A Huge THANK YOU! and the Power of Prayer.

The night before last I did something I rarely do.

I put out a prayer request on Facebook asking to be lifted up in prayer to help me make a decision on my hip surgery.

Never in a million years did I think I would get the kind of responses that I've gotten.

So many people responded and I just want to say "thank you" from the bottom of my heart.

I feel so loved, so cared for, so believed in.

That is what the power of prayer will do for you.

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The residual effects of the Power of Prayer.

Now, for months, really, I guess since my hip started hurting, maybe three months ago, I started just absolutely hating my artwork.

Others didn't hate it, (at least they were nice enough not to tell me:), but, I was bored with the color pallet I was using, the subject matter had gotten stagnant,  I was so struggling y'all.

And let me tell you.  If you ever want to frustrate someone, find a creative person who is experiencing a creative block and try to make them be creative.  As easy as it can be for creative people to create, it is equally unbelievably difficult when they are in a "funk".

It's horrible.

So, that's where I've been lately.

why?

Well, I think part of it has been worry about the pain I've been experiencing.

Part is worry about a friend I've been helping through a painful issue.

Part is the fact that I need to clean out my studio space and give it a happier, more fresh look.

And part is just that I've been so busy with Callen's wedding.

Just a lot of things.

So, I told "W" on Wednesday night that I had to get up and paint ALLDAYLONG on Thursday.

My plan was to go to my studio and kick it in.

I have my largest art show of the year next week and I need so, so many more pieces of art.

So, when I got to my studio at 8:00 I decided to research some colors.

A look literally just appeared in my head.

I started painting and couldn't stop!

I realized that

my colors had been all wrong (for me)

I wasn't painting what I love, you know,

what made ME happy!

which in turn was appearing in my work.

I truly believe that those prayers freed me

I felt the love that others had for me through those prayers.

My worries were laid to rest.

I was free to create what really made ME happy!!!

What a wonderful feeling!

So, I am just so excited to present a new series that I am doing!

"Breaking Free"

I am just love, love, loving this new, free, slightly abstract, colorful look!!!

 "Breaking Through"

30 x 30 Mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas

 "Hydragealillies"

A Dyptich

Total size 16 x 32

Mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas

"Through the Vines"

24 x 36

Mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas

I cannot wait to see where this new series takes me!!!

I want to thank all of my friends out there, through my blog, Facebook, or just my friends who have prayed over me.

I am almost 100% sure that I'm going to have Hip Replacement and will make a decision this weekend.

I just find it so amazing that when you ask for prayers for a certain thing, wonderful gifts that you never thought would happen do!

THANK YOU for helping set me free!

have a beautiful day y'all!

kb