In the Security of the Womb

watercolor on Fabriano rough 300 lb paper.
It is a rendition of the photo of a baby 'in utero' sucking her thumb.
a portrayal of the comfort and security of the womb.























All great men and women came by way of the womb.
Each human being whose name can be named began as a zygote, grew and developed 'in utero', fashioned and wonderfully made by a loving God. (Psalm 139)

Even Jesus Christ, the Son of God, left heaven, humbled Himself and took on the nature of a man. (Luke 1:31 message to Mary, "You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.")


In Philippians, we see Jesus chose to come to earth by way of the womb...
Phl 2:5
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Phl 2:6
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
Phl 2:7
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
Phl 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death–
even death on a cross!

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So, I chose to do the girl in grave clothes in monotone charcoal.
The watercolor was reserved for the girl's face/eyes and Jesus' hand/arm.
I did this to draw attention to the 'life'.
A slight backgound of cerulean blue draws out the blue of her eyes.

The message is... Jesus desires that we would know Him.
We love Him because He first loved us.
He removes the veil from our eyes, that we might see Him.

The nail scar of His hand speaks of His love for us, that while we were still dead in our sin, He died for us. He paid the price for our sin, so that we can be FREE!
I encourage everyone to receive Jesus.
Tell Him you receive the forgiveness He purchased at the cross.
Ask Him to take your life and fill it with His light and His love.

grave clothes

My son drew this image for me to watercolor paint.

Jesus called Lazarus out of the grave and commanded his grave clothes be removed.

This girl is longing to be free from the grave clothes that bind her. Jesus' hand has removed the clothes from across her eyes. She sees freedom and longs to be free.

Simpson's Beach

Simpson's Beach in pastel,
drawn from a photo taken last August while Billy and I were enjoying an evening walk there.

My new moleskine

We missed Tabby this Christmas so I found a photo of her curled up on Katie's bed.
She is the first painting in my new moleskine.

Live Painting Class on Ustream

Kitchen Art

that's the theme of the online painting demos this week.
Artist Roger Bansemer and his wife Sarah
open their home to international artists to visit virtually while Roger paints in acrylics.
This week, the subjects have been small kitchen arrangements.
Check it out at
http://bansemer.com/painting_live/demonstration.html
demos usually start at 7 pm ET - no set dates, just check in to see if it's on.

Lemons were the first subject covered. I couldn't see the reference lemons so I just found a photo to work with and painted along.

The second session I attended, Roger was painting a radish. I prefered to paint a pomegranate - used the same basic colors. Benefitted from his comments and instructions re: shadow colors and highlights etc for alizaron crimson.
So nice to be painting with other artists. In the chatroom running beside the video screen were artists tuned in from all over the planet, commenting and asking questions. A terrific forum and virtual studio.