Happy New Year I wish you all a Happy New Year. I did take a bit of a break over the holidays, doing only a little painting and no writing. Instead I worked on a jigsaw puzzle. This was a 1000 piece puzzle, of a scene in Paris. It was lovely but quite difficult. It…
Background Story My reason for creating art is different from yours I am sure. People do art for any number of reasons. I hadn’t really thought about mine too much until a recent interaction I had. I was volunteering at a local art show and sale in which I had some pieces. My job was…
30 Bible Verses for Personal Peace My Search for Peace I am a Christian and although I don’t normally advertise it or go preaching, I do hope that my life shows it. It is who I am and it affects, much of the time anyway, how I think, act and react to various situations. The…
Background I have always been an active person. There were so many things I wanted to do, as well as so many things I felt I had to do. It was overwhelming. I wouldn’t know where to start. Then when I finally decided to do something… I would either feel bitter and resentful because I…
Painting has certainly played a large role in helping me deal with my grief. Our family has gone through two very difficult and painful years, with sudden deaths of young family members, surgery, which left me immobile and housebound for weeks, our whole town was evacuated due to threat of forest fire. All this happened…
