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Sharing Light

I believe that every good gift comes from God. My favorite description of Him is “The Father of Lights”. I have a habit of looking for those gifts, those flecks of light, and I find so many of them in stories. Often, when I’ve felt the darkness drawing near, a good story has revived me, confronted me with my own flaws, and stirred my courage. I believe stories are uniquely suited to deliver truth, hope and light to people’s hearts and minds. The words I write and the illustrations I create flow from this belief. I want to send as many flecks of light into the darkness as I can—to encourage people, to help them hold fast to hope and remind them that they are not alone.

Story Paintings Journals

I love to write. My library shelves are loaded with old journals—prayer journals, sketch journals, story journals, gratitude journals…all kinds. Because of my love for journaling, I thought it would be fun to turn some of my favorite illustrations into journal covers! There are three different covers to choose from—one cover is from my painting titled “Walk in Wonder”, another is from “A Gap in the Clouds”, and the last cover is from “Home”. My hope is that these journals will inspire you to process, create, and record things that matter to you—to have beautiful canvases for your thoughts.

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Scripture Cards

My husband (who’s a wonderful graphic designer!) and I created a set of Scripture Cards—carefully pairing my artwork with certain scriptures that I love to dwell on. I hope and believe that connecting wonder-filled images with verses will help people hold onto scripture and go deeper into the wonder of it.

Often when I’m painting an illustration, I have a verse or verses in mind and the act of painting becomes a kind of dwelling. I want to share that in a way that’s personal and practical. So we made a set of 20 Scripture Cards that will fit easily into a purse or backpack. Something I hope people will share with others when they sense a friend could use some encouragement or a stirring of hope.

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A Story of Belonging

I had the great joy of working on illustrations for Ann Voskamp’s beautiful storybook, Your Brave Song. It’s a hope-filled story of courage and belonging and I’m so excited to know that it’s been released out into the world! I found myself singing the song that shows up throughout the book as I painted the illustrations in my studio~“Jesus loves you, makes you strong, in Him you’re brave and you belong.” Click here to read Ann’s blog about the book!

I’ve shared this before but thought I’d share it again today…

✨On my way home from high school I used to pass by a beautiful, dark forest. At that time of day the light streamed down through the trees and made one dogwood tree glo

This picture is from my book, And the Light Comes In. And here’s the little story that goes with it:

It’s twilight and the red balloon glows like an ember against the starry sky. It’s about to go up! Up into the mystery where other

✨One day when I was feeling tangled up in anxious thoughts, I went for a walk and prayed. I laid my fears and worries before God and as I did, a story grew in my imagination. I saw a giant knot of yarn, multicolored and impossible to comprehend&mdash

✨ I remember when I first thought of this picture. I’d been going for a walk on a particularly hot summer day, praying about something that was troubling me (I can’t remember what) when it started raining. The rain was a beautiful relief.

✨This is an illustration from my picture book, And the Light Comes In. Here’s the little story that goes with it:

One day a slick-mannered salesman decided to sell a box. He told a young girl that the box was a good place to live. It would kee

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