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List of Paintings

  • A New Light
  • About to Happen
  • Acceptance
  • Accountability
  • Acrobats
  • Across the Divide
  • Actor on Stage
  • Actors
  • Adjusting
  • Admiring Audience
  • Admonition
  • Adolescent
  • Adopted
  • Advice
  • Affection
  • Afraid to Talk
  • African Royalty
  • After the Storm
  • Amazing Mammal
  • Ambassador
  • Ancestors
  • Angels
  • Announcing New Life
  • Annunciation
  • Another Day
  • Another Life
  • Another Light
  • Another Side
  • Apology
  • Apostle of Ireland
  • Applause
  • Arbitration
  • Around the Fire
  • Arrival
  • Artist
  • As in Heaven
  • Ascension
  • Asking a Question
  • Asking for Guidance
  • Asking for Help
  • Asking Why
  • Aspiring
  • Aspiring Child
  • Assuaging Fear
  • Attachments
  • Attention
  • Attention to the Child
  • Audience Reaction
  • Audience Reaction
  • Avoiding Confrontations
  • Awakening
  • Back Home
  • Back to Life
  • Back to School
  • Background Drama
  • Backing Off
  • Baggage from Ancestors
  • Balancing Act
  • Baptism
  • Basking in the Light
  • Bedside Gathering
  • Bedtime Stories
  • Beginning of Summer
  • Behind a Mask
  • Behind the Curtains
  • Behind the Scene
  • Being There
  • Beneath the Surface
  • Between Fall and Spring
  • Between Parents
  • Beyond the Wall
  • Binding of Isaac
  • Birth Day
  • Blame
  • Blank Expressions
  • Blessing the Family
  • Blessings
  • Blind Sight
  • Border Crossing
  • Border Gatherings
  • Boy in a Bubble
  • Brave New World
  • Braving the Storm
  • Breaking Waves
  • Bright Future
  • Brighter Days
  • Brightness Ahead
  • Bringing Gifts
  • Bringing It Home
  • Bringing Presents
  • Bugs
  • Buried Past
  • Burnt Offering
  • Call for Help
  • Call Home
  • Call of Nature
  • Call to Arms
  • Call to Come Over
  • Call to Gather
  • Call to Stand
  • Calling
  • Calling Attention
  • Calling Out
  • Calming
  • Calming Influence
  • Calming Story
  • Campfire at Night
  • Campfire Friends
  • Campfire Stories
  • Captivating Messenger
  • Carrying On
  • Catching the Cat
  • Catching Up
  • Caught in the Act
  • Celebrating
  • Celestial Light
  • Center of Attention
  • Challenges
  • Changing Season
  • Child’s Play
  • Child’s Point of View
  • Children at Play
  • Children Crossing
  • Choice of Partner
  • Choosing
  • Choosing
  • Choosing Directions
  • Choosing Sides
  • Chorus
  • Chosen
  • Christmas
  • Circle Dance
  • Circular Movement
  • Clarity
  • Class Trip
  • Clear Choices
  • Clear Vision
  • Close Encounters
  • Cloud of Unknowing
  • Coaxing
  • Comforting
  • Comforting the Child
  • Comforting the Sick
  • Coming Alive
  • Coming Ashore
  • Coming Out
  • Coming Out of Hiding
  • Coming Out of the Waters
  • Coming Through
  • Coming Together
  • Coming Up
  • Concerned Citizen
  • Condolences
  • Conductor
  • Conferring
  • Confessing
  • Confidential
  • Conflagration
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Conflicting Opinions
  • Confrontation
  • Confusing Gesture
  • Connecting Eyes
  • Consoling
  • Constellations
  • Contemplation
  • Contented Seal
  • Context
  • Control of Energy
  • Conversations
  • Costumes
  • Courtesy
  • Courting
  • Courting 2
  • Courtship
  • Creating Safe Space
  • Creation
  • Crossing
  • Crossing Guard
  • Crossing Over
  • Crossing the River
  • Cultural Differences
  • Curiosity
  • Curious People
  • Daddy’s Home
  • Dancer
  • Dancing
  • Dark Side
  • Darkness to Light
  • Daughter and Father
  • Dawn Wisdoms
  • Day and Night
  • Deep Roots
  • Deeper Connection
  • Deeper World
  • Defenders
  • Deference
  • Delicate Operation
  • Demonstrating
