I got to thinking about the New Year and how many of us, me included think about “resolutions” for our new year and what we want to start doing or in most cases, do “right!” I thought about the word resolution and thought to myself, mine are all restitutions!!! Is that a bad thing?
So, I looked up the word restitution and found that this word meant “the act of restoring.” At my age, I have a lot to restore and that is a good thing. We all make resolutions every year, whether or not we call them by another name. Psalm 51:12 says “Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.” I got to thinking, it is not the resolution we made that will make us successful in keeping our promise, it is the willing heart, the willing spirit. It is also this joy of life and our walk with God. I own my company and yet I cannot be a success alone. I need my family, my business partner and first and foremost, I need God. So, ANY resolution, and restitution I pen down in my journal, I want to make sure it is not just pen on paper, I want it to be prayerfully penned. Whether your walk with God is strong or just a breathe let His arms support your resolutions. I love you all.
I paint intuitively by embracing spontaneity to allow passionate paintings to be born through a transforming layering process of acrylics and inks. Each layer informs the next story of paint. In addition to layers often you will find sand, coffee, glass beads or perhaps even a gum wrapper invoking the question of what story is being revealed. I paint what I feel, how I feel, and each found object in my art continues that story. It is my hope that you find a connection to my work and might, if only for a moment, become captivated and feel something within yourself. The art I create are visual expressions of my inner soul, spirit and passion. Once a corporate entrepreneur trapped inside a suit and wearing heels, the desire to put my feelings, thoughts, and emotions on canvas became too powerful. The life-changing event that turned the corporate pen into a paintbrush was the dark world of Alzheimer’s that struck my mother. I could not wait any longer to paint in the event that world captured me as well. Leaving the boardroom behind, what has emerged is a new language expressed on canvas. This language expresses the freedom and unbound passion to create and let my art direct itself without fear or influences that has previously stifled my intuitive style.
Constantly moving around the world, staying in one place no longer than three years at one time, living in the back of a musician’s studio, provided the opportunity to meet vast numbers of different people from all walks of life.
These experiences set the canvas for the style of abstracts I paint because I find these people, locations, and experiences are represented in each painting in some way.
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