The other day I showed my 2 boys a finished painting and asked, "Well what do you think?" The younger one's eyes got big and he asked, "Mom! How did you actually get it right this time?!" As you can see my children aren't always impressed by the fact that their mom is an artist. [...]
My family and I went on a trip to Columbia, SC to visit extended family this week for the holidays. While we were there I wanted to check out an exhibit at the museum featuring artist Georgia O'Keeffe. I didn't know much about her but love her work with flowers. It was a last minute [...]
After years of church ministry I've heard many stories...stories of grief and sadness...stories of redemption and hope. And then there are the stories laced in fear. Many of them sounding much like my own. Fear has a way of taking some of our best hopes and intentions and choking the life out of them. It [...]
Now before you think this is a post about money, well ok, yes it is. BUT, it's about much more than that! So my "one word" for 2016 is "prosperity." I LOVE the definition I found in a word search for prosperity, and of course as we all know everything you read online is true! [...]
It blows my mind when I look back on my life and realize the number of times I've talked myself out of something. Can you relate? Somewhere around the time I moved from Virginia where my family and my world was, then thrust smack dab into Middle School, fear started to creep in. I had [...]
I'm often asked what medium I paint in. I'm also asked what process I use. Well, I'm going to give you an overview of how I paint and what I paint with! I'll save the details of my supplies for another blog (or perhaps a video in the very near future ;)). So, as far [...]
This week we will be participating in a collaboration with April Knight of #scripturedoodle and several other creatives. Join us as we celebrate the season of thanksgiving in a fun and creative way. Simply go online to www.worship-artist.com to see each days theme/verse choices in order to participate. We will have coloring pages for each [...]
It wasn't until recently that I was made aware that all of the known 6 species of sea turtles are either threatened or endangered. Here in Charleston we have teams that rescue the sick, inventory nests, release the healed, and raise awareness in the community. Our family watched as 4 turtles were released on local [...]
We were headed to Sri Lanka for a mission. On one of our days off from going to various places, we were able to visit an elephant orphanage in Kandy. At the time I was just grateful for the opportunity, but little did I know just how much that experience would inspire me at a [...]
