Why do you go for a walk? Is it for exercise? To be out in nature? To talk something through or be alone with your thoughts? We all have our reasons, and maybe there is more than one. But I bet the walk happening here is just to be out with each other. Maybe there’s not a lot of talking. Maybe it’s not about the steps or the getting somewhere. Maybe it’s because when you simply say “wanna go for a walk” your dogs face lights up, his tail crazy wags and his feet run for that door. A walk like this and a moment like this happen all the time, and yet each one is the most important thing while you’re in them.- Out of stock
When I first shared this with you all a lot of you said it made you feel nostalgic. Brought you to a simpler time when the air smelled better and your shoulders felt lighter. This painting does that for me too in a way. It brings me back to 20 years ago. I was a young newlywed, just having moved in to the house we still call our home and trying to make it my own. I bought my first original artwork and paid way to little for it. A set of three poppy paintings that still hang in our family room where I first put them. In many ways, I miss that time and in others I’m glad that I’ve grown passed them. Now, I’m on the edge of newness once again. We are giving our home a fresh start and that’s been scarier than I thought it would be. I wanted to paint a scene to bring this chapter full circle. A new perspective on what has become a classic. A moment where I could dust off the past but embrace all the beauty that has been in it. A “Breath of Fresh Air” you could almost say. - 50% Off
We were on our way to the first day of the convention last July. It was early morning were tired. As we came up over the hill on the freeway the sky's color filled our car with warmth. Colors of orange, pink, and a purple that cannot be found in a tube of paint. I thought about that sky for weeks afterwards before finally needing to put it on a canvas. I knew I couldn't replicate the sky because I don't remember what it looked like. I just remember those colors, etched into my eyes. The scenes of these paintings come from a different space. I often think about things that I want to do. Some are grand bucket list things, but most are smaller. I want more moments like these. Quieter, softer, deep breath of relief type of moments. A moment where you made a little extra time, took one single day off, went on a little getaway. I want more of those and I'm on the road to getting more of them. Often though, they seem to be just a moment away. Like I just needed a little extra something that I don't have. These paintings represent the moments taken and opportunities made, A moment away realized. - 50% Off
Most of the time we don't like to feel like we're being watched. It's uncomfortable and intrusive even if we aren't doing anything wrong. It's almost like someone is hovering over your shoulder, listening to every word you make, just waiting for you to make a mistake. But what happens when you're being watched by the moon? Every Wednesday evening I have to take a short walk home in the dark and, if I'm lucky, the moon will be there to guide me home. It keeps me from stumbling, like it's holding my hand as I teeter. I miss it when the clouds keep it away. I miss it during the day when the sun chases it back. Then, when I see it again, especially when it's eyes are fully open, I look up and love knowing that I'm being watched. - Out of stock
We buried her ourselves , six months ago today, in December’s darkness. Our tears were soaked by the rain. Our hearts simply trying to take a breath. She was our baby for 13 years, our sweet little doggie, Desi. Grief has a process, and it rolls a little different with everyone and every loss. I was grieving our Desi while she was still with us, and now, I just miss her. I don’t cry everytime I say her name, but memories don’t always make me smile yet. I am in that gray zone. I’m actually okay, some days I’m really good. I just miss her, and I wish she were still here. Tell me about someone you miss, and something you would do with them if they were still here. This painting is part of an ongoing series highlighting the emotional experience it is to be human. I affectionately call it the “Hannah” series. - Out of stock
Sometimes things just feel different. Things are the same, yet a switch has happened. A change in attitude, appreciation, awareness. The way I’ve been feeling lately is much like walking a well known path…at night. You know it’s still the same, it’s familiar, and yet it feels so different. You can still see but the colors are muted. You can still hear, in fact, sounds seen louder. You can still feel your feet move and yet you’re more aware that you may fall. Life has been reminding me lately of what is important. And it’s not that I didn’t already know what was important, it’s just that now it feels real. At any moment…all it takes is just one single moment and everything can change. Like going from sunlight to moonlight, daytime to night. To me, this painting is a reminder to stay focused on what is most important. To be in the moment and soak it up. To watch where you step and always keep going. And to see the light in the darkest of hours. - Out of stock
Life is funny. One minute things feel like you're at the beginning of everything. Like your life is just starting up and you have forever to do all that you want. The next minute, you're in the midst of it. You're in the thick of everything you've started and worked hard for. Life often gets compared to a journey, or a path. One that you start thinking you know each turn and bump and yet you don't. There are always unexpected turns and little bumps that make you trip. But isn't that also the reason that we like taking a walk in the woods? We like a little surprise, we like to be awed by something we weren't expecting. This path is much like how I am feeling these days. In the midst of the forest, no beginning or end in sight, just surrounded by the life that I have carved out for myself. - Out of stock
