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Raise a Drink to the Emerald Isle!

Featuring lines from Saint Patrick's Breastplate on Crown Cross Design with Heart and Shamrock.

Stylized Celtic Cross with superimposed black rose design on a Shamrock. "Róisín Dubh”, ”Dark Rosaleen" or "Little Dark Rose" a traditional Irish song written in the 16th century. It is based on an older love-lyric which referred to the poet's beloved and became a metaphor for Ireland.

Tropicalia is the spirit of the tropical night that embraces you in constant warmth, and exuberance to test the boundaries of culture and life in full bloom. Not a witch, not a fairy, not myth, not legend, but a muse for artist poets and musicians who are lured by creativity like a child chasing a firefly over the next hill. It’s also some very groovy music from 1960s Brazil.

Tropicalia is the spirit of the tropical night that embraces you in constant warmth, and exuberance to test the boundaries of culture and life in full bloom. Not a witch, not a fairy, not myth, not legend, but a muse for artist poets and musicians who are lured by creativity like a child chasing a firefly over the next hill. It’s also some very groovy music from 1960s Brazil.

Isaiah 30:21 – And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

Isaiah 30:21 – And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

Design inspired by song lyrics.

Fight the Good Fight With Old Saint Nick!

The phrase is latin meaning "For the greater glory of God" emblazoned on my Crown Cross Heart Design.

Visualizing the flavor of electric mango and pomegranate!

Visualizing the flavor of electric mango!

Show thieves your design savvy by warning them your catalytic converter is painted, not Orange, not Hot Pink, but rather Viva Magenta, 2023’s design color of the year.

Ephesians 1:4-5 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

The phrase is latin for ‘Kingdom of Christ’ emblazoned on my Crown Cross Heart Design.

Featuring lines from Saint Patrick's Breastplate on Crown Cross Design with Heart.

A line from Saint Patrick's Breastplate on Crown Cross Design with Heart.

All in the word! Emphasizing the importance of Christ and the Mass in Christmas.

All in the word! Emphasizing the importance of Christ and the Mass in Christmas.

All in the word! Emphasizing the importance of Christ and the Mass in Christmas.

All in the word! Emphasizing the importance of Christ and the Mass in Christmas.

This 2008 Painting is along the lines of the interior castle a theme of spiritual journey and awakening.

Fair warning to the neat, Hot Mess on Repeat!

Fair warning to the neat, Hot Mess on Repeat!

Fair warning to the neat, Hot Mess on Repeat!

During the Covid-19 Lockdown in my reflections on Holy Week I thought about how the word "Corona" means "Crown" and it made me contemplate an analogy where sin is the original pandemic afflicting humanity. Even before the pandemic many people lived in fear to go where they wanted to when they wanted to because of the hatred and brutality of others. We live in a world that is infected by sin and many times we infect others through our actions and attitudes and failure to 'Love your neighbor as yourself’.

During the Covid-19 Lockdown in my reflections on Holy Week I thought about how the word "Corona" means "Crown" and it made me contemplate an analogy where sin is the original pandemic afflicting humanity. Even before the pandemic many people lived in fear to go where they wanted to when they wanted to because of the hatred and brutality of others. We live in a world that is infected by sin and many times we infect others through our actions and attitudes and failure to 'Love your neighbor as yourself’.

Over the years I took a lot of snapshots of my kid's toys as I found them early in the morning. Sometimes they seemed to tell a story. As an Army Brat and later as a Service Member I experienced waiting for my Dad to come home, and later counting the days till I could come home.

Parody of a Euro Car Decal as seen on vehicles that frequent wet destinations.


Work it out!

Stylized Curling Flames Around the Word Hot!

Stylized Curling Flames Around the Word Hot!

Hot Curling Flames Design.

Street Sign, Wise Men crossing on their way to the Epiphany following the Star of the Nativity. Follow the sign.

Street Sign, Wise Men crossing on their way to the Epiphany following the Star of the Nativity. Follow the sign.

Street Sign, Wise Men crossing on their way to the Epiphany following the Star of the Nativity. Follow the sign.