Albert Einstein said, "Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought." I agree! But it's also a gift that begs for daily appreciation and cultivation.

It moves me when a gorgeous image transcends into a meaningful metaphor. For me, good and beautiful paintings are when vision and intention marry through the binder of pigment.

Many photos and paintings have idyllic landscapes. But the context behind the image and expression of that context brought this couple to tears.

I can't promise this will happen to you. But now you understand what drives me to paint.

An elderly lady in the church commissioned and paid for the mural. And what was her request? The Jordan River, of course. How mundane and typical, I thought. Not high church, but I was grateful for the commission.

She was out of town but would return about the time I finished. Wonderful! I knew she would be ecstatic!

Boy, was I wrong!