Finding hope and encouragement allows us to build strength and resilience so we can step forward each and every day…”

There is a moment, right here with this self portrait, where surrender becomes strength. In the creating of this piece, I wanted to show the wind on my skin reminding myself that I am still alive, and the sea whispers don’t rush healing ~ it will come when it needs too. I am standing with arms open, not in defeat, but in a brave invitation to the horizon: “I am here. I’m ready to breathe again.” The waves carry stories of what I have survived. The tide attempts to pull away

I have found that mindful journaling practices can be a tender bridge to that inner sanctuary. Through the delicate dance of words…”

“This week’s Art Spotlight Tuesday brings a piece still in progress, a mixed media work of oil paint and oil pastels, alive with…”

To build emotional resilience in art is to find a way through the storm, a way to manage. heal, grow and even transform.

The verse from Jeremiah 29:11 has become more than a promise I hold onto it’s become a rhythm I live within…

Here she stands ~ quietly unadorned, unhidden. Every line of her body tells a story of loss, surrender….

“Drawing as prayer allows me to express worries, desires, and gratitude to God — transforming the creative process into a sacred…”

“My studio floor is a wild tangle of brushes, paint tubes, scraps of paper, and broken pastels. To anyone else, it might look like disorder”