(I found this amazing artist today while searching Yahoo for inspirational paintings. Mary Crittenden has been painting since whe was 7. I do not know much about this artist but I am going to learn more. Here is the discription of this painting, I just found it to be lovely and wanted to share it.)In this painting a mother is washing the laundry on a washboard, glances at her son and sees him praying. His sister is placing her hands together as she sees her brother doing. Mary wanted to say many things in this painting, the training of our children to go to the Father in prayer at any time for any reason. We never know who is watching us as the sister sees her brother praying, so are we are light and salt in this world and as the mother has lived the truth before the children and then they live it before others. The light of God is seen in us and passed on.
Mary chose cool colors to express the time of day early in the morning. She wanted the boy’s face to be seen as peace. This peace doesn’t depend on circumstances it is given to us through a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 8:3,4
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Yeah, I do like her. I went to the link you had on your blog, Ambelside and found her paintings in there. They are beautiful.
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