The debths of a flower

                                    Image of Spring, the debths of a flower   16 x 20     0il   $700.

This is not my usual landscape!  Sometimes I just need a break from the usual.  I love the abstract quality of this and it testifies to God as the ultimate artist!  It is so fun to follow His lead even into the debths of a flower.  
 

Peaks of Otter paintings added to my Blue Ridge Parkway Series

Blue Ridge Parkway Series # 511  12 x 16  oil   $350

Blue Ridge Parkway Series #512  11 x 14   oil   $350

Blue Ridge Parkway Series #513   12 x 16  oil    $350.

 When the Peaks of Otter Lodge opens in April,  I will have artwork displayed for sale in the Lodge.  These are a few of the new paintings in a series of over 500 paintings of the Blue Ridge Parkway landmarks.

Promise of Tomorrow

                                                                                    
                                               
 

                                                Going Home Series #37   18 x 24  oil   $900.

Sometimes the path forward looks dangerous, narrow and uncertain.   But look at the promise of a bright future as your eye follows the Sonlight!  Pray for Light on the path!

Going through the Gate

                                                Going Home Series #36    oil   12 x 24     $900.

Living in rural Virginia is such a blessing. Horse farms are everywhere.  Fences and gates are used as boundaries for animals and gardens and property lines.  Boundaries are good.  Even Heaven has gates.  Jesus talked about the road to Heaven as narrow with a small gate.  Matthew 7:14.  Finding the gate involves searching for it; it is open to all who find it but because the price was so high (the blood of Jesus) those who go through it are only those who relationally know the Landowner.

Lavender Fields at Sunset

                                                 Going Home Series #36    12 x 24   oil    $900.

The Lord is my Shepherd,  I have everything I need.  Ps. 23.  Amazing thought!! God gives us fields and fields of plants and herbs.  Maybe there should be more research into the healing properties of the natural resources on this earth.  Just a thought.

Dandelion Meadow

                                                Going Home Series # 35   16 x 20    oil    $850.

I enjoyed doing this painting because I spent a lot more time on details.  Usually I stop with a looser, more impressionistic style but this one called for what my students call my "2 hairs brush".  I try to get my students to always use a bigger brush than what they are comfortable with however, I'll have to admit sometimes its just fun to tighten up.

 

Wildflower Delight

                                               Going Home Series #34  30x40   oil    $2500.

Working out the compositions in black and white first is fascinating.  Color is eye catching but value does the heavy lifting in paintings.  If you get it right you create magic.