Art. Life. Leigh.

Rejoicing Renewal.
Acrylic, collage on canvas.
72" x 18"

She said 'say this three times a day... out loud.'

LOVE BEFORE ME
LOVE BEHIND ME
LOVE AT MY LEFT
LOVE AT MY RIGHT
LOVE ABOVE ME
LOVE BELOW ME
LOVE IN MY
LOVE IN MY SURROUNDINGS
LOVE TO ALL
LOVE TO THE UNIVERSE

PEACE BEFORE ME
PEACE BEHIND ME
PEACE AT MY LEFT
PEACE AT MY RIGHT
PEACE ABOVE ME
PEACE BELOW ME
PEACE IN ME
PEACE IN MY SURROUNDINGS
PEACE TO ALL
PEACE TO THE UNIVERSE

LIGHT BEFORE ME
LIGHT BEHIND ME
LIGHT AT MY LEFT
LIGHT AT MY RIGHT
LIGHT ABOVE ME
LIGHT BELOW ME
LIGHT IN ME
LIGHT IN MY SURROUNDINGS
LIGHT TO ALL
LIGHT TO THE UNIVERSE

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Kathy Coslett gave her husband, Doug, a gift certificate from me December 2021. The idea was for him to 'commission me to do a painting he would like. Doug said: I want my family to be in the painting so they know how important they are to me. He shared what art works of mine he liked and others that he had seen. After talking he shared many photos and gave me the freedom to interpret what I felt and heard him saying. The piece came to life in my mind. I picked a photo of the four Coslett's on vacation in Grand Cayman. I loved the way they were all intertwined and connected. Using marks to show this, I made colorful lines going over them, through them and all around them just as the air and environment they exist in. My attempt was to show that even if they aren't always physically together, they always carry one another within themselves, wherever they are.

Some neat renovations are happening at Mt. Airy in the Poconos! It was so great to hang eleven new pieces and to work with Sharon Lehman, a wonderful interior designer who I've been friends with for years.

Have I?  Well, I do.

A novel could be written on these four dogs from two different families.  The love they gave and received is beyond measure.  One of the four is still in physical form.  The other three live on in spirit.  Like my friend Karolina once said : 'they get you in places you never knew you had......'