40 Days: Day 35: Morning Song II

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Here is a little impression from my back yard this morning.

40 Days: Day 12: Early Bloomer

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Spring came early this year. only to be quickly stopped by another blast of winter. 

This is a painting study from that earlier, warmer time.

Offering 20x20

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You may recall my previous posts in 2013 about on a series of florals titled "Offering." Today, I'm revisiting the concept with a looser, more abstracted painting technique on a larger canvas. 

Every Sunday, our church displays fresh flower arrangements during worship. They remind me of the beauty of creation, and the frailty of life. After worship, the flowers are composed into smaller arrangements and delivered to people who are home-bound or in the hospital. They truly are an offering of love and grace. 

40 Days: Day 18: Morning Song

5"x7" Oil on Panel

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O Lord, open my lips. 

And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Psalm 51:15

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Tulip Blaze

18"x24" Oil on Deep-Edged Canvas

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Lavender

11x14

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Starting the new year off with a touch of spring. 

Color Garden

8"x10" Oil on Panel

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Spring is such a beautiful time for plein air painting. Today's painting comes from the Color Garden at Cheekwood. 

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Rosie

6"x6" Oil on Panel

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30 Paintings in 30 Days: January, 2015—Day 30

Another 30 days of paintings is complete. Today, I'm celebrating with some roses. This quick study of roses is in honor of my youngest child, whom we aptly nickname "Rosie". I think it might go well in her room.

Thanks to all of you who have followed along these 30 days. I hope you have enjoyed these paintings as munch as I have. 

More paintings coming soon, so stay tuned.

Wisteria

6"x6" Oil on Panel

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30 Paintings in 30 Days: September, 2014—Day 26

Another one from my "This Would Make A Great Painting Someday" file—beautiful wisteria raining down through some spring trees.

Red Hot Salvia

6"x6" Oil on Panel

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30 Paintings in 30 Days: September, 2014—Day 19

Still in a floral mood—this time for something boldly red.

Sunchokes

8"x10" Oil on Panel

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for the Friends of Warner Parks
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30 Paintings in 30 Days: September, 2014—Day 17

Today,  I went to the park to do some plein air painting for an upcoming event with the Chestnut Group. I came across these beautiful yellow flowers and I just had to paint them. Afterwards, I asked the park ranger what they were. She said they were Jerusalem Artichokes, also called Sunchokes. You can read all about them here.

Sunflowers

6"x6" Oil on Gessoed Panel

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30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge: September—Day 18.

Here’s an arrangement of sunshine to brighten your day.

Azaleas

6"x6" Oil on Gessoed Panel

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Today’s painting of Azaleas is dedicated to mothers everywhere.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Painting Petals

6"x6" Oil on Gessoed Panel

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30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge—Day 26.

Today, my daughter and I painted together. We found a photo that we took last summer of some wild petunias. She loved the color. I loved the cross-like symmetry of the leaves. She painted with acrylics and finished much faster and, in many ways, better than I. She came up with the title "Petals." It was a lot of fun, and great memories.

Offering 3

6"x6" Oil on Gessoed Panel

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30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge—Day 19.

It is Sunday again, so here is a third offering of flowers. Read why I'm posting flowers on Sundays HERE. Have a beautiful day.

Offering 2

6"x6" Oil on Gessoed Panel

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30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge—Day 12.

It is Sunday again, so here is another offering of flowers. If you missed my last posting on sanctuary flowers, see it HERE. May your life be a beautiful offering today.

Offering

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30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge—Day 5.

Every Sunday, our church displays fresh flower arrangements during worship. They remind me of the beauty of creation, and the frailty of life. After worship, the flowers are composed into smaller arrangements and delivered to people who are home-bound or in the hospital. They truly are an offering of love and grace. And so, for Sunday posts during this challenge, I will attempt to paint details of these offerings to share with you.

Love

Here is another painting form the series “Consider the Lilies.” A rose to help us consider “Love.” You can read more about the series in my last post on “Hope.” This is actually my first and only attempt to paint a rose. I have plans to do more. This rose is is in a misty environment. It has drops of water on the petals which I think adds depth to the meditation on love. Ok. You creative types will probably say that roses are so cliche. But the rose can still have some interesting insights to love. Its colors are passionate. It has many complex layers that unfold as it blooms. It appears delicate and vulnerable, yet stands strong against fierce storms. And it even has a bittersweetness in its thorns. As Valentine’s day approaches, please take a moment to ponder how profound is the concept of love, and how fortunate we are to possess the ability to love. Here is a favorite Bible passage of mine about love from the letter of First Corinthians, chapter 13. Ok. You Bible types out there will probably say that this passage is so overused. But like the rose, it is worth looking at with a deeper gaze of faith and wonder.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

I pray that we all take some time in our lives to “stop and smell the roses” and thank God for the gift of love.

Hope

Here in Middle Tennessee, we don't get much snow. We traditionally get a couple of snows a year. Only one of which accumulates to over an inch and a half. A blizzard by our standards. The thing is, we in the south get more ice than snow. Folks from the north laugh at how we freak out over the smallest dusting of snow. Whenever we get our "Big One" for the year, the whole place pretty much shuts down. This weekend, our area got a beautiful 2 to 7 inches of snow/ice. And there is much excitement in our neighborhood. But after the snow passes, we are left with a long season of cold and drab. By now, winter is getting old. I'm sure the folks in the north long for spring much more the we do. But even down here, where there is rarely snow, we too long for the warmth of spring.

Crocuses are heralds for the reign of spring. They are among the first signs telling us that new life is on it's way. They dare to bloom when all else is asleep and frozen. They remind us that death is but a season and that life will bear fruit again. They bring us hope for new beginnings. I bet we long for God's grace even more earnestly than we long for spring. And so we hope. We wait. We watch.

So I felt that it is appropriate today to post a painting of hope represented by a crocus blooming from the snow covered earth. This is one of three paintings in a series I like to call "Consider the Lilies." It is inspired from Jesus' lesson to not worry about what we will wear or what we will do. But rather consider the flowers of the field. They do not labor or toil, they just are. And they are beautiful by just being what they are. I wondered, "What other lessons we could learn from the flowers in our world?" So far, I only have three painted. But I'm convinced there will be more paintings in the future. The three I have completed were grouped in a set. They were "Faith, Hope, and Love." Paul tells us these three truths will remain when all else in the world is gone. The greatest of which is love.

But for now, let us consider hope.