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Winter has crept in. The air is cold and the wind can come upon you so suddenly it chills to the bone. The sky has a different light on these cold days. First purple and blue then fading in the distance a creamsickle peach and ivory with white puffs of clouds in the looming distance.Continue reading “Winter Themes”

The story of Christmas is the greatest news ever told. The angels came to declare to the shepherds that great tidings of immense joy were upon them, a Saviour was born in the city of David who would die for their sins and bestow upon them eternal life. The sinless Son of God had comeContinue reading “Christmas 2025”

I love the combination of these colors with the mark making with acrylic markers added.  It gives a different look and creates brighter contrasts. A thought for today, the wise virgins in Matthew 25 chose trust rather than works, thus they deserve the title “wise”. Its harder to trust than to work. We so oftenContinue reading “Something New”

Eating and drinking with the glutton and drunkard is embracing this world, living off and consuming its pleasures.  Awake O sleeper! For the Lord is nigh at the door and soon returns.

Just mixing colors and putting together complements on the color wheel is great fun. Seeing something in a picture can be an art in itself. How often we miss what is in plain sight because it doesn’t fit our narrative of the way things “should be”. The pharisees of Jesus’ day didn’t understand the truthContinue reading “Color Play”

Bright and dark in hue , tint or shade is brilliant and enhances both in a stark way. The complement of one against another is to make either more outstanding! Hope against despair is a similar contrast. This contrast was vividly displayed in the movie First Reformed, a masterpiece of truth thst I have notContinue reading “Warm and Cool Color Contrasts”

Our lives are often not as we hoped or planned, the road often turns on, in a direction we didn’t expect. The Bible says, in fact, our lives are a mere breath. We are as a vapor, here for a little while and then vanish away. So much is not as we hoped or evenContinue reading “A Hidden Hope”

Breezy Days 24×30 Acryli on Canvas This pallet is so soothing and thrilling. The flecks of light coming through the  shades of blue, green and chartreuse bring a restful calm to my eyes. I’m experimenting with different color scales. This is my achromatic color theme and these shades and tints are some of my favoriteContinue reading “Breezy Days”

“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one. And this is eternal life, that thou might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth. I have finished the work thou gavest me to do”. The workContinue reading “The Most Precious Possession is Free”

Something new. That is the theme of this post as I am discovering in the spring of 2025 a new and exciting focus for my art and one I want to share with you. The sweet and homespun images of life in the country, the beauty of nature and the wholesomeness of simple things. I’veContinue reading “Something New”