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A TREE OF LIFE

Zinnias Before the Storm

I painted this based on one of the most beautiful days I think I've ever had. I came home at the end of summer to visit my parents on their farm and they had planted a field of Zinnias instead of a garden. As I was taking pictures of all the flowers, a humming bird kept flying around my hand and I reached down and lightly caught it. After showing my 3 year old nephew, I released it. Afterwards, a massive thunderstorm rolled in. The flowers against the sky were breathtaking. It was the most surreal experience.

Field of Bright Spots

I want to live in this painting. Everytime there is a "bright spot' in my life, I feel like I'm in this painting and there are more "bright spots" just over the next hill. That's my hope.

Easter Tree

There is a restaurant here in Austin called "Shady Grove". At night on the patio it feels magical and there is something nostalgic about the lights in the oak trees that make me feel like I'm a five year-old again and anything is possible.

Through the Lace

My grandmother's lace scarves always seemed magical to me. To this day, I still try to recreate the same feeling in my art.

Sweetened

Waiting Room 2

The Waiting Room

Neither Here nor There Detail

Vine and Branches

Light Within

Hope Deferred

Two weeks before I painted this piece, the phrase "hope deferred" kept going through my head. I was feeling discouraged about some things and I was in my studio working on another piece when the phrase popped in my head again. I decided to start a completely new piece with that phrase in mind. If you look closely, you can see the top of the tree in the sky area and the trunk coming from the ground. I felt like this painting was an illustration of the proverb, "Hope deferred makes a heart sick, but a longing fullfilled is a tree of life." Unconsciously and by accident, I painted a tree of life in the distance. I'd like to think I'm on a highway headed towards my tree of life.

Swallows Departing

Neither Here nor There

I think everyone goes through a time when they feel stuck in a cage. The cage may be beautiful but it keeps you from experiencing the flowers and blessings flying in front of your face.

Imagekind Gallery brightspots

A TREE OF LIFE

Zinnias Before the Storm

Field of Bright Spots

Easter Tree

Through the Lace

Sweetened

Waiting Room 2

The Waiting Room

Neither Here nor There Detail

Vine and Branches

Light Within

Hope Deferred

Swallows Departing

Neither Here nor There

The Center

Fireflies

Joy for Mourning

Lily Path

Crimson

Rain Tree

Joy Saturation

Pink Premontion Buried in the Zinnias

Spring Awakening