Self Portrait

Here is another piece of a self-portrait series that I recently started working on:

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"The Masked Crusader"

A few semesters ago, I did a series of self-portraits that I ended up putting into an art show. I felt lost for awhile during my twenties and thirties due to unforeseen tragedies that tore my world upside down and the self-portrait series that I had done helped me understand a few things about who I was in this world. I decided to work on this series again, except I wanted to try and take a look at how I view myself from the inside.....that place of which no one really knows what I think about myself on a daily basis. I wanted to have a little twist on it and show that I can make fun of myself at the same time confronting the issues that most people deal with, battling your inner critic. Comments and critiques are very much welcome! Have a great evening!

Signs of Spring

"Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world." ~ Virgil A. Kraft



Yesterday as I was letting my dog outside, I kept hearing a loud chirping sound and discovered that a baby bird was out taking flying lessons. I crept quite close to it and watched in wonder as this newly gift of spring cried out for its parents. The bird stuck around long enough for me to be able to capture a few images of this sweet gift of spring.