The gift of light in winter

"The gift of light in winter"

80 x 80 cm

Oil on canvas

2025

I have lived through winters. Cold winters. Winters so demanding and long. Winters that asked everything of me. Winters that required every piece of my humanness, that asked me to let go and believe that spring would come, in the face of all that seemed to prove just the opposite.

Winter, true winter, is a beautiful thing. It comes upon us all, usually in the night as we sleep, and we awake to a new world, covered in the veil of God's own shadow. May we all hunker down then. Light a fire. Hold a warm steaming cup. Sit by a hearth. Maybe, if we are lucky, not alone.

And then it happens. The light. The light comes calling, just as I have stopped waiting for it. Longing for it. Accepted this steel gray light and shadow. The light comes and unfurls in glory, igniting every snowflake, the ice on the lake and the frozen trees.

The light comes. Always. The gift of light in winter.

"The gift of light in winter" is available in my Colorado Studio, as of the time of this writing.

Sleeping dragon

"Sleeping dragon"

80 x 80 cm

Oil and gold pigment on canvas

2025

I seem like such a calm, ethereal spirit. I float around, head in the clouds, contemplating things like wind and flowers. But every now and again, as I step into the studio and pick up my brushes, the dragon awakens. She is always there, the power, the life force, the urgency, the wildness. When she rises at that perfect moment, I make a painting like this one. Born of fiery energy and spiraling green growth, of all things feminine and untamed. 

She is the dragon. And she visited me on this day. 

How lucky I am. 

This painting is a dedication to anyone seeking their wildest heart.

As of the time of this writing, "Sleeping dragon" is available in the Italy Studio.

Lilith

"Lilith"

50 x 50 cm

Oil on canvas

2024

"Lilith" is very special to me. I made this painting as I dreamed of a place that exists only in my mind. An Elfin landscape, where I was strong and a bearer of power. I was a warrior full of physical strength and resilience, and I existed in the space of the supernatural. The water was the bluest blue, the garden was strong and growing before my eyes, and life was abundant.

I imagined all of this as I battled cancer.

And I dare say, it worked. I am Lilith💎

As of this writing, "Lilith" is available in the Italy Studio.