When I began painting this piece, I wanted to transform the spray from the wave into many tiny white butterflies as they playfully flew from the white horses chasing them. While I was painting the butterflies, our sweet 14 year old yellow lab Buster passed away.
Weeks later when I was able to continue on this piece, I decided to create a butterfly for him that looks like the letter “B”. That inspiration led me to ...
Lahaina Banyan
I love the banyan tree in Lahaina Maui! This tree has been around since 1873 and started as a wee 8 footer but now it's over 60 ft and it spans more than an ACRE with 16 trunks! ...Chasing Butterflies
When I began painting this piece, I wanted to transform the spray from the wave into many tiny white butterflies as they playfully flew from the white horses chasing them. While I was painting the butterflies, our sweet 14 year old yellow lab Buster passed away. Weeks later when I was able to continue on this piece, I decided to create a butterfly for him that looks like the letter “B”. That inspiration led me to ...Triumph
The world we live in is full of beauty but also tragedy, like what you see when viewing this piece. I had read a story that a Monarch butterfly will die if taken out of the chrysalis too soon. God knew how long it needed to stay protected until their wings were strong enough to fly. This piece is about the fiery trials we often face and how when we rise up out of them, we ...