Empowered Women: The Strength Behind ‘Imagine’ Painting

Imagine is an oil on canvas dedicated to women who are not waiting for a Prince Charming to rescue them. Women whose faith and courage make them bold and beautiful. Women who believe and pursue their God-given calling. The Visual Story of Imagine In this painting, a resolute woman sits astride a powerful white horse, her gaze …

Discover the Symbolism Behind ‘The Rose’ Oil Painting by Jodee Luna

Artist and writer, Diane Bailey, posted a painting on Instagram of a woman with angel’s wings, holding a red rose. The descriptor read: “The Soul of a Woman - and when she believed she was loved, she began to bloom.” When I read this, I instantly remembered a promise the Lord had given me when …

When the Heavens Fall Silent

https://youtu.be/QSUB73FDC9M When you prayAnd the answer does not comeThe heavens fall silentA harmonious hush heard No “Not yet”Nor “Wait” graces earsOnly peace that lingersIn the unknown you seek When you prayAnd the heavens fall silentYou must rest and believeFor the perfect to come When answers to my questions do not come, I find the Lord’s …

Stranger from Another Realm

Into the night he whispersStranger from another realmShrouded form so sweetly familiarApparition from youth I once touched Into my mind he whispersStranger from another realmUnfolding path steers my awkward stepsOnly moving forward matters  Into my soul he whispersStranger from another realmDrawing me towards immortalityI sense a presence not of this earth Often The Stranger visits us in …

Looking for Water

Have you ever longed for something so intensely that you search and search until you find it? You don’t know what “it” is, but you’re certain when you land upon “it” you’ll know. Like a parched man stumbling through dry and dusty terrain, you search for the living spring that bubbles up in the most …

The Longing

Have you ever longed for something so intensely that your heart hurts? What's worse is when the longing creeps into you, and you don't know what you're longing for but just feel this emptiness inside. Call me crazy or maybe it's what my mother explains when I tell her I'm out of sorts: "Us artists …

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 Whisper

This acrylic painting is dedicated to women throughout the ages that have dared to listen for the whisper.

Promises and The Way Finder

Have you ever waited a very long time for a promise to be fulfilled or been sorely disappointed when it didn’t happen like you’d hoped it would? I sure have. In fact, recently, I realized that two promises (I only saw snippets of in dreams) took 9 and 12 years to materialize. The first had …