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Hello friends! Here we are in February already. I’m excited to share the story behind the painting “At Ease,” which is featured this month on my Art Calendar. It’s a pretty personal story. I love the circumstances surrounding this painting and I think the theme of this piece is applicable to our lives (I know it certainly is for mine!). …
Hello friends and welcome to a new year! I am excited to be starting off this year with the painting, “The Promise of Spring.” For folks who are new to this blog series, I typically tell the story behind each month’s painting and include a section at the end for those with the Scripture version of my calendar where I …
Hello friends, here we are at the end of the year. This month’s painting backstory is pretty short, but it does invite us into a reflective space. I hope you will spend the next few minutes with me.
I don’t know about you, but for me November has been a bit of a tough month so far. Having the image of “Goodness” up on our wall has been both a balm and a reminder of the goodness in life, even when the skies are grey and the weather turns cold.
Hello friends! Somehow we have made it to the final quarter of the year. This month’s painting has a story that includes some serendipity and surprising connections and I’m looking forward to sharing it with you.
September is a month of change for many of us. Students and teachers return to school, the weather begins cooling, and in the Northern Hemisphere, our days noticeably tilt toward Autumn. This month’s painting is intended to offer peace in the midst of change.
The month of August, in my mind, is full of long, sunny days – the culmination of summer. And the image for this month’s painting gives me that feeling. This was a commissioned piece for a special friend of mine and I’m happy I can tell you the story behind it.
For the month of July, I chose to feature (what I think is) my best work from 2021. It is also the cover for my calendar this year. I painted it while taking a Sabbatical and it was a deeply personal project. “Irresistible Grace” is on a 3-feet by 5-feet large canvas and took about 24 hours of painting time …
June feels like the cusp of summer, with the temperatures getting warmer, children finishing up school, and vacation plans being drawn. The painting for this month feels like June to me, with the warmth of the sun along with the fluffy clouds. This painting is a special one and I’m looking forward to telling you about it. “As Your Days, …
May is my birthday month so of course I had to choose one of my favourite paintings to put in the calendar for this month. “Mercy” was one of two pieces commissioned by a friend for their home. The sister piece, “Goodness,” will be featured later this year in November. When my client contacted me initially, she was wondering if …