As an Artist, Ruef seeks to create Spiritual Abstracts

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As an Artist, Ruef seeks to create spiritual abstracts that illuminate the transcendence of life, symbols & our eternal existence. It was during the season of solitude in 2020, that he began to explore some new images that changed his creative life forever.

On 3-17-20, he walked in the silence of the desolate
Pittsburgh streets. He gazed upward & meditated on the dark night, the stars, outer space & an exploding nebula. A moment of inspiration whispered around him. That brisk night led to his first painting of the “Eye of God”. The next morning, he casually sent that painted image as a text to several friends. The response was amazing. Someone offered to buy it. Wow. Really? That was a new blessing to the Artist known as Ruef. And then within seconds of selling it, someone else offered to purchase it too. That led to his first commission to paint the “Eye of God 2”.