The last I posted, I was working on the 15 Psalms of Ascent series. They were varnished and framed
last summer, and I was invited to lead an interactive visual Sunday School class on the paintings. It was so fun to hear participants visualize shapes and colors and memories from words of the Psalms. It was more than I had hoped of getting a reaction to my prayer and visual interpretation of the Psalms. They were then displayed in the sanctuary for the month of November and enhanced the worship in the sanctuary.
NEW PURSUITS IN 2026!!
After meeting a woman from Romania, this past summer, I was deliberating on the possibility of painting more of the psalms. She is doing her PhD on 9 of the true lament Psalms and I decided to investigate.
What has transpired is a start to the 9 pure lament Psalms, started in December 2025, and now continuing into 2026! It has been a rich prayer time in the Psalms, and I am learning new ways to listen to colors that are being visualized as I spend time in each Psalm using acrylic inks. I am loving the organic flow of the inks over a base layer of old hymnal pages, since the Psalms were to be sung. Stay tuned to what they will become,....I truly have no idea!
God has led me to 2 other streams of paintings starting this year in January 2026.
I have started a series on the hymns which is so fun to see how paintings turn out while listening to the hymn itself. It is a whole new way of listening prayer...not just reading words and noticing which colors come to mind, but actually listening to the music itself! Here is Come to the Garden finished and delivered to its new home of a woman prayer......
and another.......still in progress
The third series that I have been working on, which is again another different way of listening prayer, is a series on the Fruit of the Spirit. At our local church, I am participating in a Bible study on the Fruits of the Spirit. I have done other studies on the Fruit of the Spirit, but this time, when listening, God suggested that I try painting them, but He started by showing me examples of the Spirit in action. I was wanting to get back to doing some still lifes, and when a neighborr gave me a bag of clementines, I set up a still life using them. I then got to know more about this neighbor and the organization that she volunteers for called Ben's Bells and their motto is Be Kind. Thus, my first fruit of the Spirit exemplified....
I have 2 other fruits of the spiri finished, but, they are not coming in order, and I understand that it might take some years to complete, but I am excited to see who He brings into my life to show me examples of
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, KINDNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL!
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