Below are some examples of the paintings I have started doing since November 2011. I can’t draw a stickman to save my life, but give me some oils and a canvas and I have found that I can smear colors together pretty well. LOL
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- Reflection
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- Fusion
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- Longing for an “out.”
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- Desertion…whether real or perceived…whether intentional or not…feels just the same.
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- Had to see how the neons blend
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- Wave for my beach room
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- Painful moments when no other form of expression would come. Grabbed some cheap oil paints and started smearing it with my hands. It broke open the dam!
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- My mom’s favorite. It’s now hanging in her house.
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- First attempt with green and it felt like a regrowth of my spirit.
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- Beneath it all in my life, a fire always burns.
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- This came from a place of wondering where my journey was leading.
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- Brown was my favorite color as a child and this made me feel like I did back then when I would think about the souls out there peeking through the darkness.
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- When there are no words…
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- This was the first time I found my wave.
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- Rapid cycling and mixed states are hard to explain but this felt like a snapshot of my mind.
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- Again, a snapshot of a day where the darkness and the fire meet.
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- I painted this while sitting in the floor of my precious friend’s house in Oregon. Our lives are filled with this kind of passion. Waves of color and intensity.
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- After returning from OR, the image of a sunset remained with me and came out like this.
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- Another view of the OR sunset mental image.
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- Sometimes you just have to have fun!
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- I painted this while recovering from surgery. There is such a connective sense to it.
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- True North…in my life, there is nothing greater than love.
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- It’s all about choices, even when the darkness is about to break through.
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- Fun for fun’s sake!
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- Everything starts at the cross.
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- Several people asked me to do a red version of my beach room wave, so I finally gave in.
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- No matter the surrounding circumstances, there is hope.
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- This came after a night of utter frustration and anger.
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- Another view of the frustration and anger.
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- I was running out of room in my beach room to store these so I hung them in my spare room.
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- This was so much fun as it poured out.
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- Painted upon returning from a trip where one of my dearest friends had been blindsided with a sudden diagnosis of cancer and had emergency surgery. It did not look good at all but I came home believing anything was possible!
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- Another expression during the time I was recouping.
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- This just came out of nowhere but it felt like such movement in my soul.
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- It isn’t just the manger, but the sacrifice that sets us free!
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- Hope for the coming year! Dare to believe in the impossible!
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- Discouragement overwhelmed me until I was reminded of the beautiful loving reminders that streak through the darkness and into my soul, no matter how discouraged I may be.
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- Another view of Fusion
The Cadence of My Soul 
I just love your paintings!! There so moving!!
I love them all, especially because I love the artist. While they are all beautiful, one has particular meaning for me. I’m sure you can guess which one. Enjoy this new outlet for your creativity!
I understand…completely! A night I will never forget as I painted it.
Beautiful!!
I’ve been looinkg for a post like this for an age