Amy

9x12

oil on linen canvas

Amy.  Spunky.  Fun.  Competitive.  Rapped with her father.  Loved squishy hugs from her mother.  Joyful.  Brave.  Beautiful.

Ran into the arms of God Who Made Her with a nudge from brain cancer.  

Her mother and I grew up together.  I started painting 3 months after Amy died and ever since I have hoped that someday I might be able to paint her portrait.  

Anniversary Commission

Oil on canvas

12x12

50 years!!  This adorable couple recently celebrated 50 years of joy in their relationship.  This was painted from a small snapshot taken while they were dating and has so much charm!  The bow, the flip of hair, the coke bottle, the Munsingwear polo.  And the smiles on their faces!  This was a delight to paint.  Sweet gift from their daughter.  

Bleak Midwinter

9x12

Oil on canvas board

Merry Christmas 2016!!

In the bleak midwinter

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

Our God, heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.

Enough for Him, Whom cherubim, worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, Whom angels fall before,
The ox and ass and camel which adore.

Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
But His mother only, in her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the beloved with a kiss.

What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.

Malakoff

Oil on linen canvas

11x14

My mother-in-law grew up in this home in Malakoff, Texas.  It was built in the 1880's and added onto in 1920 when she was 2 years old by Uncle Ireanus.  I painted it as a commission for my husband's cousin who still lives there so he could give it to his daughter.   The pecan tree in the front still produces loads of tiny, sweet East Texas pecans.