Beautiful Light Blog
a blog about the practice of art and the life that inspires it
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…
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.
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.