Paintings

Our flight from Europe back to the US was diverted to Ireland for mechanical problems. We spent the night at a hotel in Limerick (yes, there is a Limerick!). The beauty of the evening sky over the river Shannon was a welcome diversion! Watercolor • 2008

Off the Blue Ridge Parkway I stopped with two friends to absorb the October beauty. The tall trees pointing up form a cathedral to the glory of the Creator. Watercolor • 2015

With three friends I visited St. John’s Church at the far end of Valle Crucis, near Boone, NC. The church was locked so we peered in and I took a photo through one of the side windows. When I opened the photo I was astounded to see the woods behind me standing inside the church!

I took some family with me to the Muskoka Lakes in Ontario, where I went so often as a child. As we cruised, these clouds filled the sky and my heart. Watercolor • 2016

A few minutes by ferry from Horseshoe Bay, near Vancouver, Canada. At the shore, early one morning, moved by the intersection of light and dark, I became aware of God’s presence in both the bright and sobering times of our lives. Watercolor • 2007

A spot a few miles east of Vancouver, Canada. It was here I was reminded that times of relaxation and rest won’t be of much benefit if I return to daily life mindlessly. Watercolor • 2006

One summer, recovering from a heart event, I painted this from our back porch. Watercolor • 2002

On the Pacific shore of Vancouver Island, in the summer of 2003, I came across these two pieces of driftwood. It was a time of transition for me, and looking at these old gnarled pieces made me ask: Who am I? Who am I to be at this time of my life? Am I like

This lovely old coastal city in Croatia is circled by a 16th-century wall. We visited there not long after one of the terrible ethnic/religious Balkan wars. Through this portal the view of the Adriatic is stunning. Yet the portal bears shrapnel marks of recent conflict. God’s beauty, marred by human ferocity, is sobering. Watercolor •