Another Step. Another Dream Brought to Fruition: My First Art Showcase

Finding A New Home: Sold Originals

It's time to say farewell to some of my pieces...A bittersweet moment.  More sweet than bitter though.

I'm so grateful that someone would look at a PIECE OF ME and call it art.  It's a hug to my soul as I continue to learn to look in life's mirror and call each phase and stage a work of God's masterpiece.  A special thank you to Heidi Haggerty, MiMi Caldwell, and Emma Joy for giving some of my original pieces a new home.

"Joy"

Melted Crayon Art

Buyer:  Principal Heidi Haggerty

This piece was probably the toughest to let go.  The creation of "Joy" took a week. or so  I didn't know it, but I was learning a lesson just through the creation.  I couldn't make the crayons melt the way I wanted them to initially.  There were times when it looked like the lady had mascara running down her face.  The thing about wax though, is that when it dries you can scrape it off.  "Joy" was a process of melting and drying and scraping and melting again.  When I finally formed this face, I felt God reveal to me that this is what He does with my life.  He takes my mistakes and mishaps -some that even seem irrecoverable- and He transforms them into a masterpiece of a life.  He showed me that it's never too late for him to create something from what seems like a mess.  Sometimes it may take a while, but if I give him my life, myself, my mistakes and misfortunes...as well as time...he can make something beautiful out of what looked like a mess.

Allowing His JOY to expand on the inside, I say farewell to "Joy," hoping that as it finds a new home, its message will birth joy- .the joy of hope- in the hearts of those who see it.

"Stand"

Buyer:  Principal Heidi Haggerty

For the children who need us to teach them well, advocate for them, love them even when things are difficult...

For those who need to be awakened...

For those who need sight...

For those who need help finding their voices...

May we STAND UP for our kids/students.

May we be courageous enough to be our best selves on their behalf.

They need us to stand for them...

"Deep Blue Sea" Set

Buyer:  Emma Joy Pracher

"What if I am the One I'm Waiting On"

Buyer:  Monique Caldwell

It's time to Create and Be the change we want to see...

Less than 10 Hours Before My First Art Showcase...

With less than 10 hours left before my first art showcase, I'd just like to stop and say thank you.  Thank you Lord for this moment in time- this moment in my life.  Thank you for the moments that led me here.  Thank you for mustard seeds that added up to actionable faith.  Thank you for the support and belief in me from family and loved ones.  Thank you for my mom and dad who see my potential.  Thank you for a sister that gets excited for me.  Thank you for Jeremy who will lift loads, make suggestions, and give of himself, his time, and his money to help me grow.  Thank you for every milestone and stepping stone.  Thank you for Busboys and Poets and Carol Dyson who put my works on display.  Thank you for people who've celebrated my postcards.  Thank you for tears used to wet my paintbrush and create masterpieces.

Lord thank you for hope.  Thank you for dreams.  Thank you for allowing me to see this day.  It's a little after midnight, but I couldn't sleep without acknowledging you.

Thank you for giving me "dreams, goals, and visions," and for allowing me to see some of them come to fruition.  This gives me fuel and hope and stirs my faith to keep believing for it all:
for lasting happiness, for a life that's a light and blessing to others, for an awesome marriage and family of my own, for love that puts the fairy tale books to shame.

You have been so good to me.

YOU have kept me.  YOU have continued to usher me into greater spaces and places for your glory and for my soul's delight and for the blessing of mankind.

Thank you.

I look up and see the piece "Faith and Grace."

I look up and I see YOU and me, Lord.

Thank you.

I lay down now Lord and rest.  Less than 10 hours left until my first show.  A true testament to faith walking and your grace creating and sustaining the way.  I am so grateful Lord.

Thank you.

Good night Daddy.