Paintgrace

The shop Paintgrace spilled out of my first serious set of oil paints that were a gift from a family member. Since those caps came off in 1987, I have not ceased striving to capture the wonders all around me, whether a child, an ocean, a landscape, or a bouquet. Everything offering beauty, truth, goodness holds some enticement for my brush.

After years of serving in education of youth, I am now able to paint almost full time, and the Etsy shop has given me a way to offer my work publicly.

As a member of a religious community, I rejoice that I may, in this small way, extend a painter's expression of the ordinary that helps others see anew and take a second longer look. There is much around us to induce surprise, humor, or grateful awe. The shop owner hopes to remind others of this, and to extend the celebration of life through art.