by Theresa | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog
I once longed for… A refuge for the heart sore. A reclusive, private retreat from the ache of keeping your chin up when life is hard. I imagined… A mythical tree, one worthy of legend and half-remembered tales, all but forgotten now, except by just a...
by Theresa | Apr 29, 2016 | Reverie
The gnarled tree has stood sentinel for generations, deep in the outer reaches of the Forest of Sorrows. It lives, never growing green, yet never dying or rotting away, next to a chill, bottomless, crystal pool of water salted by tears. The Grieving Tree can somehow...
by Theresa | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog
Hello! It’s been a awhile… After a hiatus of a few years, I’ve returned to dust off this blog and share some more scattered thoughts, special memories, and random insights into life and art. I’ve continued to write and paint often during my...
by Theresa | Aug 29, 2015 | Reverie
Painting on the front porch during warm summer days is one of my “Most Favorite” things! This image is the result of a “just for fun” session on a hot summer day. I’d been finding little snail shells in the woods…left by birds, or...
by Theresa | Jun 29, 2015 | Reverie
We all have those days! Those” not-so-great” sort of days that prompt you to call and vent to your best friend. It was one of those days, and a comment she’d made during that call that inspired this painting. She was wishing we could gather up...