Whispering Truth
Thoughts on Faith and Art
I had to stop making art…for a while
Making art regularly is a habit. Stopping for a while meant that I had to figure out something simple to work on to build the “habit muscle.” I chose water colors (because of easy clean-up) painted on an inexpensive water color pad with 12 pages that I picked up...
Begin now, or never…heaven forbid!
For me Art has been the secret joy of my life, it has helped me survive and flourish in this every changing world. Art has been my escape and my challenge. I never hope to achieve mastery, and I love to keep on learning and building on what I know. Perhaps you've...
Beginning again…and again..and again
Starting is hard for me. I procrastinate like crazy, thinking all sorts of outcomes before I even begin. All I have is an idea. Here is the absolute positive truth: not one thing has ever turned out as I expected. For example, those two panels above were primed with...
Choosing Recklessness
“You do not know when His voice will come, but wherever the realization of God comes in the faintest way imaginable, recklessly abandon. It is only by abandon that you recognize Him. You will only realize His voice more clearly by recklessness.” -Oswald Chambers from...
When you can’t say No
If God asks you for something, you have two choices: Yes or N0 If yes, there is often a vision that comes with it—another time to choose Yes or No. Suddenly, you are transported to the edge of a chasm called HOW. Here’s the funny thing: I always have a hard time...
More about painting what I see
After the last blog post was written, I kept wondering what got me so engaged with portraying what I see and then started working with water colors. To tell the truth I was just about to go back to more abstraction when my husband came upstairs to show me what he had...
Focusing on what is seen…as opposed to what is unseen
As an artist I suppose it obvious that we struggle with fear. Will this painting turn out? Am I being true to myself and who I am as an artist? Am I wandering away from my style? Is this the best way to represent this subject? idea? concept? Am I too influenced by...
The High Value of “showing up”
Back in December, looking ahead to 2020, I thought I should be figuring out a Lent Project that people could join. I struggled with various ideas, made an opt-in and then I stopped. I did not meet the goal. Looking back, I’m glad I did not spend more time on creating...
My brain is dirt
You know those small little questions you ask yourself? The ones that seem to just wander across your consciousness and you may not even think there’s answer? or your level of investment to find the answer is in the range of 0-2 on a scale of needing the answer? Or...
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A [not so] Hidden Aspect of Creative Practice
Sometimes things bother me and I don’t know why, can’t put my finger it. I mean REALLY bother me—to the point of paralysis and I’m dancing around the problem and usually looking for what to blame. I simply cannot get what is going on with me. I’m even more bothered...
My Favorite Time of the Year
It's almost Lent and I'm so excited! I love this church season because it's a time to focus on God's provision. How could that possibly fit with fasting and giving up what I like to eat and do? I did not grow up with fasting. In fact, I would probably not even have...
What I forget to remember about the future
"Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forward." Soren KierkegaardI seek Aha moments and I never find them. They come when they will. Usually unprovoked until I start to notice a few words being spoken or on the page that all of a sudden seem...
It began as a root canal
Yes, and fueled by a devotional passage I’d read in the morning and ignited by some powerful novocaine type drug administered by the oral surgeon that sent me into a state of utter relaxed awareness. To this day I have no idea what the drug was. It triggered a kind...
Tuning in to God’s messages
Remember the movie Contact? In the opening scene,we see the character, played by Jodie Foster, sitting in front of gigantic satelite dishes aimed skyward, waiting and listening while electronic bleeps keep up a steady rhthm. The station sent signals out to...
Artist Statement
For those of you who have not yet had a a chance to visit the show or will not be able to come, I thought you might like to read the text of my Artist Statement posted at the far end of the wall. Sacred Symbols My paintings communicate ideas, concepts and emotions...
Sneak peak behind the scene
It's one thing to work by myself in the studio and quite another to curate a show that represents the hours spent creating artwork. There is an art to both. I always need and appreciate help from others. I hope is gets easier the more opportunities that come along to...
A New Year
I want this year to be different. That means I have to be different. The question becomes: different how? I found that I needed to change a few things: how I think about myself how to find courage to change my habits how to figure out what the new habits should be how...
