Leap of Faith

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

 

 

Leap of Faith
Oil on paper

I wish everyone a healthy and prosperous New Year, keep painting everyone.xxx

Hope

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

 

Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

Hope
Oil on paper

 

Stargazer Lilies

I have so many photos to work from, I vow to use them more as fresh flowers are a pleasure, but not cheap. This painting is from a photo I took about three years ago.

I heard this song by Ben Howard today and I felt goose bumps, that guitar is out of this world!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYR6A47DK-Q

Stargazer Lilies
Oil on oil paper.

Peaceful Slumber

Our Sleeping Cat
charcoal on cartridge paper

It never ceases to amaze me how many hours cats sleep.

Goose and goslings Sketch

Goose and Gosling sketch
black biro and tombow marker

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Bradley Whitford

White Rose in Blue Glass

Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build.

 

Quote by Robert Collier

White Rose in Blue Vase
oil on oil paper

Mixed Feelings

Its that time of year when you start to look back and try to understand what kind of year its been. There have been downs and ups, I'm sure everyone has those. What is the best thing that has happened to you this year?

This bouquet is still going strong and I couldn't resist having another go at it, its funny though, it never gets easier, which is fine by me because I love a challenge.

Oasis

For me painting is my oasis, that time of the day when no matter how tired I am or stressed I enter a cool, refreshing zone.

Oasis
oil on oil paper

Pheasant Sketch

The last time I worked in charcoal was when I was at school, I had forgotten how much I love this medium.

Charcoal on cartridge paper

Persistence

Persistence
oil on oil paper
 

As promised its been a beautiful sunny day, just perfect for taking photos (in the shade of course).
We've been ferrying our son to a couple of interviews, one in Milton Keynes and one in Hemel Hempstead. He has a 2, 1 degree in Economics and Finance, he's been applying for two years for jobs with no luck. Its wearing him down and its getting harder  to scrape him off the floor and boost his confidence time and time again. I would like to ask the universe for a job for our son, he's a fast learner, he has a heart of gold, the type that will carry an old ladies shopping home to their door.

Persistance

Persistence
Oil on oil paper

 

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Milton Berle

I ran out of daylight but I finished the painting so hopefully I will have a good photo tomorrow.