  • Departed
  • Departing Father
  • Detached Observers
  • Diagnosis
  • Diana and Actaeon
  • Different Worlds
  • Direct Talk
  • Directions
  • Director
  • Disarmament
  • Discussing Boundaries
  • Dispelling Doubt and Fear
  • Distant Communication
  • Distractions
  • Diversity
  • Divides
  • Diving and Surfacing
  • Diving for Food
  • Diving In
  • Divisions
  • Divorce
  • Doctor’s Advice
  • Doers and Watchers
  • Dog Gone
  • Don Quixote
  • Doubting Doctrine
  • Dragon Rider
  • Drama
  • Drawing Out
  • Dream of Flying
  • Dreams
  • Dreams in Color
  • Druid Dance
  • Electric
  • Elixir of the Gods
  • Emergence
  • Emergence of Green
  • Emerging Awareness
  • Emerging Colors
  • Emissary
  • Emissary 2
  • Emptiness
  • Enchantment
  • Encircled
  • Encircling
  • Encounters
  • Encouragement
  • Encouraging
  • Encouraging a Friend
  • Encouraging Risk-taking
  • Encouraging Words
  • End of Life
  • Energy
  • Enlighten
  • Enlightened by Color
  • Enlightened Child
  • Enlightened Vision
  • Entertainer
  • Enticement
  • Entrance
  • Escape
  • Escaping
  • Evolution
  • Exaggeration
  • Exaltation
  • Examining Wounds
  • Exchange
  • Excitement
  • Expansion of Hope
  • Expectations
  • Explaining What Happened
  • Explaining Why
  • Exploration
  • Exploring Nature
  • Exposed
  • Eyes Open
  • Face Off
  • Facing Bigness
  • Facing Fear
  • Fading Memory
  • Fall from Grace
  • Families Connecting
  • Family and Friends
  • Family at the Lake
  • Family Attention
  • Family Discussion
  • Family Drama
  • Family Intimacy
  • Family Picnic
  • Family Together
  • Family Values
  • Far from Home
  • Fare Well
  • Father and Son
  • Father or Mother
  • Father’s Blessing
  • Father’s Encouragement
  • Father’s Passing
  • Fear and Rescue
  • Fear at the Border
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  • Feeding Animals
  • Fenced Out
  • Fertile Ground
  • Filling the Void
  • Final Adjustment
  • Final Resting Place
  • Finding Meaning
  • Finding the Child
  • Finishing First
  • First Steps
  • Flight
  • Floating
  • Flying Dream
  • Focus of Attention
  • Folk Dance
  • Follow the Leader
  • Followers
  • Following Directions
  • Following the Light
  • Following the Signs
  • Forced Out
  • Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Relations
  • Forest Creatures
  • Forgetting Dreams
  • Forming a Family
  • Four Elements
  • Four Seasons
  • Free Spirit
  • Freeing the Soul
  • Friendly Persuasion
  • Friends
  • Friendships
  • Frightening Information
  • From the Earth
  • From Where?
  • Future Friends
  • Garden Work
  • Gathering
  • Get Up
  • Getting Attention
  • Getting Away
  • Getting Directions
  • Getting Help
  • Gift of Color
  • Gift of Welcome
  • Girl on a Dragon
  • Giving Life
  • Giving Voice
  • Goddess
  • Going Away
  • Going Back
  • Going Forward
  • Going Outside
  • Going Somewhere
  • Going to Work
  • Going Up
  • Good Bye
  • Good News
  • Good Reception
  • Graduate
  • Grandfather’s Story
  • Grandmother
  • Grasped
  • Grateful for Light
  • Green Alternative
  • Green Beings
  • Green Connection
  • Green Things
  • Greener Grass
  • Greenies
  • Greetings
  • Grieving
  • Griffin
  • Ground Support
  • Grounded
  • Growing Up
  • Guardians
  • Heady Expressions
  • Healer
  • Healing
  • Healing Visits
  • Held Accountable
  • Hello from Maine
  • Helping Hand
  • Helping Up
  • Hidden Agenda
  • Hidden Influence
  • Hiding the Past
  • Hindrance
  • Hold Me
  • Hold On
  • Holding a Light
  • Holding Accountable
  • Holding Back
  • Holding Memories
  • Holding On
  • Holding the Child
  • Homecoming
  • Honoring Elders
  • Hopeful
  • I Remember When
