Between Worlds I remember the young teenager as she was on the day I captured her photograph. Later when I began this drawing I I studied her face. She was between two worlds back then; coming of age in a poor but relatively stable country. I also began to notice other things that I had only glanced at […]
Cristina’s Mother
An afternoon in Tijuanita I sat outside at a rickety card table with my friend Cristina and watched her deftly sort beads. Her elderly mother rested peacefully in the dappled shade nearby. She was usually dressed in the bright everyday garb of the Huichol women, with a long full skirt that was tied at the […]
Mangoes
Pineapples; Georgia’s symbol of hospitality When I moved down to Georgia, I was curious about all the carved pineapples that adorned headboards, bed posts and armoires. They were also carved into the backs of dining room chairs, […]
His Design
My Design It’s fun to take lines for a walk! After turning a few corners they become all sorts of shapes. Add a dash of color and they develop into the most fascinating designs. This time, I added textured paper to the mix and let my pencil take the lines over rougher terrain. Forgotten Oddly, […]
Huaraches…
Huaraches drawing My drawing “Huaraches for Him” originated on a trip up into the foothills of the Western Sierra Madre foothills. My friend and I had stopped in a small village to buy something cold to drink. There happened to be a shoe repair shop nearby and I could see the cobbler weaving a pair […]
The Harvest
An abbreviated collection of Bible verses (KJV) to accompany the drawing by Sherilyn Rivera ( A more complete collection is provided with the drawing) CHRIST AS THE SEED John 12:23-24 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say […]
The Treasure
The Doorway I found the treasure in an abandoned building as I drove down the cobblestone streets of Ruiz, Nayarit in México. The builder had made this formerly impressive two story home of adobe brick, but now little remained except for the facade and steps leading up to a doorway. The doorway intrigued me. It […]
The Secret Place
Let’s talk about closets! Did you know that someone began creating closets towards the end of the medieval period? They were intended to be private and even secret rooms where valuable possessions were stored and a person could escape to pray, read, or less virtuously,…contemplate her or his treasures. You may have memorized Matthew 6:6; “But thou, […]
Confessions of a Dawdler
What, you might ask, are “dawdlers”? We can remember the word “dawdle” because it rhymes coincidentally with the word, “waddle”. Ducks are “waddlers”. There is a certain relationship between the two words since both have to do with a more relaxed and less rapid style of locomotion. The word “dawdle sprung from the roots of […]