Quote Booklets - **NEW ONE** - Choose Joy!

Each page in these little flip books has one of my paintings and  a favorite quote or saying. There is one for each week of the year.

There are three versions and are perfect as a stocking stuffer, gift, or treat for yourself.

"Choose Joy" is the brand new one just listed on Etsy!

Click HERE for the link to "Choose Joy."

Click HERE for the link to "... A Thousand Words."

Click HERE for the link to "It Is Well With My Soul."

 

He Is All You Need

It's such an honor when a friends says, "I have something I want you to paint for me." 

Tina has been a dear friend for... my goodness, how does time get away so quickly... 25 years!    

Words that come to mind when I think of her are strength of spirit, perseverance, patience, acceptance, common sense, joy, and loyalty.

*I need to give credit for the words here to Ann Voskamp.

This is a modified version of one of her quotes.

Original Acrylic Painting on 16"x 20" Wrapped Canvas

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Return to Innocence

One of the things I love about painting a commissioned piece is that I'm almost always challenged to do something I wouldn't normally do.
One of the things I hate about painting a commissioned piece is that I'm almost always challenged to do something I wouldn't normally do.

I have this habit of saying, "Sure!  I can do that!" 
Then I begin and wonder, "What was I thinking! How am I going to do that!"

When I was asked to paint something like 'It Is Well...' again only with more teal colors instead of purple and with a few lines instead of a few words... I said, "Sure! I can do that!"
Never mind that I haven't painted with acrylics in a couple of years and that I can't imagine how I'll ever get 31 words neat and straight.

Here are a few of the things that I learned / figured out / discovered while working on this painting.
1. When the painting was "finished" but without words, it looked so cold and harsh.  I deepened the color of the sun from yellow to orange and did an orange wash over almost the whole thing. The transformation to a warm cozy tone was immediate.
2. I took the painting to school, typed the poem on the computer, put the painting on the board, then projected the words from the computer onto the painted canvas.  I used chalk to traced the words onto the painting.  Then  I painted over that. Is that cheating?  Yeah, probably, but it looks pretty good!
3. White doesn't have to be white.  Those letters aren't white... they're light, light orange.

I am thankful when someone trusts me to put their vision onto canvas. 

Original Acrylic Painting - 16"x 20" 
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It Is Well With My Soul

What are your comfort words?

I love this phrase.  It comes to me in moments when I need to take a deep breath. It is a reminder that in the grand scheme of life... it is well... it is well... it is well with my soul. 

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
                                       -Horatio Spafford

It was a special day for us... 

"Powell Sisters." 

We welcomed our new sister.

With presents, 

lunch, 

fun, 

20 questions/100 answers.

Welcome, Kittie.
     We look forward to sharing this memory and many more to come.
          Love,
               Karen, Sheila, Karen, & Helen

What are your comfort words?

Original Acrylic Painting on 16"x 20" Wrapped Canvas 

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