Wild Grape Vine and Ice

I painted this (18"x24") from a photo I took a the West State Street park. The bottom photo is more true to the colors in the painting. The snowy background was especially fun to paint. Enjoy!

Collard Greens

I drew this bunch of greens over the last couple of weeks. Soon I will trade them for actual delicious food.

A taste of things to come...

Meet Terrence, star of the children's book Anne and I writing. The working title is the Dino-Rama.
That's his mom holding the tea cup. We made all the furniture and set by hand. It's one of the best projects I've worked on.

Fall

This is FALL--currently on display in the front office of the Timothy House. I took the photo there and the flash washed out the center, but you get the idea.

The Shepherds

Merry Christmas.

Ben and I threw our third annual holiday blow-out for our friends who don't usually get invited to things like Christmas parties. I have to say, this is becoming my favorite Christmas event.

It started out as I described--a special kind of dinner for our friends who don't get invited to things much. Last year we invited a few more people and had a Christmas cookie decorating party as well. This year was better, though. Our friends who came who were former residents of the Timothy House, or members of the house church we're a part of in Carpenter Hall didn't feel like "special guests" who we needed to "reach out" and throw a party for. They're just our friends. And they're wonderful people. And they spent time and played games and music with all of our other friends.

I think everyone's enjoyment was...mutual...except maybe our 4 year-old friend, who partied the hardest and then puked green Christmas frosting everywhere. Way to get into the spirit of things, kid.

Millstone--the real part 4

OK. This is part 4 of a possible 66 part series. As you may have guessed, it's a man with a millstone tied around his neck being thrown into the deepest part of the sea. I would have posted a photo of it earlier, but it was up at Arts/West for a while. I only just got it back today.

Part 4

...or maybe it's part 5 of a 66 part series. At any rate, this is my great aunt Clara. She illustrates, to me, Titus 2. She's been a good example to me. Not a gossip, not overindulging. Teaching me to love people, to be kind, and faithful. Thank you Clara. Thank you God.