
Beautiful Light Blog
a blog about the practice of art and the life that inspires it
What It Looks Like
The bird is firmly settled on a tree branch that is surrounded by a constant, aggressive, and thunderous waterfall on the edge of a mountain. The sound of the waterfall is all-encompassing, compounded by the mountain’s height and the volume of water falling. Nothing else can be heard.

Quiet Assurance
I do believe that we have to move through those murky, less confident phases of our lives to arrive at the next. Just as a photograph captures a moment in time, our work captures not only the subject matter itself but, on a deeper level, the things we are working through, moving through - forever with our eye on the horizon.
Distance Invites Clarity
I do not recall another time in my life when I had such clear feelings of freedom, natural confidence, and joy.
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.