  • Icarus
  • Ice Skaters
  • Idols
  • Ignoring Problems
  • Imaginary Barrier
  • Imagining the Future
  • Imagining the Truth
  • Imitators
  • Immigrants
  • Immigration
  • Importance of Perspective
  • In Context
  • In Pursuit
  • Inclination
  • Influence
  • Influence of Light
  • Initiation
  • Injured
  • Insight
  • Inspection
  • Inspiration
  • Instigator
  • Instigator
  • Interacting
  • Interceding
  • Interpreter
  • Interpreting
  • Into the Day
  • Introduction
  • Invasive Species
  • Invitation
  • Invitation to Dark
  • Invitation to Play
  • Invitations
  • Isolation
  • Join the Dance
  • Joy
  • Jumping In
  • Just Having Fun
  • Just Kidding
  • Keeping Calm
  • Keeping Watch
  • Key to Understanding
  • Kindness
  • Kissing a Frog
  • Lack of Comfort
  • Laid to Rest
  • Landscape
  • Last Communion
  • Last Day of School
  • Layers of Meaning
  • Learning to Fly
  • Leaving
  • Leaving for School
  • Leaving Home
  • Leaving School
  • Letting Go
  • Letting off Steam
  • Level of Discourse
  • Levels of Understanding
  • Life Goes On
  • Life Guard
  • Line of Conversation
  • Listener
  • Listening
  • Listening Carefully
  • Listening to Fear
  • Listening to the Child
  • Little Things
  • Lobsters and Oysters
  • Longing to Embrace
  • Look at That
  • Look Back
  • Look Out
  • Look Over Here
  • Look What’s Happening
  • Look Who’s Talking
  • Looking Ahead
  • Looking Around
  • Looking Back
  • Looking Beyond
  • Looking Closely
  • Looking for Something
  • Looking Forward
  • Looking Over
  • Looking Up
  • Losing One’s Mind
  • Losing Strength
  • Lost Child
  • Lost Connection
  • Lost Father
  • Lost Souls
  • Lucid Dream
  • Lure of the Sirens
  • Magician
  • Maintaining Balance
  • Making a Deal
  • Making Choices
  • Manna from Heaven
  • Many Voices
  • Marine Messengers
  • Marine Rescue
  • Masks
  • Masquerade
  • Maternal Space
  • Meeting Her Family
  • Melting Desire
  • Memorial Service
  • Memories
  • Memories of Friends
  • Merrymeeting
  • Message of Hope
  • Messages
  • Messenger
  • Meta Slider
  • Missing Child
  • Missing Friends
  • Misunderstand
  • Monuments
  • Morning
  • Morning is Breaking
  • Morning News
  • Mother Arriving
  • Mother Spirit
  • Mother-Daughter Talk
  • Mothers
  • Mourning
  • Movement in the Deep
  • Moving Away
  • Moving On
  • Moving Quickly
  • Moving Slowly
  • Music
  • Nature Speaking
  • Negotiators
  • Neighbors
  • Neighbors Watching
  • New Arrivals
  • New Awareness
  • New Baby
  • New Birth
  • New Child
  • New Day
  • New Day Calling
  • New Friend
  • New Growth
  • New Information
  • New Life
  • New Places
  • New Voice
  • New World
  • Next Generation
  • Night and Day
  • Night Crossing
  • Night Light
  • Night Time
  • Night Vision
  • Nightmares
  • No Explanation
  • No Looking Back
  • Northern Light
  • Not Alone
  • Nothing to Fear
  • Noticing Little Things
  • Noticing New Things
  • Nourishment
  • Nurse of the Soul
  • Nursing to Health
  • Obstacles
  • Ocean Healing
  • Old Friends
  • On Stage
  • On Trial
  • Open Arms
  • Opening the Heart
  • Opening the Waters
  • Opposites
  • Origin
  • Other Lives
  • Out in the Rain
  • Out of a Dream
  • Out of Hiding
  • Out of the Bubble
  • Out of the Dark
  • Out of the Light
  • Out of the Soup
  • Outlook
  • Outside Perspective
  • Outside the Wall
  • Over Seas
  • Over the Ice
  • Overcoming Obstacles
  • Overlook
  • Overseas Arrival
  • Oversight
  • Ovulation
  • Painful Healing
  • Parental Boundary
  • Parental Concern
  • Parental Discipline
  • Parental Encouragement
  • Parental Restraint
  • Parents and Teacher
  • Parting
  • Passing
  • Passing Inspection
