Brenda Stichter, artist

Beauty of Holiness part a Now available at Art Gallery 317 Well, here is some exciting news, and you are the first to know! A new gallery, Art Gallery 317, is opening in Bryan, OH, and I am happy to be one of ten artists who will have work there. The gallery is in a gorgeous old house with high arched doors, curved staircases, and beautiful wood floors. The grand opening will be November 29 & 30. I hope to be there one or both of those days, and would love to see you there.  For the opening, the gallery owners chose eight of my paintings to display. I was so pleased about that, because they originally thought they would only want four pieces from me to start out. My Beloved Husband and I drove to Bryan with a car full of paintings, thinking that they could see my work in person, and choose from a large selection of work. It made my day when they chose so many pieces! As I probably mentioned before, these last couple of months have been full of family situations, travel, and adm...

Arms Wide Open It started with the word pure. That was the first thing on my canvas, and I was reacting to the idea of purity the whole time I worked on this painting. I found that, in my mind, purity and hot pink don’t typically share much common ground. Interesting. When I started working on this project, I had just finished a calligraphy grouping to be exhibited where we attend church based on Philippians 4:8. “… whatever is pure… let your mind dwell on these things…” I found myself thinking that we don’t often speak of the idea of purity in our culture, unless it is talking about spring water. Do we no longer value purity? What immediately comes to your mind when you hear that word? $1950.00 plus shipping and handling 36" x 36" 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. When it came time to choose a color palette that would tie together the idea of purity with t...

New Every Morning #47 One more leaf painting for this autumn - unless I get another chance to find more inspiration and get into the studio! I did see a bright yellow pile of gingko leaves that tempted me to grab a few, but that was before it started raining. (Hurray for rain!)  $100.00 plus shipping and handling 6" x 6" Painted with the finest quality heavy-body acrylic paint on acid-free, heavy weight Fabriano watercolor paper Ready to frame Click here to view or purchase on my website. After a phone call this morning with a loved one, it is another high stress day here at my house, but I am actively trusting God for grace and peace, (1 Peter 1:2) and His mercies that are always new.  Lamentations 3:22-23 22 Because of the Lord’s faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! So I am off to try to meet today's new challenges. May the Lord's grace and peace be with you today, too! Coram Deo.