Category: Portraits

That Changes Everything…

A few months back, I believe it was March, I entered a post called Appalachian Memories, which highlighted some recent works created after a trip back “east of the Mississippi” to Blue Ridge, Georgia and east Tennessee. I made mention in that post that part of the trip was a “celebration of a life well …

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Pastel Society of the Southwest 2018 National Show

Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau headquarters building, the Grand and Tower Galleries

Pastel Society of the Southwest 2018 National Show Reception & Demo Recently I was blessed to have a pastel work, The Cross,  accepted into the 2018 National Show sponsored by the Pastel Society of the Southwest. The show is hanging at the Grapevine Convention & Visitor’s Center at the Tower Gallery in Grapevine, Texas until October …

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Whatever Your Hands Find to Do…

The man to whom God gave an incredible amount of wisdom once said: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.” Ecclesiastes 9:10 There are many vocations that are “hands-on”. Building, cultivating to name …

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The Cross

The Cross, soft pastel on ampersand pastel board

We all meet many people, and our paths come across many places – people with stories, places with history. When I see these interesting people and places…they scream to be painted. Most never make it off the “to do” list. A while back I was in a Texas prison on a ministry event and was …

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