ECVA - Alisa Clark - Everywhere I Look

Crossing Over

Digital collage

Artist Statement: I don’t consider myself a photographer. Yet when I see something beautiful, I try to capture it with my camera. In these moments of capturing, the subject is always inspiring. With each click, I will most often find myself in the throes of a euphoric moment. These “capturings” bring me hope and a sense that God is powerfully present. I had one of these experiences this past December. I was on top of a mountain in Vermont. There were clouds everywhere, spreading like the sea before me, and I was above those clouds. Looking down on them was a strange perspective: a God view. It was beyond beautiful, and I responded by taking an incredible number of photos. Using a variety of collage techniques, I have incorporated several of those photos into my imaginings of Heaven. I find a great amount of comfort in these creations. I captured a piece of something that has always been elusive and incomprehensible for me. I look at these images and they feel right: this is what I was trying to communicate. In Heaven, I consider that maybe only one thing might be different than it is inside my creations: as Jesus walks among the clouds, I will be walking with Him.

I began this collage with a photo of breathtaking, billowing clouds that stretched for miles. The scene looked like a piece of Heaven. How I ache to be in this beautiful place. I want to enter this painting and walk across that bridge. On Earth, I feel like Jesus is elusive. I never fully see His face, experience His physical touch, or hear His actual voice. I so badly want to catch up with Him, walk beside Him, and cross over with Him to the other side. I am thoroughly convinced that all of this is real, and it will one day be possible for me to know it. Not now, but when the time is right. I’ve still got work to do.

Bio: Alisa E. Clark is an avid acrylic painter and collage artist who enthusiastically explores ways to share her creative process. Alisa communicates the transformative power of art through words and images and believes in releasing the spiritual power of painting to others. From within the creative flow, in-between moments are captured with a paintbrush and the artist’s voice. A better understanding of our “In-Betweens” waits inside Alisa’s paintings. Alisa received her B.F.A. from Pratt Institute and has an M.S. in education. Her latest book, Art and Liminal Space, 2020, is the compilation of Alisa’s recent work with reflections that explore liminality’s influence upon it. Mindfulness Paintings (2019) encourages everyone to engage in the creative process and always value their process over their product. Visit Alisa’s website, www.LiminalSpaceArt.com, to see Alisa encouraging others to find a channel for creative expression and experience the spiritual benefits of artistic exploration. Alisa’s Books: Liminal Space Art, Mindfulness Paintings, Dancing in the Doghouse, Guardian Angels, Jesus for Kids.