I am painting

Exploring life and art through the lens of my faith. Art journaling transforms our words and thoughts into images.

On Father’s Day I always think of my Heavenly Father, and I like to do a painting for Him. These are my past three paintings from the past three years. Something that has been so helpful for me in my life is thinking of my life as a painting. As a mere human, I am always seeing my life up close. When I am viewing my life up close in this moment, I am just seeing a small section of brush strokes. They don’t make a whole lot of sense to me. It helps me to remember that God is the great…

The 2024 Painting A Day collection is here 🫶🏼 honestly, this challenge is SO hard. It reallllyyy stretched me and my creativity, but I am beyond happy with the paintings I ended up with after these ten days. They feel so special to me, and I hope that some of them can resonate with you as well! Which one is your favorite? These pieces are titled: 1. ‘As Sure As The Sun’ 2. ‘Such A Beautiful Mind’ 3. ‘The Light Of The World’ 4. ‘I Carry You With Me’ 5. ‘Consider The Heavens’ 6. ‘I Have...

Happy Sunday 🫶🏼 I am excited to share that The ‘He Is With Me In Every Season’ series is officially complete! When I first started this series, I painted it in the fall. Historically, fall has been a hard season in my life. It is filled with so much beauty, but it is also a reminder of some difficult things that have happened in my life. Then came winter, which brought joyful holiday celebrations, but also the winter blues. Then came wondrous spring which brought sunshine, blossoms, and…

original church painting wall art featuring Hillsong Worship lyrics 12" x 12" wrapped canvas Primary Colors: purples, blues, greens, and golds This abstract church painting depicts the beautiful lyrics from Hillsong Worship. These lyrics are a reminder that you were hand chosen by Our Creator! You are not a mistake nor are you a compilation of your mistakes. You've been restored and you are everything Good that He says you are. "In my Father's house there's a place for me" "I am chosen"…

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My fourth graders have started on some metaphorical self-portraits and they are looking so great! We expanded our vocabularies by looking up adjectives about ourselves on thesaurus.com and using th…