The Parting: Marketing Art
Personal paintings become a part of the artist by guiding one’s creative path. And like good friends, artwork can be difficult to say good-bye to when we decide to release […]
Tag Archives: poetry
Moments of Clarity
Some of the greatest blessings one can receive in a lifetime are moments of clarity. Those serendipitous seconds when heaven shines light in the form of illuminated understanding—a perspective that […]
Oh Holy Night
While bustling about, I look over at the wooden nativity my sister hand crafted… and I remember the greatest gift of all. He came to live among us so we […]
Returning to your Place of Peace
One of the greatest challenges for the artistic soul is to sequester time! Too many commitments crowd the margins of one’s life, spilling unrest into much-needed spaces. Before you know […]
Voice
Voice is a mixed media portrait commissioned by Krista Thomsen to honor her mother, Bonnie Ribble Kennedy. This piece features a creative soul’s passions. Bonnie’s philosophy empowers: “…my gifts are meant […]
The Power of Words
We promised it would never happen to us. That we’d lose our words, our voice, our passion to write. That we’d abandon our blogs and books that were well into […]
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 […]
Disillusionment: The Dark Mistress or Door of Opportunity
Disillusionment strangles joy and leaves us wanting more. There is a mistress of the dark. The soul’s lover and yet demise—a black widow of sorts, feasting on the lifeblood of […]
How to Paint a Masquerade Mask
Here’s 5 helpful hints on how to paint a masquerade mask. I’m finally finished with an acrylic painting I’ve been working on for weeks and thought I’d pass on some […]
