Category Archives: Children

Mural for an Elementary School

  I had the great opportunity to meet with the first graders at South School and ask them what they thought was important for their fellow students to remember.  Their answers all revolved around the theme “Be Kind.”  Each of the children placed their hand print on the lower section which became a field ofContinue reading “Mural for an Elementary School”

How to Enjoy Art Like a Child

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow  up. – Pablo Picasso We are so creative as children, and then we grow up.  We become fearful of not measuring up.  We get discouraged by the sometimes thoughtless comments of others.  We lose our sense of wonder andContinue reading “How to Enjoy Art Like a Child”

Face Painting for Samuel

When it comes to painting faces it is usually in the form of a painted portrait.  This is about actually painting on faces!  On Sunday afternoon, May 19th, at Rohner Park in Fortuna I’ll be doing some face painting for a cause that is dear to my heart because it is about a very specialContinue reading “Face Painting for Samuel”

Family Love Through Generations

Motherhood…I am in the generation that is blessed to have both a mother who is still with us (now 89) and a grown daughter who is a mother of a five-year old.  This painting which I did many years ago is of my mother and daughter when she was a just an infant.  Artistically, although itContinue reading “Family Love Through Generations”

Paintings of Children

I recently ran across a wonderful blog called I Am A Child – http://iamachild.wordpress.com/.   After viewing several of the paintings from the pages of art history of painting after painting depicting children, I recalled how much I love these images.  We are blessed to have a five year-old with us in this season of life.  Again,Continue reading “Paintings of Children”

How Time Flies!

We say it often.  Time flies.  As I restart my art career after fifteen years of ministry I look back at my “first generation art” with memories of that time.  My little girl enriched my life in so many ways.  Now she is all grown up.  In many ways her upbringing helped form the pathContinue reading “How Time Flies!”