  • Passing Judgment
  • Passing Over
  • Passing Through the Woods
  • Past and Future
  • Paternal Encouragement
  • Pay Attention
  • Paying Attention
  • Paying Attention
  • Peace Maker
  • Peace Offering
  • Peaceful Resolution
  • Peeking Out
  • Peepers
  • Performance
  • Performing Live
  • Permission to Go
  • Permission to Play
  • Permission to Speak
  • Personal Doors
  • Pessimist
  • Phantasmagoria
  • Phoenix
  • Pilgrimage
  • Play Ground
  • Play Ground Supervision
  • Play Practice
  • Playing Outside
  • Point of View
  • Pointing Out
  • Pointing the Way
  • Points of View
  • Porpoise Rising
  • Postures
  • Power of Attraction
  • Powerful Storm
  • Prayer of the Father
  • Prayer of the Mother
  • Prayers of Parents
  • Preaching to the Choir
  • Preparing a Response
  • Presence of Parents
  • Present Moment
  • Privacy
  • Private Conversations
  • Private Spaces
  • Prodigal Son
  • Projection
  • Prophet
  • Proposal
  • Prospero’s Spirits
  • Protection
  • Protest
  • Proud New Parents
  • Providence
  • Public Face
  • Puppet Show
  • Puppet Show 2
  • Puppeteer
  • Purpose in Life
  • Pushing Away
  • Questioning
  • Questions
  • Quiet Listener
  • Rabbi Speaking
  • Racial Divide
  • Radiance
  • Random Postures
  • Reaching Out
  • Reaching Out Again
  • Reading
  • Ready for Surprise
  • Ready to Leave
  • Realizing
  • Reassurance
  • Reception
  • Recognition
  • Reconciliation
  • Recovery
  • Recovery of Soul
  • Redeemer
  • Refugees
  • Rejection
  • Rejoicing
  • Rekindling
  • Release from Darkness
  • Releasing Her Spirit
  • Releasing the Soul
  • Reluctant Dancer
  • Remembering
  • Remembering a Friend
  • Remembering our Roots
  • Remembering the Llamas
  • Remembrances
  • Reparation
  • Repeating Dreams
  • Repercussion
  • Report Card
  • Reporting the News
  • Representing
  • Rescue
  • Rescue Supplies
  • Rescued
  • Rescued Boy
  • Resolving Conflict
  • Restless
  • Restoring Connections
  • Restraint
  • Resurgence
  • Return
  • Return of the Wanderer
  • Return to the Deep
  • Return to the Forest
  • Return to the Sea
  • Returned Child
  • Returning Home
  • Returning Soldier
  • Reunion
  • Reunions
  • Revealing Light
  • Revelations
  • Reviving Magic
  • Rising Awareness
  • Rising Up
  • Ritual Dancing
  • River Styx
  • River Styx Crossing
  • Road Ahead
  • Role Model
  • Roles
  • Roots
  • Rose Bud
  • Rough Water
  • Royal Offering
  • Rumors
  • Running for Cover
  • Sacrificial Lamb
  • Sacrificial Offering
  • Sacrificing the Child
  • Safe Arrival
  • Safe at Home
  • Safe Crossing
  • Safe Inside
  • Safe Return
  • Salamander’s Departure
  • Sanctuary
  • Satisfied
  • Saying Good Bye
  • Scared Dragon
  • Sculptor
  • Sea Dance
  • Sea Dragon
  • Sea Family
  • Sea Play
  • Sea Playground
  • Search for Truth
  • Searching
  • Seasonal Change
  • Secret Talks
  • Secrets
  • See for Yourself
  • Seeing Images
  • Seeing Purple
  • Seeing the Difference
  • Seeing the Light
  • Seeking Sanctuary
  • Segregating
  • Send Off
  • Sending Consolation
  • Sending Support
  • Sending the Message
  • Separate Spaces
  • Separating
  • Separation
  • Setting Limit
  • Setting Out
  • Shadow of Doubt
  • Shadow World
  • Shadows of Doubt
  • Shakespeare’s Imagination
  • Shaky Ground
  • Shelter
  • Sheltered
  • Sheltered Play
  • Ship Wreck
  • Ships Coming to Harbor
  • Shorebirds
  • Show Off
  • Similarities
  • Sinking Ship
  • Skating on Ice
  • Sky Dancing
  • Sky Diving
  • Sleeping Dog
  • Sliding Board
  • Sobriety
  • Socks
  • Something Amazing
  • Something Different
  • Something is Coming
  • Sources of Information
  • Space for Imagination
  • Speaking Up
