Brenda Stichter, artist

 There is a quote  about spring  in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis: " And when he [Aslan] shakes his mane, we shall have spring again." And in The Screwtape Letters , "He [meaning God] gives them the seasons, each season different yet every year the same, so  that spring is always felt as a novelty yet always as the recurrence of an  immemorial theme."  When I posted this painting on social media, I had this to say about it: " Hoosier spring is redbuds in bloom, lilacs, mushroom hunting, lime green trees against aqua skies... it's rejuvenation and hope." And I didn't even mention the dogwood trees, violets, dandelions, and so much more. I would never have called spring my favorite season, but maybe it is. The riot of spectacular color - especially the spring green with the purple and magenta blossoms - just satisfies something in my soul! $215.00 plus shipping and handling 12 " x 9" Painted with artist quality heav

More Better The other day I started a post about this painting thinking it was finished. But after looking quite a bit more, I knew it was not, in fact, finished. NOW, (I think) it is finished! This is one of those paintings that has so much texture, and so much iridescence that I wish you were seeing it in person.  $1350.00 plus shipping and handling 30" x 30" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas Edges painted black Click here to view or purchase on my website. This is the verse from the New Testament that grounded this painting, by which I mean the words of the verse were part of the first layers of paint on the canvas.  John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful." My original direction for the painting was to paint borders around most of the words and fill each area with different color and texture and glimmer. But I

Fish 1-5-3  Well, this one is quite a bit different from anything I have painted before, wouldn't you say? I have been pushing pretty hard so far this year with my work, and so I once again have quite a few canvases and panels underway in my studio. 8 of them, if I am counting properly. And of those, only three are at the very beginning stage of the first layer of paint. The other five all are in progress. Whew! $1400.00 plus shipping and handling 24" x 36" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on canvas Click here to view or purchase on my website. John 21:11 Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.  I had been reading in the New Testament book of John, and knew I wanted to paint about this verse from the last chapter. I know that seems like an odd verse to be inspired by, but I couldn't help but notice the specific number of fish that were caught