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I have known them all my life. When I was a little boy, they stood together, stern, staunch and silent in my grandfathers shed. Grandfather had been one of the first people in Auckland to own a motor car.
The tall, skinny jack was frequently used as a control lever in the cardboard box rocket ships I built and commanded. The oil can lubricated my peddle car.
In time they came to dwell in my shed. My own sons played at cranking their levers, wound the ratchet wheel on the tall skinny jack, enjoyed its clack-clack-clack sound, and used it as a pretending machine gun. The oil can ministered to their trikes and bikes.
The jacks still live in my shed. Lately, as I’ve been looking at them more closely, their individual personalities have begun to emerge. They agreed to pose, though the sittings were lengthy, rather formal and for some reason I began to feel a little threatened.
Use your imagination and you’ll find they have eyes, they are armed and they are dangerous.
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Most of my paintings are executed in oils, often over the top of other media. Many are visual stories that contain partially hidden words or imagery where the homespun and the familiar become symbols of timeless truth. My hope is that you will discover additional levels of meaning as you look at the paintings closely. If you get inspired and encouraged by my art- If you can glimpse the great, overarching purpose behind life and creation- If you can catch facets of the wonder and beauty of God's character- If you can begin to see beyond the present- - Then my paintings have succeeded! Bio Notes: Graham Braddock (born in New Zealand, 1942) showed marked artistic ability from early childhood, trained as a graphic artist, then...