This is my only New Year's resolution this year; it was born from my art journal:

The New Year always makes me want to wear white. Must be something about a fresh start. This year I want to focus on putting even more of myself and all the love that I feel into my art. We've taken down all the Christmas decorations already. The house always looks so empty after that. My mom has been here visiting for a week, so it has been a week of food and fun! Hope you had a wonderful one, too!

What Is Good

12 x 7 inches

mixed media on wood

SOLD

available as an 11 x 14 print

My daughter's friend, Maddi, asked to use my barn/studio and my help to paint her hub cabs blue. Of course I had to say yes, because I encourage anyone who wants to express themself. They look wild - I like them!

Sing It, Girl

8 x 15 inches approx

acrylic on wood

sealed and ready to hang

SOLD

A River Runs Through It

18 x 20 inches

acrylic on wood

sealed and ready to hang

SOLD

One of my favorite movies is "A River Runs Through It." It is also a wonderful short story by Norman Maclean. This painting was inspired by the last scene of the movie, where an elderly gentleman is fishing. Here is the excerpt:

"Then in the arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over the rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters."

That passage reminds me, for some reason, that the Bible says there is a river coming from God's throne, and God's voice is like the sound of rushing water. Oh, how I love going to sit by rivers.....