When all else fails…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhen all else fails… Do what you know how to do. I know how to paint. I wasn’t BORN knowing how to paint. It is a skill I have spent the past 15+ years developing. Sometimes with great purpose. But more often than not in the midst of shooing […]

A calendar for you! Art for July 2017.

Export to PDF | Export to DOC Why do I give my art as GIFTS? Because I think that everybody could use a few more Pictures of Hope in their lives! This month’s giveaway is a July Calendar for your desktop that includes my most recent painting called “Endurance.” Here is is drying on the […]

For once I listened…

Export to PDF | Export to DOCTo my own advice. Here is what I told everybody. For an entire month. The month of March, 2017. “You cannot do it all. Choose wisely. Because balance is a myth.” Which is WHY… My June 2017 computer desktop calendar is SIX. DAYS. LATE. This same monthly calendar, which […]

Some things never go out of style.

Export to PDF | Export to DOCA common denominator between gardening, mercy, and love What is Timeless? I asked a group of friends to look at my newest painting so they could help me come up with a title for it. I wanted the name to convey a character trait they admire. And with Mothers’ […]

Three Easy steps to solving ALL of Life’s problems. (If ONLY!)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhen at a loss for what to do… 1. Do what you know HOW to DO. 2. Remember what you KNOW to be TRUE. 3. Find something NEW for YOU. I like to explore ALL my options. So much so, that it has become a joke in our family. If […]

What are YOU expecting? Thoughts for the start of a New Year…

Export to PDF | Export to DOC“Expecting” is one of many paintings I created during the summer of 2016. But this one was special. I painted it with a friend in mind. A friend who was expecting. Expecting. Hoping. Dreaming. But with a heart that was understandably guarded. A heart that had been on this same […]

Reflections on our great Charleston adventure

Export to PDF | Export to DOCAfter spending 16 consecutive days sitting in Marion Square during Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibit, here are a few thoughts and observations I came away with. I should definitely keep painting. I had an overwhelming response to my COLOR, subjects, and style. I am definitely not doing any […]

Who’s got my paintings?

Export to PDF | Export to DOCAs I look back on 2010, I’m so thankful for the many people who bought my oil paintings this year. Here’s a public declaration of my gratitude to these fine folks with such excellent taste in art. 🙂 “Thank you for liking my art enough to make space for […]

a painting for Haiti

Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday is the first day of the 2010 Together For Adoption National Conference. It’s being held both today and tomorrow in Austin, Texas. With over 160 million orphans worldwide, this conference exists to educate people on how to practically live out “James 1:27” which says we are to care […]