THERE IS A SEASON FOR EVERYTHING (8×8/oil on canvas) “The stairway is round – and was ‘fun to build’. We built the house in 1974 as in OUR Family built it. I learned how to work – dig the footings, pour concrete, waterproofing, dig ditches, plant ivy. We did everything but the plumbing, wiring, laying stone on fireplace […]
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ANOTHER THIN MOMENT (8×8/oil on canvas) In this night sky only the moon and the stars have a voice. There is no Internet connection, and no phone. I am 4 miles from the Eagle Pub in Dornocht where I can pick up Wi-Fi. Inside my mind, I am a falling star, hurdling through space at breakneck speed. Here I begin
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PORTREE, ISLE OF SKYE (8×8/oil on canvas) There is a rainbow in the morning sky. The sun is shining, but it’s still raining. I guess I’ve seen this happen before. Today though, in this place – in this moment – I am particularly aware of the oddness of these juxtapositions. It’s easy to see the
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NEEDING YOU (8×8/oil on canvas) Needing You is Grace… My thought is it takes weakness to make us strong. To have the ability to be vulnerable enough to say we need help. It is not our own strength that counts. It is how our creator supplies our need for strength to us. We are designed
MAGIC, MYSTERY AND YOU (8×8/oil on canvas) Dear Friend, from the beginning, an invisible hand has woven you into my tapestry. You are a part of my story. I have searched for and sometimes caught, a glimpse of your light. You sparkle in my peripheral vision. My heart beats faster when I think of you. Or see you…or when
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YOU ARE DEAR (8×8/oil on canvas) You are dear…..what a lovely thing to say to someone. There are few people in our lives who hold that role without variation. They are open and soft and they love us. They also tell us the truth. They tell us without any judgement they think we could try harder to mend a broken
THE MOON, THE STARS, THE EARTH AND ME (8×8/oil on canvas) The journey across the Atlantic was exhausting. I am weary. A few days ago, I walked past the location of the Boston bombing, which would occur in a week or so. In my bags, I was dragging more stuff than I will ever use.
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REMEMBERING (8X8/oil on canvas) It is Spring on the highlands. A few days after landing at Inverness, my hosts – James, Ems and Allie – drive me up the coast from Nairn to Dornocht. This country and its people are intriguing…their accents, their food, their humor. Something about it reminds me of South Dakota in
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Secret Heart Secret Heart 8×8 – oil on canvas When I look at this little landscape, I long to live softly, gently and with purpose. I want to love deeply, to know and to be known. I seek to love and to be loved. Lets celebrate the sacred gifts we have been given by sharing them
We are so excited to offer Dorsey’s first book to you – Step Into the Story – a lovely, colorful collection of paintings and writings by Dorsey McHugh. A beautiful book to have and to gift, with many of the images from her holiday series last year, ‘My Favorite Things’. We have attached a few pages from the
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