DELIGHTING IN GOD'S CREATION & UPLIFTING DOUGLAS Surely, everything that comes from the hand of such a Master-artist as God has something in it of himself! Today, God said, sometimes you just need to take a break and listen to me speak to you through my creations. I painted this using gouache and liked the intensity of the colours. Also used professional grade Arches oil paper which can be used to capture oil on paper. Having leant its beauty, am imparting my skills to a

click to enlarge a bloom! I saw this quote in the lovely grounds of the themed garden at HortPark, since then it has become a favorite of mine: “The earth laughs in flowers.” Though it's often been attributed to E.E. Cummings, it actually appears in Hamatreya, by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I spend my mornings in my little porch-garden. I get loads of Vitamin D and am always happy to see a new bloom. It is the June rains and the plants are a-bloom. I especially love my tumbling th

Finished and Sold in 2016 At a silent retreat, I was asked to reflect on a river that is able to draw us closer to God in prayer. Pastor Alice read the verses 1-12 of Ezekiel 47, she asked us to close our eyes but I was drawn to the serene water-coloured painting of a little stream amidst much greenery. The verses spoke of a river depicted by the prophet Ezekiel as his own relationship with God. It describes a spring of fresh water gurgling up under the doorway to the templ