in the waiting room of the medical clinic when my oldest two were preschoolers. The painting was on the wall behind several chairs, 3 feet wide or so, and the waiting room was small, so there was no ignoring it.

That painting is not one of Logan’s that can be found on the internet, so I’ll have to describe it as I remember it and, since it’s a twenty-year-old memory, I guarantee I’ll get details wrong. What I won’t get wrong is the impression the painting gave. There are young children in a run down kitchen, with the older making toast for the littler ones. On the kitchen table and around the kitchen are several empty booze bottles, so we know the kids are fending for themselves because the adults can’t fend for them.

It was a powerful painting, but I wouldn’t have wanted it on my living room wall.

Here are a few others of Jim Logan’s work. His paintings, he says, “are snapshots of life in an Aboriginal community,” including, I suppose, Whitehorse’s Kwanlin Dun Village where he was once an Anglican lay missionary, and they “explore feelings of wanting to belong, about feeling abandoned, about living in poverty and of hope for something undefined.” 

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 He Remembers His Brother

 
 
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 The Women Are At Bingo 
 
 
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 Evening News 
 
 
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 The Last Time I Saw Him 
 
You’ll find more Jim Logan work here

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Reader Comments (9)

Wow, these are really rich in colour. I really like that last one, especially the colour of the sky.

Hear your having a very good game of Scrabble!!

October 26, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterKim in ON

Beautiful moving works. Thanks for telling us about him.

October 26, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterviolet

Beautiful.

October 26, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterKaren

Beautiful. I love seeing the work of artists.

October 27, 2007 | Unregistered Commentercandyinsierras

Hear your having a very good game of Scrabble!!

Very even, so far. But my letter rack is a little lacking right now, so things could change.

October 27, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterrebecca

It is so much fun to be sitting here at my desk and hearing hubby say, "Come and see this!"

October 28, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterKim in ON

My foavorite is the Evening News. I love nature and especially appreciate how various artists depict nature.

October 28, 2007 | Unregistered Commentercandyinsierras

My fave is the last one, The Last Time I Saw Him. What happened to him? He isn't dressed for the weather. Did he die of exposure? Did he hitch a ride to the big city and never come back? What's the story?

October 28, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterrebecca

Hmmm...now you have me wondering. I was noticing the sky in that one. :) I can be so callous sometimes.

October 29, 2007 | Unregistered Commentercandyinsierras

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