“Space to Be” was one of my favourite paintings from 2020; partly because of the image, and partly because the creation of it was a joyful process. Since May is my birthday month, I decided to choose it as the painting for this month.
Every Painting Has a Story: April 2021 – “Watched Over”
I’ve been looking forward to sharing the backstory to the painting for this month. This painting was the first commission I received last year. My client was a minister who wanted to give personalized thank you gifts to the ministry’s major donors. The whole project would consist of four paintings to be completed during 2020. This first painting was for …
Every Painting Has a Story: March 2021 – “Memories of Kamloops”
Last month, I wrote about our family’s trip to Kamloops in 2020. This month’s painting is from the same trip. It is an 8″x8″ acrylic painting on a canvas that my kids had previously played around on and that I repurposed. I had brought a pad of canvas paper with me (which I used to create my Kamloops Sky Trio) …
Every Painting Has a Story: February 2021 – “Settling into the Quiet”
Here we are in the second month of 2021! The painting for this month is titled, “Settling into the Quiet” and is a smaller piece at 5″x7″, painted with acrylics on watercolour paper. It was a thank you gift for our Airbnb host.
Every Painting Has a Story: January 2021 – “Wisdom Will Guide Your Path”
Welcome to my new series of blog posts, entitled, “Every Painting Has a Story”! In this series, I intend to share some of the back story behind each month’s painting in my 2021 Art + Scripture Calendar. I hope that through this series of posts, we can journey through the year together.