My favorite part of a painting is the beginning. It’s fun to see a face form on canvas—kind of like meeting a person for the first time. My recent painting in process, The Invitation, captivates me with those mystical eyes that peer into my soul as if extending an invitation. READ THE ENTIRE POST...
Warrior Princess Mask Featured in Somerset Studio Magazine
Today I went to Barnes and Nobles with my husband and noticed the current issue ofSomerset Studio magazine. I had submitted a piece of artwork last spring for this September/October issue, figured I wasn’t chosen, and so opened it to see who was. There on the “Letters to the Editor” page, I saw a photo of my …
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THE TRAVELER: AN ACRYLIC PAINTING AND INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE
Have you every felt like a lonely traveler on a sojourn through life—always searching yet never finding what will once and for all fill that empty ache in your heart? I sure have. Oh I’ve enjoyed moments, days, and even seasons of settled; those wonderful times when God’s grace seems so real you can wrap …
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Unconditional Surrender
“I put no conditions on my surrender.” I mumbled those words after wrestling with something I feared God wanted me to do, but I dreaded. “Lord, you’re really not asking me to do that are you? You know that’s the one thing I’m most terrified of doing! Surrender! I’ve watched enough movies to know that in times of …
New Refrain from the Identical Creativity Website
I wanted to let followers of this blog know that I had to shut down my former creativity website, Refrain from the Identical, due to hosting problems. I've launched the new website and will begin linking this blog to my new creativity website. The first post titled, Blossom, features my recent acrylic painting.
The Seer
“And a great hand reached out of the dark and grasped mine for a moment, mightily and tenderly. I said to myself, ‘The Veil between, though very dark, is very thin.’” -George MacDonald, Phantastes What stunning imagery MacDonald uses to describe God’s tenderness towards us. So often I see the veil as thick, impermeable, shrouding …
The Fighter: An Acrylic Painting
The Fighter is an acrylic portrait dedicated to those determined souls that have had to battle their way through this life. Her steely-blue eyes pierce your heart, calling you forth to never give up, to fight your way through, to be all you can be! So when the way seems dreary and your life seems …
The Whisper
This acrylic painting is dedicated to women throughout the ages that have dared to listen for the whisper.
Remember what it feels like to be loved…
Our home swells with grown children returned home, family gatherings, and a granddaughter who can wipe away your blues with a smile. Easter weekend, I sigh, a time to celebrate our Lord’s resurrection and to enjoy our growing family, with all of the Easter egg hunting, story sharing, and belly laughing.
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