50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Joyful Living

The 2023 collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Joyful Living” is in progress and subject to change. Previous: Savannah, Georgia (2019) Christian Faith (2020), Nature (2021), and Seasons (2022).

List of Oil Paintings in this Collection, linking to their pages here on the site, and also citing physical pages in the upcoming hardcover book (links to their pages are added as each painting is finished – be sure to subscribe to this site if you want to be notified of new paintings):

  1. Music
    1.1  page 6-7 “Mountain Dulcimer“
    1.2 page 8-11 “Tap Shoes“
    1.3 page 12-13 “Ballet Shoes“
    1.4 page 14-15 “Celtic Harp“
    1.5 page 16-17 “Piano Portrait“
    1.6 page 18-19 “Lap Steel Guitar”
    1.7 page 20-21 “Drums”
    1.8 page 22-23 “Singing in the Choir”
    1.9 page 24-25 “Singing with my Family”
    1.10 page 26-27 “Singing Alone in Nature”
  2. Nature
    2.1 page 30-31 Song Birds
    2.2 page 32-33 Flowers
    2.3 page 34-35 Trees
    2.4 page 36-37 Squirrel
    2.5 page 38-39 Hummingbird in Rainbow
    2.6 page 40-41 Cardinal in Swing
    2.7 page 42-43 Ocean Life
    2.8 page 44-45 Dolphins
  3. Faith
    3.1 page 48-49 “Jesus in the Garden”
    3.2 page 50-51 Light of Mine
    3.3 page 52-53 Walking on Water
    3.4 page 54-55 Small as a Mustard Seed
    3.5 page 56-57 Woman gave all she Had
    3.6 page 58-59 Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant
  4. Leisure
    4.1 page 62-63 Reading
    4.2 page 64-65 Relaxing
    4.3 page 66-67 Walking
    4.4 page 68-69 Cooking
    4.5 page 70-71 Dining In
    4.6 page 72-73 Dining Out
    4.7 page 74-77 Shopping
    4.8 page 78-79 Beach Day
  5. Purpose
    5.1 page 82-83 Living Garden
    5.2 page 84-85 Serenity Garden
    5.3 page 86-87 Writing and Study
    5.4 page 88-89 Art as Historical Record
    5.5 page 90-91 Art as a Calling
    5.6 page 92-93 Psalm 23
    5.7 page 94-95 Letting Go, Embracing New
    5.8 page 96-97 Prayer
    5.9 page 98-99 It is Well with my Soul
  6. Love
    6.1 page 102-103 My Wedding Day
    6.2 page 104-105 My First Baby
    6.3 page 106-107 My Family
    6.4 page 108-109 My Home
    6.5 page 110-111 My Neighborhood
    6.6 page 112-113 My Church
    6.7 page 114-115 My City
    6.8 page 116-117 Creation
    6.9 page 118-119 Afterlife