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This memory from eight years ago popped into my day and could not possibly have come at a better time.  I have never been formally trained as an artist.  I have collected skills along the way.  I have taken a class here, bummed a lesson there, and primarily learned through trial and error.  Insecurity was often overcome by either getting stuck in a commitment I believed was beyond my skills and simply having to figure it out or the irresistible draw of the creative process.    The blank canvas in this picture was a daunting commission for me.  It was...

This morning I woke up early for quiet time in paradise. Brad found a tiki hut cabana overlooking the city near a jungle for us to stay. He didn’t tell me about it, because for the price he was convinced something was wrong in the description. It’s like half treehouse, half dreams come true.  I love travel.    I’ve never full slept under a thatch roof before.  It turns out they are waterproof—it’s a cool sound when it rains, after you realize you aren’t getting drenched 😂.  They aren’t sound proof, and I do love an early morning, so when...

A couple of confessions:  First, prompted by a Beth Moore cry for prayer over our world, I committed to pray every day during the month of July….Except I apparently missed that July had started. I blame Summer brain, and I'm not sad about that. However, I will honor my one-month commitment, and I imagine August will be ok with that.     Second: I wish I were the type of person who nerded out on things like genealogy, but alas….The only time I scoured the bible for names was when I was pregnant. I usually skim at best or skip over altogether...

Thank you for joining me as I continue to explore how the Lord helped me create "Light overcomes Darkness" and the crazy cool truth He taught me in my process.    As I prayed and worked through the depths of this painting, I was drawn back to the beginning, like, the original beginning...When God initially split the dark from the light. He shared a truth with me that is still sending shock waves through my mind, and I hope it does the same for you. I hope you hang with me as I unpack this! God created all of the...

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it. It was the largest canvas commission of my career. So big that you can't purchase pre-stretched canvases that size. I would have to build it. Totally not intimidating at all... I had learned how to do that in a scene painting class once, in theory, at least. Fifteen years ago.... what could possibly go wrong?  Bless my heart. I researched and talked to people. I worried and planned. Once we finally built the giant, painting it would be my sweet spot—or so I thought. Generally, by the time...