This is my first painting of 2021. The list of sorrows and wrongs in the first early weeks of 2021 is growing exponentially. In contrast, this painting is an invitation …

Oil on canvas, 18″x18″ This painting portrays 2 women of different generations from one family. I have always been touched by the deeply beautiful relationship between Mary and her relative …

How do I put words to the quieting of a November afternoon? The greenbelt near our home has shrugged off the intensity of Summer and early Autumn, and is now …

California was home for so many years…my childhood memories and dreams had the golden hills and redwood forests as their backdrop. Now I call Colorado home. Both these states have …

Oasis of Hope, 16″x20″, oil with wax on canvas My small patch of garden is a perfect metaphor for hope, the kind of hope that waits for seeds to germinate …

18″x18″ oil with wax on canvas, embedded sea salt Almost 3 millennia ago, a prophet of Yahweh called Elisha declared these words: “This is what the LORD says, ‘I have …

I struggle with loudness. Even if a sound is “good,” such as a favorite song, if it is too loud it causes me physical pain. However, I am surrounded by …

These words spoken by Jesus of Nazareth are forever true: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” Jesus didn’t put any qualifiers, caveats, or conditions …