  • Spectators
  • Spiritual Transformation
  • Spreading the Ashes
  • Spring Clean Up
  • Spring Morning
  • Sprouting
  • Squirrels
  • Stages of Life
  • Standing on Top
  • Standing Up
  • Starting the Adventure
  • Stepping Out
  • Stepping Up
  • Stereotypes
  • Still Asleep
  • Still Connected
  • Still in Touch
  • Stirrings
  • Stopped by a Barrier
  • Stopping By
  • Story Teller
  • Story Time
  • Stranded
  • Strangers
  • Strength
  • String Quartet
  • Stuck Inside
  • Submergence
  • Subservience
  • Sudden Shower
  • Sugar Mountain
  • Summer Growth
  • Summer Play
  • Summer Solstice
  • Summer Vacation
  • Sunrise
  • Supervision
  • Supper Time
  • Support
  • Support Is Coming
  • Supportive Audience
  • Supportive Friends
  • Surfacing
  • Surprise
  • Surprise Party
  • Surprise Visit
  • Surprise Visit
  • Surprised by Dolphins
  • Surrender
  • Surround
  • Surrounding Dark
  • Surveying the Scene
  • Swim Instructor
  • Swimming
  • Swimming Lessons
  • Swimming with Whales
  • Swing Dancing
  • Table
  • Taking a Risk
  • Taking Notice
  • Taking Off
  • Taking Root
  • Taking Shape
  • Taking Sides
  • Talk of the Town
  • Teaching Magic
  • Tears of Remembrance
  • Telling Stories
  • Temptation
  • Testing the Waters
  • The Arousing Spirit
  • The Dragon and the Rabbit
  • The Foreigner
  • The Gift
  • The Immigrant
  • The Leader
  • The Messenger
  • The Observer
  • The Opera Conductor
  • The Passing Cloud
  • The Spirit of Trees
  • The Teacher
  • The Unconvinced
  • The Vanishing Act
  • The Voice of Youth
  • Theater of the Mind
  • Those in Danger
  • Those Who Dance
  • Three Levels
  • Three Platforms
  • Through Seaweed
  • Through the Fog
  • Thru-Hiker
  • To Stay or Go
  • Topic of Conversation
  • Touch of Recognition
  • Touched
  • Touching on the Truth
  • Touching the Source
  • Touching the Wounded
  • Touching Trees
  • Towards the Dark
  • Towards the Light
  • Towards the Sun
  • Transferring Energy
  • Transformation
  • Transforming
  • Transition
  • Transitions
  • Transparency
  • Transported
  • Traveling Home
  • Trouble Ahead
  • Trusting Children
  • Trusting Parents
  • Trying to Describe
  • Turned Away
  • Turning to Color
  • Two Families
  • Un-Grounded
  • Unable to See in the Dark
  • Under a Cloud
  • Under Control
  • Underground Communication
  • Underground Shelter
  • Underlying
  • Underwater Romance
  • Up to Them
  • Updraft Central
  • Uprising
  • Vague Memories
  • Verdict
  • Vernal Equinox
  • Vernal Pool
  • Vibes
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visitation
  • Visitation Rights
  • Visiting Family
  • Voice of Calming
  • Voice of Dark
  • Voice of Encouragement
  • Voice of Reason
  • Waiting for News
  • Waiting for Warmth
  • Waking Up
  • Warm Welcome
  • Warm Wishes
  • Watching Dolphins
  • Watching Out
  • Watching Over the Family
  • Watching Over Us
  • Watching the Ritual
  • Water Bug
  • Water Dance
  • Waterfall
  • Weather Prediction
  • Weavers
  • Welcome
  • Welcome Home
  • Welcome Home Party
  • Welcome In
  • Welcoming Community
  • Welcoming the Stranger
  • Whales and Serpents
  • What Happened?
  • What Lies Ahead
  • What To Do
  • What to Expect
  • What’s Over There?
  • What’s the Truth?
  • What’s Up
  • What’s Your Name
  • When We Were Young
  • Whispers
  • Wild Fire
  • Winner and Loser
  • Winter Darkness
  • Winter Play
  • Winter Sun
  • Wintering
  • Wisdom
  • Witness in the Dark
  • Witness to the Fall
  • Witnessing Growth
  • Wizard
  • Wondering
  • Wondering Eye
  • Worrisome Mind
  • Worshipers
  • Wounded
  • Young and Old
  • Young Artist
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