Blue Lagoon PleinAir2024

Blue Lagoon PleinAir2024Taking a boat trip from Split to Trogir, the blue lagoon, and the shipwreck was the highlight of my time in Croatia. This piece was one that I originally painted from the back of the speedboat I'm grateful it didn't go flying into the water and instead found a home with one of couples on the boat. This is a reproduction I did after the fact on dry, motionless, land :) Postcard, watercolor

and even silence

An original icon of Blessed Rani Maria from our February Prayer Card Club

My homebrewing self was geeking out during the tour as I learned about what makes port wine so unique and the different varieties that they produce

The first and only piece I painted during my time in Firenze - a whirlwind of a month spent in the marble studio and exploring streets with art and stunning architecture around every corner

Our Lady is depicted in this icon wearing the brown habit of the Carmelite order

And nestled behind the Scriptures we see a palm leaf which also symbolizes her martyrdom

Let Christ transform

This piece was one that I originally painted from the back of the speedboat - I'm grateful it didn't go flying into the water and instead found a home with one of couples on the boat

expressive brushstrokes

Short and Stout not only has some solid boba

Aquinas emphasizes that the growth of both theological and natural virtues require the exercise of our will

This deep interior life in turn fueled her missionary work