Mixed Media, Grace, and the Red-breasted Robin
Yesterday, I spent the entire day creating a mixed media piece inspired by a poem, "Broken Promises." The poem and a photo served as the muse for an oil painting of a red-breasted robin. Although the piece is far from finished, this post includes some pictures of the process. I started by painting the bird and then adding K&Company Designer Paper by Brenda Walton. 
My husband took the picture of the little bird while we were visiting Yosemite National Park. This tiny forest creature delighted us then and delights us now in the form of a mixed media collage in the making.
This is one of the many reasons I love art. Like the little red-breasted robin, you just never know when the urge to paint will hit or a poem will appear.
I awake and the words tumble forth,
like puzzle pieces waiting to be fashioned together.
I think grace is a lot like art—spontaneous, free flowing, alive for the capture. We need only to still our troubled minds long enough to hear the Lord's whispers. In that instant, we know He has revealed something so wonderful that it couldn't possibly come from us.
These delights—art and grace—make our hearts sing…like the red-breasted robin dancing on the forest floor.
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