Fear And Faith by John Lautermilch

Title: Fear And Faith

Artist: John Lautermilch

Medium: Painting - Oil On Board

November 17th, 2008

Dimensions:11.000 x 16.000 x 1.000 inches

John Lautermilch graduated from Washington University School of Fine Arts (St. Louis, Missouri) with a certificate in fine art. He has been painting for the past 60 years and has had numerous one man shows. He is presently preparing for another two shows for the Missouri Botanical Garden and one at Componere Art Gallery in St. Louis, May. You can see more of John's work by going to www.yessy.com/johnlautermilch.. John released Fear and Faith on November 17th 2008. The image portrays a frightened old women who is clutching a crucifix  and the door she is hiding behind mumbling some prayer's behind the cross. Many people from around the world have commented on this photo. Marlene Robbins from the United States states, "Wow! John-this is outstanding work. The eyes say so much...as do the other features-hands,cross. Very dynamic." Another woman from Assagao, India States, " So very sad and emotional... John, you have done a fab job here and melt people´s heart away. God bless all such women in the world !" And a man from Rawdon, Canada states, " such a powerful expression! amazing portrait John! ............... It would be a delight to see your awesome work added to the group Word Worth 1000 Pics, as the Word/theme for this Week is "OLD" .... http://fineartamerica.com/groups/word-worth-1000-pics.html" I chose this portrait because it  is a fine example of fear, here you can see the old woman frightened and scared, which in turn makes the viewer  scared. The painting leaves the viewer with bewilderment, the viewer wants to know what the old woman may be seeing that is frightening her so bad and then again does not wish to know in fear that they themselves will be frightened.