Painting exhibition in Vermont 2011

Artist Reception for “Twenty Years of My Life”
Time: Thursday, February 10 · 4:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: Brown Library, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont

This exhibit is planned to hang February through mid-March 2011. If you are not able to attend the reception, please feel free to come see the show at another time.

Amid many vicissitudes in life, painting has remained my constant theme – a time for discipline, beauty and re-balancing. I’ve actually painted with watercolor for 30 years but this large solo exhibition will display thirty-five of the original and personal works I created over the last twenty years.

On a side note, I’ve loved reading Vermont Sports Magazine monthly, since it first came out in 1990, noticing each winter the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s hosting of their annual cross-country ski marathon in late January. I’ve always wanted to participate, but never quite managed to get there…despite wearing out two pairs of skiis over the years…and so my work, not my skiing, will make it to Craftsbury Common. Ski marathoning will have to come another time….=)

Ding & Dong

Ding & Dong are twin hereford calves who were lovingly raised by a Vermont farmer. His wife asked me to paint them for a Christmas gift and I was happy to do so. She reported that he loves this memory of when they were small. Depicting animals is something I enjoy and it’s always great to be able to make celebrations special for others! I like how the calf on the left has a slightly larger and lighter face than the other calf, drawing attention as the center of interest. I also liked painting Springtime just as Winter has arrived. The grass will be green here once again!

Blessings Abound

Blessings Abound, 2010

The simplicity of this little 12×16 watercolor reminds me of how I have been so wonderfully provided for, for many years. The oatmeal bread was made by a friend, Katie. The tomatoes were gifts from another friend, Ken. I made grilled-cheese sandwiches with garlic and tomato, after finishing the scene, so the props did not go to waste! The bread was a bit dry, though I had refrigerated it each evening, and the muenster cheese was quite inedible after sitting out for many hours…

I have often lived and painted “in the wilderness”. My sister recently shared with me an insight: the “logos” is the entire written Word, which we know as the biblical scriptures. These words have given me so much direction in life. However, a “rhema” is a more personal direction, the hearing of His voice, and it is this direction that has enabled me, by grace, the sustaining power to continue to walk what I know is the path set for me before the “foundation of the world”. I am so grateful for my Father in Heaven, who has been to me exactly what He has promised to be during these many years – a kind and gentle Shepherd!

“And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy Yah led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest obey his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.” – Deut. 8:2-3

Joyful Harvest

NEW WORK! It’s been a busy year, full of travel and other interruptions to artistic endeavors, but I was finally able to pull myself together to produce something visually solid, in honor of a dear friend’s 60th b-day. At least five gardens are represented and the result is very satisfying to me. I’ve not painted a still-life in about fifteen years but hope to do more, soon =)

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the LORD YAH will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations – Isaiah 61:11

The Glass House, aka Brookfield Morning