ORIGINAL ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER©

This has been a week of glorious summer days. The humidity and dew points are perfect, Clouds are sparse and there’s plenty of sunshine. God blesses each day no matter what the weather, but it’s extra special when we can get outside and enjoy them. This painting is done with oil pastels – a medium consisting of powdered pigment combined with oil and wax. It is a challenging process originating in Japan. It is applied, then worked with a brush and placed under glass to preserve it. Much like watercolor, it must be treated before preservation for the life of the painting. Soft effects are achieved with pastels and create some lovely images. They can also be quite messy.

God paints beautiful landscapes with His mighty hand and captures the light, shadows and contrast beyond the brush of man. He does this as one of the gifts He bestows on us. With a national holiday weekend coming up, get out and enjoy the beauty.

Morning can hold such glorious hope, a wonder to behold,

The birds give voice to each new day, with songs of love untold,

The air is clean, the sky is blue, the sun peeks from below,

The eastern clouds, encased in gold, a gift more than we know,

The dawning of the day gives way, and opens up the sky,

Behold His wondrous majesty, His love will never die.

“I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.” Psalm 119:147