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Born in the American South, Dr. Verneda Lights is a pioneer in digital fine art. She also has an extensive portfolio of traditional art: water color, acrylic, oil paintings, and drawings on paper and canvas. |
| About the Artist | |
I am inspired by the miracle of creation and prayer. I believe in God, and the diety of Jesus Christ: This reality inspires me continuously. Faith allows me to have hope and joy in daily living, and energizes me to be relentless in my search for beauty. |
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Ecce Homo
2003-2007 |
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| Artists throughout the ages have devoted the best of their talents, artistic perception and faith to the depiction of the passion of Christ. Michelangelo's "Pieta", and Da Vinci's last supper are but two examples of the lasting beauty of the artistic expressions of this subject. Yet, their presentations of the passion of Christ are greatly sanitized. The Christ that was scourged by Roman soldiers and nailed to the cross was in reality far more wounded and bloodied. As a physician, I could not ignore the fact that the scriptures describe how Jesus was spat upon, punched and slapped in the face. Parts of His beard were torn out. The lash with which He was scourged was embedded with bits of metal and bone, designed to rip the flesh with each strike and retraction of the whip. Such knowledge resulted in the painting above, which shows some of the depth of the injuries sustained, and hence the depth to which "God so loved the world." As described by the prophet Isaiah, 700 hundred years before the birth of Jesus:
Isaiah 53
"1Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness, and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3He is despised and rejected of men, a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
4Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not his mouth; He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.
8He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of My people was He stricken.
9And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death, because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief. When thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied. By His knowledge shall My righteous Servant justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities.
12Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He hath poured out His soul unto death. And He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors."
(21st Century King James Version)
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CHILDREN ARE NOT SAFE
2003 |
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| "Children Are Not Safe" was born in response to the horrible anxiety I felt during the "Beltway Sniper" rampage. In one of his letters, the murderer taunted the police with the statement: "Your children are not safe anywhere, anytime." In many ways the statement, though horrible, is proven to be true everytime a child's safety and well being are jeopardized. In the drawing, the faces of the dangers, both physical and spiritual, are etched on a wall. The child (the children, I should say, because there is more than one child drawn), is walking down a dark alley. Graffiti covers the surface of the walls that line the alley way. There is a shadow looming, of which the child is not aware. Does the shadow represent overwhelming danger, or a protective presence. I do not know. I cannot tell. |
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End of Sumer # 2
2007 |
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An American Girl
2003 |
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| Digital painting of black and white photograph. |
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Migraine
2003 |
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| Artistic depiction of migraine headache. |
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The Water's Edge
2003 |
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| Charon navigates the river Styx, carrying the deceased to the land of the dead. The painting was created within a purely digital environment. No textures or other elements were scanned into the computer environment. My subtext for this painting is "Ain't No pagan ferryman Comin For To Carry Me Home." |
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Pearl of Great Price
2001 |
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| Metaphor for the incalculable value of lives lost in the terrorist attacks upon America September 11, 2001. |
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Thru A Glass Darkly
2001 |
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Thief
2001-2004 |
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| This digital painting is part of the Beauty for ASHES, a 911 art memorial exhibit. Faces and a bloodied bandage are embedded in the painting (do you see them?), each one representing a person or thing that would "kill, steal, and destroy." This is the Biblical definition of what thieves do. At least one figure in the painting is "other worldly" to illustrate: "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12) Software used was PaintShop Pro 3. The use of a digital scalpel was instrumental in the completion of this work, thereby imparting an element of sculpture. I consider purely digital painting to be a "light sculpture", which uses digital color and electronic canvas to shape light into the desired form(s). |
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Dog of War
2001 |
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| I was working on my Beauty for Ashes 911 art memorial in 2001, when I decided to take a break and work instead on a design for glass (using digital art software). While stretching the glass to achieve the desired effect, I was startled to see a hideous face literally break through the glass design on the electronic canvas. I had often told my brother Deanje that I "saw" strange images inside the computer. He smiled and looked at me with much sympathy, as one does with those who are oblivious to their own insanity. This image, with its hideous teeth and bottomless maw initally frightened me. None the less, I examined it closely to identify what it was. Then I heard my memory whisper: "Cry 'havoc', and let loose the dogs of war." (Shakespeare, Hamlet Prince of Denmark) "Ah", I said to the image on the computer's screen. "So you are the spirit behind the destruction of the World Trade Center, Flight 91, and the near destruction of the Pentagon. So I'm not crazy after all!" Click! I saved the image before it had a chance to vanish. I showed it to my brother. Astonished, he asked me to print it. We were speechless when we saw that the image had printed the color of human flesh. I am not crazy after all: There is indeed a ghost in the machine. |
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Generations
2005 |
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| Family summer gathering. B/w photo by Patricia Lights/ print and hand coloring with water color pencils by Verneda Lights. |
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Backbone of Tears
2005 |
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| Sorrowful Thanksgiving moment, 2005. |
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Angels Watching Over Me
2007 |
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| Image of being from another dimension makes a surprize visit in a photo. I prefer to believe it is a Heavenly presence, because right before the picture was taken, I had prayed for a miracle for a close relative who was gravely ill. The miracle was granted, and needless to say, I was and am grateful and overwhelmed by God's mercy and strength. |
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Rocks Cry Out # 2
2007 |
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| I returned to the place in the park where I first spotted the face inside the rock which I titled "Rocks Cry Out" (previously posted on Street Art). Little did I know that another face was to be revealed. I looked at the rocks, and this time I saw another face, emerging from another rock. I captured the image, and this time I thought I would try infrared film. The image was digitally enhanced to further enhance the face. As I looked at the rock, I said to myself: "Michaelangelo was right, the image is inside the stone, waiting to be uncovered." I'm no sculptor, but I'm a bit closer to picking up a hammer and chisel. Meanwhile the American Negro Spiritual that inspired the title of the picture, continues to ring in my ears: "Outta my way. Get outta my way let me serve my King. If I don't praise Him, the rocks gonna cry out: "Glory and honor, glory and honor! Ain't got time to die." And to that I simply say, Amen. |
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and the clouds fell like a curtain across the evening sky
2007 |
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| Education and biography | |
| A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Lights is currently studying to obtain an MBA in management at Strayer University. Her work has been exhibited at the Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill, NJ, Field of Vision-New York City, Worldwide Arts Resources,Boston Cyberarts Festival, Artrom (Genovese design Studio, Rome, Italy), and Center for the Arts, Southern New Jersy. Her work is also available on her web site: Http://www.e-graphx.com . | |
| Future shows | |
| Currently seeking exhibits for 2009 - 2014. | |
| Website: www.e-graphx.com | |
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