Beautiful Light Blog
a blog about the practice of art and the life that inspires it
Rhythms
While becoming a mother has been both one of the greatest joys and most challenging endeavors in my life so far, it has solidified in me that the idea of the hard, new things that come into our lives will also eventually become a pattern. A rhythm.
I Am Inspired By…
Being inspired reminds us that we can still be awed by the beauty in our world.
Stand Back, Cross Your Eyes and Squint
With new eyes I have been searching for structure and patterns in my work. Looking for the intuitive gestures that were present well before I knew how to articulate them.
Blooming Exotics
The heartbeat of the work we share with the world runs parallel to how we are growing and expanding as humans. It is a natrual overflow for these realizations to influence our work and become the underpinnings of what we create.
Inexhaustible
If I could animate it, I would imagine receiving God’s Word is like witnessing a beautifully dynamic kaleidoscope moving and shifting, with colors and shapes aligning and overlapping…
What YOU said…
As an artist and educator, I have an innate love and passion for creating and teaching - so many of your answers are in line with what I naturally love doing.
Art Practice: Paper on Panels
The question I am asked more than anything is how I make my watercolor panels on wood…
The ‘Line and Cover’ Collection
The idea of a cover resonated deeply with me. It represented protection, whole and complete, steady and unwavering. In contrast, a thin line is that thing that is inherently delicate and vulnerable. Oftentimes unsteady. I saw myself in that description, in that line.
Well…I Shut My Mouth and Painted!
Following my advice, well…I shut my mouth and painted - releasing unkind, unproductive and limiting thoughts.
Gurl, Just Shut Up and Paint!
Knowing your purpose eliminates the need for New Year’s resolutions.
The Abundance Collection
An original collection of hand-painted, beautifully diverse holiday ornaments.
Beautiful Light
It was never my plan to become an artist.
Welcome, Imposter…
5 Ways To Know If A Creative Pause Is Necessary…
Sometimes, simply living life is enough for us to dispense some much-needed grace to ourselves.
Musings on Inspiration
Without inspiration, our work can easily become unnecessarily cumbersome and unfocused.
Painting With My Hands Open
Painting became the most immediate way for me to share all that was opened up to me.
Shrewd As A Snake…
It all begins with an idea.