
Beautiful Light Blog
a blog about the practice of art and the life that inspires it

I Needed This One…
I can not tell you how long I subconsciously wrestled with that question, but I wrestled with it long enough to feel the power of grace and beauty of release this morning when I read the scripture…

Quiet Assurance
I do believe that we have to move through those murky, less confident phases of our lives to arrive at the next. Just as a photograph captures a moment in time, our work captures not only the subject matter itself but, on a deeper level, the things we are working through, moving through - forever with our eye on the horizon.
I Am Inspired By…
Being inspired reminds us that we can still be awed by the beauty in our world.

Stand Back, Cross Your Eyes and Squint
With new eyes I have been searching for structure and patterns in my work. Looking for the intuitive gestures that were present well before I knew how to articulate them.
Blooming Exotics
The heartbeat of the work we share with the world runs parallel to how we are growing and expanding as humans. It is a natrual overflow for these realizations to influence our work and become the underpinnings of what we create.

Inexhaustible
If I could animate it, I would imagine receiving God’s Word is like witnessing a beautifully dynamic kaleidoscope moving and shifting, with colors and shapes aligning and overlapping…

The ‘Line and Cover’ Collection
The idea of a cover resonated deeply with me. It represented protection, whole and complete, steady and unwavering. In contrast, a thin line is that thing that is inherently delicate and vulnerable. Oftentimes unsteady. I saw myself in that description, in that line.

Well…I Shut My Mouth and Painted!
Following my advice, well…I shut my mouth and painted - releasing unkind, unproductive and limiting thoughts.

Gurl, Just Shut Up and Paint!
Knowing your purpose eliminates the need for New Year’s resolutions.

Beautiful Light
It was never my plan to become an artist.
Welcome, Imposter…

5 Ways To Know If A Creative Pause Is Necessary…
Sometimes, simply living life is enough for us to dispense some much-needed grace to ourselves.