Paul Soupiset is currently seeking gallery representation for his acrylics.
Reach Paul c/o Toolbox 454 Soledad Suite 100, San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 225-8269 X 102; paul@toolbox.net
prices do not include shipping, insurance, etc.
NEW WORK:
THE
EUCHARIST:RECOVERING THE MYSTERY OF THE TABLE
NINE NEW PAINTINGS BY PAUL SOUPISET
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Ex
Voto “Ex-Voto”,
as an art term, doesn’t always refer specifically to Christian
pieces, though I have attempted to recover the term to this classic
Christian sense. ex voto - “A votive offering, typically
an object presented at shrines, sometimes pinned to images of
saints, etc. Latin for ‘out of thankfulness.’”
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We reduce Communion down to a shot glass full of grape juice and little manufactured bread chiclets. Could we return to the centrality of the Eucharist? |
Matthew 26: 26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” |
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In
Remembrance
"Let us go from this place broken as bread to this world." Leave the old behind.
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Tetradrachm
(30 pieces) Fellow
San Antonian Max Lucado once described Judas as a turncoat.
This is Judas the everyman. This is Judas the mirror into our
lives. “The silver tetradrachm of Tyre has achieved some
notoriety as the most likely coinage with which Judas was paid
his “thirty pieces of silver” for the betrayal of
Christ.” |
Crux John Chysostom: “The cross is the impregnable wall, the invulnerable shield, the safeguard of the rich, the resource of the poor, the defence of those who are exposed to snares, the armor of those who are attacked, the means of suppressing passion, and of acquiring virtue, the wonderful and marvelous sign. |
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Cup Emptying. Kenosis. Matthew 26:27 Then [Jesus] took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the [new] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. |
Sangreal The
medieval word Sangréal is a portmanteau with double meanings:
san+gréal (literally holy grail) as well as sang+réal
(blood of the king). In this series, the word sheds its medieval
baggage and stands simply as a signifier for the life-giving
blood that was shed for you and me at Calvary. |
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other paintings:
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woodenboat |
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Burnt Out: Olmos Pharmacy; Hulga Photography + Digital Photoillustration
digital collage is always in front of me, since the medium is always
right there in front of me,
but lately i've been returning to watercolor and thoughts of starting
oil painting... i'll try to scan some of my studies and post them.
In 2000, i was honored to be part of a three-man show of my graphic
design and digital collage at baylor university's martin gallery.
here is a couple representative
pieces that show commercial and personal examples.
here's my arts/design curriculum vitae
Planetarium/Imago Collage III; 10x10, digital + traditional collage
Featured on the cover of Mars
Hill Review #15:
"Collage/assemblage
is fast becoming the best way for me to be expressive.
It can be a quick medium, and easily allows for multiple audience inferences
[the line can easily fade between personal and public meanings]; the
overlayering of photography, lithography, type specimens, and scraps
of
found objects also build an artifact-based "journal" of my
comings and goings.
The process itself is very architectural, because the fixed "beams
and
bricks and windows and doors" (scraps of paper, etc.) are already
there in
front of me, and i task myself with an aesthetic reordering... this
is
nicely done digitally, because scale is thrown out the window..."
Paul Soupiset
is the creative director for Toolbox Studios
in San Antonio,
Texas. He is also arts editor for communiquejournal.org, an online literary
and arts journal. His creative bent includes songwriting, digital collage,
painting, and maintaining a love for good typography. Paul
and his wife Amy
have a son and two daughters.