Ah young love. Is there really a good way to describe it? For those watching a first love bloom it can be nerve wracking. You hope they are smart. You hope they don't jump in too fast and that they get to know each other well. For the young couple, just about everything else disappears. Life starts to take on a whole new meaning and all of a sudden you can't wipe that smile off your face. You are filled with butterflies and childlike energy as you experience the first date, the first hand hold, the first kiss. It can feel like the dawn of the most beautiful day and a story has just been started. A story that has never been told before and one that you hope will have the happies of never-endings. This painting is lovingly entitled "Up Until Now" for a personal reason. I was never sure if I believed in love at first sight, and then one night, a little over 20 years ago it happened to me and I told coworkers the next day that I'd met the man I was going to marry (cue the eye rolls). But up until that moment I had so many doubts and wonders about my future. I wondered who I'd marry or even if anyone would ever love me. I'd wondered what my husband and future children would look like. I'd wondered what it would feel like to have someone catch you on a swing and look into your eyes. You see up until then my future was so blurry but in a split instant I saw my entire world become clear in his eyes. This painting symbolizes a young first love. The flowers a declaration of love (white tulip) and innocence (daisy). The butterflies represent the giddy nerves that flutter. The colors represent the dawn of a new day, and the light layers represent all the life that this young couple will live but can't see yet. The swing, well that's a bit more personal but let's just say it represents the youthful playfulness that can be seen by others as love begins to bloom. - Out of stock
Fast forward just a little while and that young playful couple is in a new place. They find themselves beneath a flower filled arbor. They find themselves dressed in their best. Just a few steps away are chairs, chairs filled with all of their favorite people. They then recite words to each other, promising to love and care for each other. Then, finally, the long-awaited kiss. The emotions are intense, and tears of joy are falling in every direction. A couple's wedding day is the first day of so many more. The years ahead seem to be abounding with possibilities. They feel like every door is open to them and the skies are big and open and time is irrelevant. Anything they want to do, they can, because they now have each other. Will they travel the world? Will they buy a house, get a dog, have children, move to a far away country? Everything seems possible. Time won't really pass as fast as everyone says it does. Any problems that come up won't be that big and the butterflies will always be there. It's among the most meaningful and happiest days of a couple's life because it is, in fact, the start of their forever. The meaning in this painting: The flowers represent perfect love (Cabbage Rose), joy (Purple Tulip), and fidelity (Algerian Ivy). The doves represent peace, hope and love. The rolling hill-like layers represent all the possibilities and open skies that a newly married couple see. The colors are warm and rosey, just like the cheeks of a bride. - Out of stock
Let's add a few miles to these tires. This couple finds themselves 20 0r 25 years down the road. Life has happened. Doors that were once open have now closed and maybe life doesn't look quite like they thought it would and has, at times, been disappointing. Some of those chairs that were once filled now sit empty. But guess what, one thing is just as good if not better than they'd hoped for. The love on their wedding day has grown into something much more. The once dynamic passion has smoothed into something so warm and loving it's difficult to describe. The laughter that fills the cracks is one that only years of being together can create. Throughout the years, as they've stuck together, a beautiful garden of love has been growing in the dirt of life. Maybe they have children, maybe not. Maybe they've traveled the world or maybe they weekend trip to their favorite spot again and again. Maybe they've moved a few times and started fresh, or maybe they have been in the same home the whole time. Maybe they've had a dog or two, or maybe they're allergic. Maybe their jobs have changed or maybe a career has been established. Whatever they've done or not done one thing is for certain, they've stayed with each other. They've supported each other, compliment each other and still hold hands when they walk the beach. Meaning behind this painting: The flowers represent devoted affection (heliotrope) and happiness (delphinium). The hummingbirds represent love, joy and resilience. The layers of colors represent the ups and downs that the couple has gone through throughout the years and the flowers collected from the ground are the memories they're holding tight to as they look towards their future. - Out of stock
Let's fast forward another 25 or 30 years for this couple. That's what life does doesn't it, it moves fast. That once beaming couple find themselves older. They're more tired and have some aches and pains that no longer seem to go away. Their skin is creased by both smiles and tears and their hair has lost some color along the way. They have lived so much life together and have been through so much. More chairs have become empty and yet somehow filled again with new friends and family. Their lives have pulled apart then come back again and now they are so close it's as if they're not whole without the other. The life they have lived and built together is entirely their own, much like their love story. Now the fast-paced life they'd never gotten used to has slowed down. They have time to reflect on the past and dwell on the future. Yet their love burns like embers that cannot be extinguished. The bond between them is like a soothing balm that surrounds the words they no longer need to use to fill the silence. As they watch the sunsets together, they know they're lucky. They're lucky to have found one another, to have held on to one another and to still be by the others side and they treasure all the sunsets they still have. Meaning behind this painting: The love birds represent deep affection, lasting bonds and enduring friendship. The deep sunset-like colored layers represent the saturated life they have lived and the big changes that have happened during it. The flowers represent joyful friendship (yellow rose) and filled with love (violet) and they are also traditional 50th wedding anniversary flowers.
