Artist Statement

It is the beauty of Godʼs magnificent artistry in the world around me that inspires me to paint. I love light. It transforms the mundane into the spectacular. I stand in awe. Colors, rhythmic patterns, and beautiful form perform as if dancing to unheard music. This is what I try to capture in my artwork. It brings me great joy and purpose in life to birth on canvas those things which stir my soul.

I love rhythmic, well-designed compositions with a lot of ʻfood for the eyeʼ. I am a representational painter by choice. I feel that my affinity towards realism enhances the message I am trying to convey. Concept and design are paramount, but by offering complex compositions, full of detail, the eye can keep traveling around the painting discovering something new every step of the way. 

 

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Paintings > Christian > Father of Compassion

Acrylic painting on canvas, 40"x30".  While seeking the Lord for an idea for a painting to do during a Sunday morning worship service at our church a beautiful butterfly landed on a flower in our yard.  I had never seen one like it.  I noted it's beauty.  The next day it returned but this time it had a torn wing.  I felt saddened by it's plight. It was then that the Lord impressed this painting on my spirit.  The next day a whole butterfly of the same species visited my yard.  It lingured for about 20 minutes and "posed" for me.  It waited for me to get my camera and allowed me to get close enough to get many fine photographs of it.  Amazing!  Another affirmation from the Lord.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles."  2 Corinthians 1:3