Painting and Post 2016
2016 Weekly Post with a painting I painting for the feature image.
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A Cinderella Story (Week 42)
Check Out My 2016 Painting and Post Goals Story Behind The Painting: A friend requested debutant gifts for two young girls whom she loves like her own. The painting featured today is the first vision that found its way onto the canvas. I ended up going a totally different direction for the gifts she commissioned… Continue reading
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Cotton: Life Fabric (Week 41)
Cotton: Life Fabric (Week 41) Story behind the Painting: My latest creation is a 3 panel acrylic of cotton. I painted this series for a young lady who is like a daughter to me. She just graduated from nursing school and is starting her first “career” job today. This one is for you CT! … Continue reading
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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words (Week 40)
**A Picture Paints a Thousand Words! When prayer, paint and pencils dance: Continue reading
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Kairos: Listen, Listen, Love, Love (Week 39)
Kairos Inside is a ministry whose mission is to develop a Christian community inside prisons. The Kairos Inside program brings positive and negative leaders together, in both male and female institutions, for a 3 ½ day Weekend led by same gender Kairos volunteers. The Weekend is based on: • A series of talks, • Discussions,… Continue reading
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Compassion: Compass + Passion (Week 38)
Story behind the painting: This weeks painting is a poster I painted for a Kairos walk. Kairos Prison Ministry International, Inc. (Kairos) is a Christian faith based ministry which addresses the spiritual needs of incarcerated men, women, youth, and their families. By sharing the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ, Kairos hopes to change hearts,… Continue reading
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Spiritual Truths We Can Learn From Our Pets (Week 37)
Story Behind the Painting: Meet Bella! Several months ago, one of my best friends asked me to paint her yellow lab. I saved the project to surprise her for her birthday. Happy birthday sweet Melissa:) LYLAS! If you look back through my art gallery, you will see several pet portraits in acrylic. Bella is the… Continue reading
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Vulnerability 101: Parenting Teens (Week 36) (Guest Artist: Virginia Wilson, my daughter:)
“Does Anyone Recognize This SUV?” I shared this beautiful work of art several months ago on my Facebook page. Virginia is 17 and I still like to display her paintings for all the world to see:) Little did I know, this masterpiece would be the perfect feature image for a future blog post. As parents,… Continue reading
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(Week 35) Waters Bluff: What’s in your wake?
Story behind the Painting: My oldest son, Jake, works for an awesome company, Waters Bluff. The picture below is of their warehouse/office. Recently they commissioned me to paint a 3 piece acrylic panel to grace their walls. They had Jake send me a picture of a “bluff”, as inspiration for this creation. The above collage… Continue reading
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(Week 34) Wings Over TCU
Story behind the Painting: Above you see the smiling face of “Poetry in Motion.” Literally, that radiant beauty’s name is Kavi, meaning poet! She headed off to TCU just days ago, moving into her new home on her 18th birthday. Her mama is a dear friend of mind and their family is a prime example… Continue reading
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(Week 33) Belmont Blessings
Story behind the Painting: My husband and I are in a couples small group. One of the mammas from this group asked me to paint a little something for her daughter’s soon-to-be new dorm and home, while I prayed over her college years. It was an easy YES and a beautiful blessing to do so.… Continue reading