The Fruits of Spring

People tell me you can look at my artwork and see what is going on in my life and I suppose that is true! When the flowers start blooming I paint them and when I travel I paint the places that I have been. I recently took a trip to Mooresville, Alabama with some friends and we visited 1818 Farms there. What a lovely place and fabulous people. I am sure I will be painting more from our adventures there.

The chickens there were some of my favorites, along with the goats and sheep ( coming soon).

Marsh Landscape
24 x 20
Acrylic on Canvas

Hydrangeas in Window
20 x 20
Acrylic on Canvas
SOLD

The Road Home
24 x 18
Acrylic on Canvas

Chicken Love
16 x 12
Acrylic on Canvas

Peace and Patience

Our pastor (Jean Larroux) has been teaching on "The Fruit of the Spirit" for the past few weeks. It has been so great to hear his wisdom and insight on Love, Joy and now Peace and Patience. In summary I have learned that the fruit produced by the Spirit is not generated by the hard work of keeping the law but by the harder work of believing the Gospel! I am not a naturally peaceful or patient person, but you know what, neither is anyone else! Our hearts do not naturally produce peace or patience because our hearts naturally love ourselves more than others. This is why we must always rely on Jesus alone to produce peace and patience in our hearts and love others with the peace and patience that none of us deserves! This is what I learned this week and here is what I painted this week. ( At least the ones I am willing to show you! ) The others need a little bit of PATIENCE on my part!

Church on a Hill

16 x 12

Acrylic on Canvas

SOLD

Girl Talk

12 x 12

Mixed Media on Canvas

Spring Break!

The week of Spring Break was a very productive time for me! Though the weather was less that cooperative I got in lots of quality painting time. I took a little venture back into some landscape work but still had to get in one nest painting since it was Easter week! Nests and eggs just have such symbolism in my life. Representing the safety we have in Christ and the hope of new life yet to come! I hope you all had a great Spring Break!

Barns

12x16

Acrylic on Canvas

Nest on Yellow

12x12

Acrylic on Canvas

Chapel

14x14

Acrylic on Canvas

Aqua Bike on Beach

12x16

Acrylic on Canvas

Painting Again....Finally!

After a detour from painting for a short time I  am enthusiastically painting again! I am so happy to be back in my element with all my paints, brushes, mediums and other painting paraphernalia surrounding me, and ummm on me! I have completed several pieces and have picked up a bird theme. I have always loved birds and nests and when the birds recently started showing up on my back porch to build their nests for Spring I just had to start painting and I knew they would be my muse! I look forward to posting my newest paintings here and hope to hear from you about what you think! 

12 x 12

Acrylic on Canvas

"Hope"

14 x 14

Acrylic on Canvas

"Psalm 91"

 Sold

12 x 12

Acrylic on Canvas

"Bind My Heart"

14x14

Acrylic on Canvas

"Safe"

14x14

Acrylic on Canvas

"Friends"

 Sold

11 x 14

Acrylic on Canvas

"Rest"

Summer!

"Her Wedding"

8x8

Acrylic on Board
Sold

Summer is finally here which means I have so much more time for painting! I love having the ability to paint for awhile and walk away and look at things with fresh eyes. We have had the pleasure of attending several weddings this summer which inspired this painting. The brides are all so beautiful, innocent, radiant and in love. Our "pastor-to-be", Rev. Jean Larroux , also preached two incredible sermons last Sunday and the first was entitled " Her wedding, His funeral". This is where the title for the painting came from, and he discussed how the husband is literally called to "give up" his life and devote it to his wife. It was a remarkable sermon and draws the parallel between Christ and his church and the groom and his bride. How blessed are we that Christ chose to give his life for us! I hope to do a larger version of this painting soon!