Brenda Stichter, artist

All Around Me All Around Me. Do these words hold memories or thoughts for you? I remember a children's book that went with a song, and I remember the book because I loved the illustrations.  It seems to me that there could be so many connections made with the title All Around Me - so many different ways to see what I have painted. I hope that some of the things in my mind show up for you as you look at it.  While it is true that I have been struggling to put words to much of what I thought about, I can tell you that the painting has been on my easel for so long, and that it has so many layers and so much texture. I can mention the fluorescent and metallic paint and the marks made by pencil and Stabilo Woodies. I can even talk about the compositional choices. But those things don't help me get to put the THOUGHTS into words. 24" x 24" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep gallery wrapped canvas Edges painted black Click here to view on my we...

Any Day Now 2025 I am excited to share all twenty paintings from the Any Day Now series that I painted in October 2025. (Well, I had to finish the last one in November, but still...) I have found that my mind has changed a little bit. Every day I find myself seeing things differently, and I am watching more often for the thing that will remind me of my loving Heavenly Father. It is delightful, and I hope I will keep that habit for quite a while.  As you probably remember by now, each of these paintings is 4" x 4" painted on a cradled panel. I had the same 6 or 7 tubes of paint on my drafting table for the entire month, and used only those colors for the whole set. I worked at using several different compositions, and if you have ever taken a class with me, maybe you recognize some of the ones that we have studied together.  There are two Bible passages that I used in this series:   John 14: 1-3  “Your heart must not be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me. In...

Any Day Now 1101 - Windows Well, the end of October was wild around here! I finished the 20th painting in the Any Day Now series on the first day of November, though I had hoped to get them all done in October. It has taken several days for me to be able to share this last painting, mainly due to a new-to-me phone/camera, which is a struggle for me to manage. (And I am afraid I will have to sell this one and get a different one. RATS!) Part of the Any Day Now series celebrating flashes of the sacred in every day beauty.   4" x 4" Painted with artist quality heavy-body acrylic paint on 1.5” deep cradled wood panel Edges painted black Click here to view or purchase on my website. This last (probably) little work is about windows - and NOT the windows on a computer screen! I have experienced much of this gorgeous autumn through the many large windows of our house, and I am so thankful for them. Having lived in or visited homes with only a few, small windows, or with curtains and...