Water Expressions

A Collection of Water as a Symbol of Life and the Importance of Surviving

As an artist with the opportunity to exhibit a collection, I always strive to share the power of survival and having the faith to persevere against all odds. I believe that it is up to me, as an artist, to delve beyond just recognizing images and colors to using colors within the images for their inherent qualities, towards a specific end. I choose images with an abstractness and then colors to produce a certain mood or atmosphere; to create space, light, and shadow; or to introduce symbolic associations.

To Persevere

Lord, inspire me to send my roots deep into life’s enduring values, that I may grow toward my greater destiny. Remind me that the pace is not always swift; that there is more to life than increasing the speed. Let me look upward into the forest and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slow and well. Teach me the art of perseverance as I sink into the depths of life.
48x24 ORGANIC SOFT PASTELS ON NATURAL CANVAS - SOLD

Taking Life As It Comes

36x36x1
3200.00
First Place in the Texas Visual Arts Alliance Exhibit - Dallas, Texas
Chosen Best of the Best 2017 - Washington D.C. Exhibit and catalog feature
SOLD
Life is about being happy and taking everything as it comes. Love your life and trust your instincts, take chances, lose and find happiness, cherish memories, and learn through experiences. Smile, think positive, always tell the truth and have faith in God. Struggles are part of success. It will be a long time journey, so live consciously in the moment, seek God’s face and enjoy your life’s unfolding as you keep your head above the water.

For Faith In Dreams

Best of Show 2017
Midtown Art and Theater Center Houston
SOLD

Organic
Pastels

Salvation

36x36x1
SOLD
Cover Art Selection
Art Quench Magazine
Feature Art Selection
Art Quench Masters Series

Drowning in Emotions 24x24

Winner of Multiple Awards from 2017-2020 SOLD

Victory

36x24x1
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Life is something that many times becomes an overwhelming pool of chaos. I have made quite a few references to “holding your head above water” only because it seems to be a phrase used most often when a person feels as if they are drowning in their own life. To survive is to experience Victory!

At Peace With Life

My job is to receive the peace You give. My job is to take Your lead beside the still waters. My role is to follow as you extend Your right hand as I take hold. May I enjoy Your presence and the tranquility of the still waters where You pour out Your promise of peace.
48x24 ORGANIC SOFT PASTELS ON NATURAL CANVAS - $3000

Life Reflection

All In

As water is essential to our very existence, the symbolism of water is far-reaching and profoundly deep. The wisdom of water is infinite, and you will find that if you are
“ALL IN” with the investment of time meditating and contemplating its vastness,
blessings will be quite enlightening.
24X24 ORGANIC SOFT PASTELS ON NATURAL CANVAS - $2600

These pieces are from the collection Emerging Artist Solo Exhibit
Foundry Art Center
Ameristar Gallery
St. Charles Missouri
August 4 to September 16 2017.

Life's Window

Eyes share the beauty of the soul as a window does a lovely spring day. Visions become clear when through life’s window, you can look at your own heart. Those who look outside, dream but those who look inside are awakened to life with eyes wide open
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Rippling From Darkness

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start. Perhaps intertwined with a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning; to ripple from the darkness and into the light.
God’s Light; seeking His face.
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Self Portrait

Joy of Light and Life

Slow me down Lord by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Bless me, even in the confusion of the day, with the calmness that faith brings. Break the tensions with the soothing music of the singing streams that live
within my memory.
When I am overcome with emotion, grant me peace.
Artist of the Year Finalist 2017
Woodlands Art Trust Winner 2019

An Innocent View of Life

My whole life is mine to remain innocent of the darkness, but whoever says so will deprive me, for it is infinite. The droplets of water, the shade of the sky are mine.
Still the same … and my life.
24X24 ORGANIC SOFT PASTELS ON NATURAL CANVAS - $2400

ADC Artist Selection Gallery Contract 2018
ADC Purchase Award 2018

Immersed in Life

The laws of life are written into every molecule, step, and breath. We are immersed in the sweet law of unfolding the mystery called life. Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. The soul accepts the mystery within and all around, immersing itself in it…celebrating it.
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Keeping Life Secrets

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you for the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. And when, at last, you find someone to whom you feel you can trust to come up from beneath, you stop in shock at the words you utter – they are so meaningless and feeble from being kept submerged inside you for so long.
36x24 ORGANIC SOFT PASTELS ON NATURAL CANVAS - $2200

Sometimes the best thing you can do is..
Not think,
Not wonder,
Not imagine,
Not obsess.
Just breathe and have faith in your abilities. Be faithful in something as small as staying afloat because it is in the small things that your strength lies.