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August 12, 2021 Art, Spiritual journey 6 Comments artcommissionhopespiritual journey

When the End is Only the Beginning…

Generations; 2021; 17" x 21"; mixed media: watercolor, acrylic, graphite. Time and space bind our lives; we glimpse but a sliver of eternity. We begin, we live, we leave. Playing our part in an epic adventure, our perceptions are limited to our minute senses. But there is One who holds it all together: By Whom,…Read more When the End is Only the Beginning…

August 2, 2021 Art, Spiritual journey 2 Comments artgalleryIsaiah 64:8online gallery

JOY: we all need this!

My greatest hope in creating is to bring joy and inspiration, so I'm delighted to be included in this online exhibit, "JOY (I needed this)" with the Edward A Dixon Gallery of Dayton, OH. The original painting "Becoming (2)" is available in my Etsy shop: Fragments of Light, Becoming (2). And fine art prints of…Read more JOY: we all need this!

June 2, 2021June 4, 2021 Art, Spiritual journey Leave a comment art and faithart and Scripturedevotionalspiritual journey

Free art and Scripture devotional

You are invited to receive a free art & Scripture devotional

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 Art, Spiritual journey 3 Comments artart and faithart book recommendationsmentorsmixed mediaspiritual journey

Becoming – Mentors for the Creative Journey

Some of the most influential mentors in my own "becoming" are people I've never met...

April 30, 2021 Art, Spiritual journey Leave a comment art processhopemixed mediaseedsspring

The Artist as Sower

If I create the seeds myself, hold them in my hand, they blow away in the wind like so much chaff. But if He creates the seeds, if He scatters them, that is an altogether different harvest... Both belong to Him. Seeds 1; 2021; 9" x11.75"; mixed media: watercolor, acrylic, ink, graphite, chalk, pastel. Seeds…Read more The Artist as Sower

April 22, 2021April 21, 2021 Art 5 Comments anxietycouragefearmixed mediaspiritual journey

“Fear’s Antidote”

A painting I titled Carried captured a particularly poignant moment in the journey of my soul, a moment that returned full circle last week when a pastor I've never met contacted me through my Facebook Art and Writing page. He asked for permission to share the painting with his congregation on Sunday. After I emailed…Read more “Fear’s Antidote”

April 7, 2021 Art, Spiritual journey 1 Comment arthopemixed mediaspiritual journeyspring

After All, Life

After All, Life; 2021; 11.5" x 9"; 2021; watercolor, acrylic, ink, chalk, graphite Spring Winter shroud slips - Still, silent earth awakes, stretches out a muddy hand to a warm breeze, stands on trembling legs. In blinking surprise, Tilts its face to rising sun. After all - Life.

March 17, 2021 Art, Spiritual journey 8 Comments artIsaiah 64:8spiritual journeywatercolor

Becoming…

A collaborative piece in progress, with talented dancer Rachel Quiner as visual inspiration, and talented and beloved song-writer, singer, and daughter-in-law to be Janelle Thompson as musical inspiration... Coming soon with Janelle's beautiful, original worship song based on Isaiah 64:8. Becoming; 2021; 19" x 28"; watercolor & graphite.

March 9, 2021 Art, Life in Colorado 1 Comment artmixed mediatreeswinterwonder

Winter Wander

Winter Wander; 2021; 11.75" x 16"; mixed media: graphite, watercolor, acrylic, crayon.

February 27, 2021 Art, Family, Life in Colorado, Poetry Leave a comment artforestmemoriesmixed mediapoetrytimeless

Timeless

Wandering in a Winter Forest; 2021; 7.5" x 13'; mixed media: ink, watercolor, gouache, oil pastel, graphite. Grasses arc ochre, under frozen sheen, sparkling like the laughter of my grandma, bowing at her feet. I see her there, at a picnic table, her wisdom words still embedded in black, trusting limbs, still reaching under the…Read more Timeless

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