Last night I struggled my way through this painting.

At times I knew I was filled with the Holy Spirit…

And other times, I felt frustrated nearly to tears…

When it was done, I stood back to have a look…and sighed.

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After many days of family and fun, I am back to work. Before my eyes opened yesterday morning, I had a vision of Mary and Jesus and I knew what I would paint. I really feel my work moving in a very iconic direction. I am in love with Roman-Catholic art (and am not even Catholic). I have decided to study more about the symbolism.

In this painting I showed Jesus’ hand pointing toward his Father and at the same time pointing to his mother’s heart. (My daughter says it looks like he is giving the peace sign)

Later tonight I am going to paint a huge Jesus (the man). I am always afraid to paint Jesus. I feel like I should not dare try to depict Him…for who can paint God? But, Jesus came in the form of man…and we know what man looks like, right? I am going to work off of some 6th century paintings.

This painting can be found on EBAY.
It is on a big wooden cupboard door that measures 23.5″ X 18.5″ and the halos are embossed tin.

I’m such a goof! I forgot to put the tree slideshow on my blog like I said I would…

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We had so much fun with family. I haven’t checked my email or anything for days!!

Here’s a video of my son Jacob. He likes to act like a mix of Survivor Man and Man Vs Wild guys…

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Hope everyone else enjoyed Christmas. I know it can be a hard time of year for many.

Many blessings for the new year!

Well, I have two things (a bit unrelated) that I want to share…One is my latest doll, Shabby Gabby, a super-grungy sweetheart.

found on EBAY

AND the other thing I wanted to share is this interview I did (link has been removed)…

I am cleaning the house, working on the holiday menu, making sure all the beds have clean sheets, and anticipating our family who will be here (God willing) tomorrow!!

Stop by tomorrow or the next day..I will have the Christmas Tree slideshow with the pics everyone sent. It’s not too late if you want to have yours added! You can send them to me at throughtheson@hotmail.com. If you need a reminder of what I am talking about, watch this goofy video of me:

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I guess that was three things…

22″ X 28″ X 1.5″ wrapped canvas

On EBAY now.

I think she is alive.