"Matching Pace"

When we walk with someone, we automatically match our pace with theirs. So what does matching pace with Jesus look like? Early in our journey we might be like toddlers who are easily distracted and run off in different directions, we might even go through a rebellious phase and wander further off, but as we mature in our relationship I would like to think that these meanderings occur less and less and we become far more in sync with Him.

Acrylic on 30cm x 40cm stretched canvas

"Breakthrough"

Sometimes while following Jesus we feel like we have been lead to a dead end. We feel like we are trapped, with the dead sea before us and an army behind our backs. This can throw us into a panic, as we desperately try to find our own solutions. But as we learn to wait on the Him, we will find the place of break through.

Acrylic on 30cm x 40cm stretched canvas

"The road less travelled"

When Jesus travelled from Judea to Galilee, he took the road less travelled, choosing to travel through Samaria instead of going around it. Choosing to stop to have a conversation with a Samaritan woman by the well. The gold line represents the route Jesus took and the gold circle the impact of his visit spreading from the place where he met the woman. The thick black line represents the route most others take to avoid Samaria, and the thin black line hopefully represents our choice to walk with Jesus along the road less travelled.

Acrylic on 40cm x 50cm stretched canvas

"The deliberate detour"

Jesus crossed the sea of Galilee from Capernaum to the Gadarenes just to deliver a man possessed by demons. Then he crossed right back to Capernaum and carried on his way. He made a deliberate detour just for this one man. Would I go along with Jesus if it brought me on a big detour? 

Acrylic on 40cm x 50cm stretched canvas

"He tore the veil"

When Jesus died on the cross, his death bought us free access into the holy of holies. There is no barrier that prevents us from coming into God’s presence.

Matthew 27:51

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 

Hebrews 4:14-16

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Acrylic on 30cm x 30cm stretched canvas

"He made a way"

This is a painting of a highway in the desert. I wanted to depict how we are lost in the wilderness, in the desert, with no idea how to get out on our own, and it is Jesus who saves us by building a highway through the desert. A direct escape out of the wilderness and into God's presence.

Isaiah 40:3-5

A voice of one calling:

“In the wilderness prepare

the way for the Lord;

make straight in the desert

a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be raised up,

every mountain and hill made low;

the rough ground shall become level,

the rugged places a plain.

And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together.

Acrylic on 30cm x 40cm stretched canvas

"Deep water" - SOLD

In the midst of the desert God woos us back to himself. He invites us to drink from Him, the oasis of unsearchable depths, to be refreshed by His life giving water.

Acrylic on 40cm x50cm stretched canvas 

"Deep roots" 

This is a picture of a tree with deep roots that reach past the dry top layers of hard baked earth to the life-giving water far below. A picture of a life rooted in Christ, a tree with roots well-established, able to weather the dry seasons.

Acrylic paint, fabric collage and thread on 40cm x50cm stretched canvas 

"Welcome the King"

Jesus knocks on the door of our lives, inviting us to open up to Him. He brings a feast that nourishes our lives from within. The tree represents our lives rooted in love, with fresh growth representing new life.

A picture of how the inner life can be transformed.

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me."

Revelations 3:20

Acrylic on 90cm round canvas

"Fruitfulness"

This painting comes from my journey with long Covid. After deciding to stop teaching and be a full time artist I had such grand plans to ramp up "production" of artworks. But then covid hit and then long covid set in.

I railed at God and told him how it wasn't fair and complained about my lack of productivity. And I felt God challenge me to reconsider my definition of "productivity". He told me to define productivity as fruitfulness. He told me that fruitfulness comes from remaining in Him. To be Mary and sit at His feet instead of trying to be Martha.

"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."

John 15:4 NIV

Acrylic on 60cm round canvas

"Seasons" - SOLD

After I finished with the previous tree painting called "fruitfulness" I reflected that a healthy tree goes through different seasons. Just because there are no fruit on the tree it does not mean that it is not a good tree. We often look to the flowers of spring and the fruit of summer and dislike winter the most. But each season has its own glory and beauty. We need winter to rest, to prepare for new growth. 

Acrylic on 60cm round canvas

"Intercession"

When we are rooted and rested in God, we can raise our hands in prayer for those we love. The fragrance of the our prayers like incense spreads over the land.

Acrylic on 60cm round canvas

"One"

A picture of the ideal marriage, when two separate individuals become one entity. Nourished and rooted in God’s love, united as one, their lives reach outwards to bring blessing to others.

Acrylic painting on 60cm round canvas.

"Community"

What would our communities be like if everyone acted in love towards one another? I imagine this tree widening and thickening as the dangling roots come down and expand outwards in  love.

I asked my children what they saw in the painting. They told me "family".

Acrylic painting on 24x30" stretched canvas.

"Hope"

When a tree is cut down, it does not always mean the death of the tree. Life remains in the roots and stump, and if the roots are well established and healthy the tree can produce shoots and regrow.

Job 14:7-9

“For there is hope for a tree,

When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,

And its shoots will not fail.

Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,

At the scent of water it will flourish

And put forth sprigs like a plant."

Acrylic on 24"x24" stretched canvas

"Behold Him"

Let us behold and worship the King of Kings, the roaring Lion.  He is roaring over your life and everything must bow before Him.

Inspired by the song  by Paul Baloche "Behold Him" 

Jesus, Son of God, Messiah

The Lamb, the roaring Lion

Oh, be still and behold Him  

Watercolour on 11x15 inch paper