All We Need This heart filled crusiform depicts being firmly centered and yet gently held and linked together by the purple strings of our God and Christ. Looking at this brilliantly defined heart helps me remember to move to my center, where Christ resides and where peace can be found. I don’t know about you […]

Is it possible to find peace, the peace which surpasses understanding? Is it possible to actually let go and fall into peace?  Today peace may seem remote, unattainable. Searching denotes action and to me peace is a state of non-action. So how do we get from a place of restlessness, a place loaded with fear, […]

How do we manage (is that another word for control?) in this seemingly unmanagable time.  No matter where we find ourselves in this world wide journey of COVID-19, where we focus can make all the difference.  The promise of life will guide us through the dark places of our days.  Taking shelter provides respite and […]

My heart aches for the broken, for the struggling for the pervasive darkness. So easy and yet painful, it is to wallow in the shadows where we find ourselves sucked into the mire.  The ancient maple remains a sentinel, steadfast, purposefully bent and broken, serving as a guide to those who pass by. The crooked […]

Destruction, distrust and despair flame fears.  Deciding which path to take in the darkness can be overwhelming. We may stumble and fall along the way.  Making our way through the forest by taking our first step is all that we can hope to do.  By doing just that momentum prevails.  With each step the path […]

Angels are among us, surrounding and watching over us.  Our choices to be aware, afraid, adrift, aloof are ours.  Acknowledging God’s presence is a part of opening our eyes to Miracles.  How can I ignore God’s hand in the hands of those reaching out, to those crying for help, during and after Hurricane Harvey?  How can I ignore […]

With Hurricane Harvey ripping through the Texas coast and eyes on Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and threatening Florida we often wonder where is God.  Remembering He is with us always, til the end of time eases our fears.  Where do we go when we are afraid.  To our knees and to His word. Mercy […]

Woods:  Rooted in tension.  Here we get a sense of gnarly yet smooth connections between what is below, what appears on the surface and what springs above.  This painting is available at Inwood Gallery in Charlevoix, MI.

Six waves flowing … forming a panorama.  Mid-process revealing the underlaying paint and beginnings of building up the images.  I am still obsessed with waves and their process both when I stare at their natural flowing formation and when they reveal themselves on paper.  In both cases I find them mesmorizing.

  A reminder … always begin with a prayer.  Lord, Co-create with me. Bringing God into the studio with intention.  God, three x’s seven being a minimum … music to fill the soul and the space create the atmosphere for intentional painting. In this case, sea green was the base color providing a purposeful blend […]