crocker holiday

My Thanksgiving weekend tradition now includes selling to happy holiday shoppers at the Crocker Art Museum's annual Holiday Arts & Craft Festival - it's a great time & I always meet new artists and see plenty of wonderful artwork.

This year I'm across the row from my friend, Alister Oliver - who gives a crabby look for the camera in fun - really a fun guy with cool photos.

more field notes

Compared this leaf sample to earlier sample & sure enough, same species.
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road home

I finally got a shot of this piece, "Road Home." As soon as it was done, I was asked to show it at an exhibition themed "Hope" at Oak Hills Church in Folsom. It expresses the expectant hope of heaven, the believer's true home. At the core of all of my artwork is a longing for Eden, which also looks forward to the time when heaven and earth come together and the world is made new again. Getting out with a camera and journal and letting God speak to me through nature, then transferring that experience onto canvas, is my way of walking and talking with God in the garden and fills me with hope for more to come.

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under the shade

My newest piece - on my biggest canvas to date, 20x30" - I incorporated more texture with acrylic modeling paste as well as with the actual leaves and feather collaged onto the canvas. This is one of my tree story pieces, "Under the Shade" that tells the story of Gideon when he was visited by an angel under the shade of a great oak tree. When you click on the image you can see it larger and you can then see some of the text in the leaves of the tree.

field notes

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field notes

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Found a couple trees I don't usually see, so I had to get samples & double check my first reaction later - I was right both times, not too shabby.

the right path

I recently finished this piece and titled it "The Right Path." I've included Biblical text around the top edges, which you can just see if you click on the image to see it larger. It says, "I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me... The paths of the Lord are true and right and righteous people live by walking in them." (Hosea 14: 8-9)