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On a recent trip to our favorite island, St. Simons Island, we were relaxing at the pier following our evening dinner. Sunset is spectacular each evening. Enjoying the sunset over the Sidney Lanier Bridge in the distance, I heard a noise just behind me. I turned around and behold a crusty old pelican had landedContinue reading “Summer Friend”

Last weekend I had enough of staying home. Anna and jumped into our car and headed East on highway 64 East with no particular destination. We just drove. We came to Jamestown and noticed on the highway an old fire truck that was sitting in a field. In looking at the headlights I have determinedContinue reading “Jamestown NC”

A visit to parks in our area allows me to be in nature. Stopping to listen to the sounds of nature results in peace for me. My visits remind me that God is here with me when I become anxious. A recent visit to Lake Wilson, in Wilson, NC yielded this watercolor.

“I’ve seen it in the lightning, heard it in the thunder,And felt it in the rain;My Lord is near me all the time,My Lord is near me all the time. ” Barbara Gaultney This painting is inspired from one of my visits to the country of Eswatini located in southern Africa.  

Over the past few months my studies have led me to think more about nature.   As I walk through wooded areas, visit parks, and experience the fragrance of the flowers, I am more and more aware of God through being involved more in nature around me.    I have always been aware that God reveals himselfContinue reading ““In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” -Genesis 1”

A couple of years ago my wife and I took a trip with fellow musicians to the country of Cuba.   Our assignment was for our choir to sing concerts in Baptist churches within the southern part of the country.   Cuba is a beautiful country and the people we met are equally as beautiful in spiritContinue reading “Power”

I love to ride highway 97 from Rocky Mount toward Hobgood, NC.   It has always seemed to me, as I crossed the bridge leaving Rocky Mount, that I was going back in time to the decade of the 1960’s   The rural landscape hasn’t changed much as the road takes you through scenic farmland.   Soon theContinue reading “A Trip Down Highway 97”

Recently my wife, Anna, discovered a photo in some old pictures.  I have taken the photo and developed this painting.  Turns out the home is the home of William Cannady and his bride Clyde Beatrice Cannady, Anna’s grandparents.  The house was located in the 600 block of New Bern Ave. In Raleigh, NC.  The bestContinue reading “Grandma’s Raleigh NC Home”

Sometime back I did this sketch of a child praying.   At my local church choir rehearsal last evening,  we were rehearsing a piece entitled “Prayer of the Children” ( words and music by Kurt Bestor).  I was reminded of this work and wanted to share it with you.  “Prayer of the Children” is about innocentContinue reading “Prayer of the Children”

Several years ago we were involved in travel to southern Africa.   This is a painting from one of those visits.  Early morning was so peaceful and I was stunned as the morning sun slipped up and behind the hill near our residence.    To purchase a copy:  http://www.lacountanderson.com  (mixed media gallary).