Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it.... Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist. It is the soul of the individual that counts.

Let me not fuss and fret at my incompetence but be still and know that Thou art God.

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

I can rise above the humility of my failure with an intense desire to search deeper and a blind faith that some day my sight may pierce through the veils that hide. I know God's face is there if I keep my gaze steady enough.

Inspiration is intention obeyed.

As the woods are the same, the trees standing in their places, the rocks and the earth... they are always different too, as lights and shadows and seasons and moods pass through them.

Got a new pup. He is half griffon. The other half is mistake.