Most of these were painted when I was working full time in the emergency room; these paintings are commissions or painted mostly out in the landscape as I took in creation’s beauty, aiming to dwell on the Hope that everything - even the ugly and painful things - will transform into all goodness and beauty someday 

 

Lately, the masterpieces that claim most of my time these days - perhaps the most significant of my life’s work - are my small children. But when I get the time, I love to be able to bless others with my art in the form of the occasional commission or illustration, and I hope to graduate back into larger paintings as life allows. 

 

I believe painting is worthwhile because it celebrates creation. It makes room for wonder and thankfulness in a way that observation alone wouldn’t. Similarly, illustrating a story allows me to identify and feel with the characters and be formed by the story. Creating an image to represent a truth allows me to better understand and internalize it. And I hope that sharing my art with you too would open a door - to the beauty of a living being or landscape; to your own experience of wonder at the people or things around you; or perhaps to new ways that you can seek to understand, appreciate, and enjoy those things and people more in any way.