From the time she could hold a pencil, she was drawing.  As a child, my first memories of her were watching her sketch on a pad, usually female faces that looked more life like than any I'd ever seen.

Later, she opened a studio of her own, taught art at a local hobby store, and produced breath taking winter scenes.  Each year, clients would come to her studio ready to purchase her custom decorated Christmas ornaments that depicted their homes in a winter setting.

In 2011, for her 70th birthday, we produced a beautiful devotional that featured her art and passages from the Book of Psalms.  I'll never forget her face as we began to unveil this project through a series of computer projected slides.  

Unfortunately, unknown to us, she was already leaving us.  Within weeks she had passed away from cancer and spent very little time enjoying her birthday gift.  My father, my sister and I continue to present her art in the form of books, note cards and soon, Christmas greeting cards.

We highly recommend her books, The Prettiest Psalm, and the Art of Hope as very personal gifts for friends, coworkers and family.  Included above are just a few of the several hundred paintings that continue to bless us all.

Thank you,

Dirk