Art accepted into the Celebration show at FUMC

Our Lady of the Rapids and Psalm 127- the Lord guards the city were both accepted in the First United Methodist Celebration show! The iconlike painting is 9x12 and the Psalm 127 is large with a white mat and a blue metal frame.

Psalm 131 revisited- twice

I just finished and framed these revisitations of the idea of Psalm 131. 131 b (top 2) is 10 1/2 x 8 framed. 131a (bottom 2) is 11x15 framed. I like the zen and calm quality of the composition and thought I would visit it a few more times.

Barn sketches

These are little 4"x6" sketches of barns that I've done to prepare for a commissioned barn painting and also to get back into creating compositions. The size is very forgiving and prevents me from investing too much time into a composition that's not quite working. Seeing them on the computer screen helps me to edit and see what needs to be tweaked.

Another Advent Starry Night

This is another 'visitation' of the theme of the Advent Star. This theme fascinates me (obviously) According to a meditation I read, this is the first invitation to the wider world to enter into God's salvation plan.

To see the rest of the Advent Starry Night series, you can type 'Advent Starry Night " into the search bar at the upper left corner of the home page. And, yes, they are all most definitely also an homage to Vincent vanGogh!

Welcome!

Having my painting ADVENT STARRY NIGHT 4 on the cover of Living with Christ (a meditation booklet from the Catholic Church) is creating a surge of visits to my blog! If that's what brought you here, welcome. You may also want to check out my website, especially the section of Advent imagery , spiritual imagery, and icons.

STARRY NIGHT 3

My first sale of 2012 and I'm going to ship it to Danbury, CT! This came as a result of another Starry Night being on the cover of Living with Christ published by the Catholic Church.

Endings, beginnings, celebrations and reflections

My mother died on Saturday morning December 17. I was with her and she had a gentle passing, just like she wanted.

This has been a time for all sorts of things on this list during these last two weeks because of the overlap with mourning and Christmas and visiting with friends and family. Now is a time for resting!!

Ecclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything

¹ For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
² A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
³ A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.
⁴ A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.
⁵ A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
⁶ A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.
⁷ A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
⁸ A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.