Paradise City

"Take me down to the paradise city..." - Guns N' Roses

Golden Thunder

"Thunder only happens when it's raining..." - Stevie Nicks

Kelsey

One joy shatters a hundred griefs. - Chinese Proverb

Beginner's Luck

May you live all the days of your life. - Jonathan Swift

Grace

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. - John Donne

Early Morning Prayer

The Second Death

Emmy

She sees shooting stars and comet tails
She's got heaven in her eyes
She says I don't need to be an angel
But I'm nothing if I'm not this high
- Counting Crows "Recovering the Satellites"

And just for fun, here's a concept poster for next year's awards:

Jesus and Mariah Carey Studies

These are a couple of small scale 8"x10" studies for larger pieces I'll be working up. I enjoy looking at the values, colors and placement with regards to text early on. I also love the fresh emotive quality of this small scale. Enjoy!

Venus de Milo

There is only one statue that has ever stopped me in my tracks and made me drop my jaw in awe... this is my small tribute to the masterpiece. Sold.

Winged Victory

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt, Sold.

August Bethany

Bear's Letter

If bear could write me a letter, this is what I imagine he'd say:

"Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.” - A.A. Milne

Wise Sheep

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. Proverbs 8:34

Sweet Pea

Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. However many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all. - Ecclesiates 11:7-8a NIV

Poinsettia

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. Psalm 68:5 NIV

Rieszka's Bouquet

I was sold this beautiful bouquet by a Polish lady here in San Francisco named Rieszka. She spoke lovingly of her 93 year old mother who swims every day and we gushed together over the beauty of the city of Krakow. Upon parting I said, "Dziekuje bardzo" (Thank you very much) to which she replied: "Prosze bardzo" (You're welcome very much)...

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. - Ephesians 4:2-3 NIV

Shimmer Lily

You O Lord keep my lamp burning: my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28

Agapanthus Song

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Isaiah 35:10 AMP

Two Sheep

All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. - Cecil F. Alexander

11"x14" Acrylic on Hardboard.