Flowers

Working on a new painting. It's not finished yet, but it's on its way.

Also, I should probably start using my digital camera to take these photos. The color is not as good on my cell phone. Shocking, I know...

Back to the sky

I spent some time alone this weekend at my sister's apartment. It was an amazing thing to spend a day without talking. I had a lot of time to think about things that are happening in my life right now. And as I drove home this evening, my heart felt safe inside my chest. I smiled when my ipod chose "Bluebird" from sara b's new album. It inspired this painting. I mean, my bird is purple and not so blue, but purple is my favorite color.

"And so here we go, bluebird
Back to the sky on your own"

Paintings for my office

I decided to paint some art for my office. It makes it feel much more cozy.

I miss Emily

She sent me this quote several years ago when I was thinking about the passing of another dear friend. They have become words that touch my heart every time I read them.

"Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way you always used to. Put no difference in your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was, Let it be spoken without effort, no trace of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is unbroken continuity. I am waiting for you, somewhere very near. just around the corner. All is well.
-- Henry Scott Holland 1847 - 1918
Canon of St Paul's, London