Favorite book characters

My son has been very much into his books lately so I wanted to create an image capturing him with some of his favorite characters. When I look at this graphic I see his big smile in the picture while he hugs his favorite monkey. I envision him pointing to each image, while making appropriate sounds with his little voice: “Meow,” “Baaa,” “Bzzzzz,” “Maaa,” and “Blah, blah, blah” for the sound a person makes.

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These pictures will forever bring a smile to my face 🙂

Creating without expectation

I put this image together after taking a picture of my son’s hand after he played with color at his friend’s house. He inspired me to play too with a photo editing program. Oh how we can learn so much from our children. I often worry too much about getting messy or making mistakes that I forget how fun it is to create without expectation. Too often my mind gets in the way of creative freedom. I want to create again. I want to be free.

I AM

I did these 4 separate paintings with acrylic paint during a time in my life when I was searching for my life’s purpose. (OK, when am I NOT searching for my life’s purpose?) I had a lot of fun playing with typography and color when doing these painting and to this day I love looking at their bright colors and message: “I am where I am supposed to be.”

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Blue dog

This is the stuffed animal that our son latched onto since he was 1 year old. I wanted to paint whimsical pictures of it with different backgrounds. I think they make a nice set.

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