About the Artist
a sinner saved by Grace
lover of God ~ minister ~ worshiper ~ artist ~ singer ~ writer ~ photographer
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
~Vincent Van Gogh
lover of God ~ minister ~ worshiper ~ artist ~ singer ~ writer ~ photographer
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
~Vincent Van Gogh
How long have you been an artist?
I have been an artist all my life, but started painting deliberately in 1991, not long after I was saved. Something inside of me wanted to create art, even as a child. So one night, armed with only 6 tubes of paint, I painted my first painting. When I showed it to my family, they didn't believe I had actually painted it--that was all the encouragement I needed!! Not long after I started painting, I would take my art to work with me to show the resident artist at my workplace. Coworkers would see my artwork and commission me to do portraits for them. As a single mom, the extra money came in handy, it seemed the Lord was having others pay me as I was learning to paint, and He would bring commissions to me at just the right time.
I started dreaming of teaching children art, so I got job as a teaching assistant for a local town art center. I loved it, but did not like feeling the spirit of witchcraft that permeated the atmosphere. I dreamed of a place where God would be worshiped with the arts. Eventually I became a teacher and started my own art school. I designed a year long fine art curriculum for home schooled students and began working out of my trunk, teaching art classes in local churches. www.rainbowskiesandbutterflies.com I stopped a couple of years ago when my son left home, but I hope one day to start again in a more permanent location.
I started dreaming of teaching children art, so I got job as a teaching assistant for a local town art center. I loved it, but did not like feeling the spirit of witchcraft that permeated the atmosphere. I dreamed of a place where God would be worshiped with the arts. Eventually I became a teacher and started my own art school. I designed a year long fine art curriculum for home schooled students and began working out of my trunk, teaching art classes in local churches. www.rainbowskiesandbutterflies.com I stopped a couple of years ago when my son left home, but I hope one day to start again in a more permanent location.
How did you come to know Jesus?
Caught up in a cycle of drugs, alcohol, unhealthy abusive relationships, and completely broken by life, I became pregnant...and it wasn't the first time. Twenty five and unmarried, I humbly asked God to “save” me. I just said very plainly to Him,“I don’t understand what it means to be saved, and I do not understand who Jesus is, but, if you ARE God, surely You can show Yourself to me.” I changed my journal entries that day from “Dear Diary” to “Dear God”. He was faithful to answer my prayer and 4 years later I was baptized in water and was filled with the Holy Spirit 3 years after that. It was in those times of writing that God started talking to me. One word, or sentence at a time, I would just write what I heard. When I would go back and re-read it, I knew it was not my own imagination, but His voice I was hearing.
I remember when I heard the story of the sinful woman that went into the room filled with the religious leaders, anointed Jesus with the costly perfume, and washed His feet with her tears. It was me!!! I, like her, I have been forgiven much, and so I love Him much...I am His Princess Bride.
I remember when I heard the story of the sinful woman that went into the room filled with the religious leaders, anointed Jesus with the costly perfume, and washed His feet with her tears. It was me!!! I, like her, I have been forgiven much, and so I love Him much...I am His Princess Bride.
