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Of all places, art is a spot where mistakes are considered honored guests.
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Three Years of the Sky
The sky has always been a place of refuge for me. The place we are taught as children where God lives. It's the home of a warm sun beaming on my face after a long cold winter. It's where the rains that feed my garden and the light winds that blow the wheat fields of my youth derive. Yet I often ponder how the very heavens above that provide me with such joy and comfort also produce the horrors that many others fight to escape and survive. This is one of innumerable contradictions of life and nature. Divinely intended? We will never know. Yet, always worth pondering.
Below is a small compilation of skies that I captured over a three year period.
2019: The Skies of Virginia's New River Valley
![Earth and Sky_Storm_2019_Acrylic on Plywood_24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_2ea3675af6284815a0475e0c559765ca~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_241,h_323,q_90/584d44_2ea3675af6284815a0475e0c559765ca~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_Tree by the Road_2019_Acrylic on plywood _24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_991666c1092d42bba3b5e9f07c8d83e5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_243,h_323,q_90/584d44_991666c1092d42bba3b5e9f07c8d83e5~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_Three Trees_2019_Acrylic on plywood _24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_fa86b0af6df74d96ac0b955d1fcfbcfb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_241,h_323,q_90/584d44_fa86b0af6df74d96ac0b955d1fcfbcfb~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_The Barn_2019_Acrylic on plywood _24x18.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_2bbbff57d1214b49a2d0b6b59da2113d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_241,h_323,q_90/584d44_2bbbff57d1214b49a2d0b6b59da2113d~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_Clouds_2019_Acrylic on Plywood_24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_bacd65ca847b4fbfa9e2ff62253ed31e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_241,h_325,q_90/584d44_bacd65ca847b4fbfa9e2ff62253ed31e~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_House _2019_Acrylic on plywood _24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_40a226c8db244316af3ca8d68c15d946~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_241,h_325,q_90/584d44_40a226c8db244316af3ca8d68c15d946~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_Storm Sky_2019_Acrylic on Plywood_24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_9fecf67a86f841dcb0b4eb68d3d18fda~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_244,h_325,q_90/584d44_9fecf67a86f841dcb0b4eb68d3d18fda~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_Blue Ridge_2019_Acrylic on plywood _24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_0dda02ea481a40868ba9dc447ea4c77a~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_239,h_325,q_90/584d44_0dda02ea481a40868ba9dc447ea4c77a~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_Hay Rolls_2019_Acrylic on plywood _24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_44cd4a48b8964f8db3ff4223de7b7d96~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_250,h_334,q_90/584d44_44cd4a48b8964f8db3ff4223de7b7d96~mv2.png)
![Earth and Sky_Fog_2019_Acrylic on plywood _24x18.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_ad99029db7584f159fe2d26f150419bf~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_245,h_334,q_90/584d44_ad99029db7584f159fe2d26f150419bf~mv2.png)
![New River Valley_#1_2019_Acrylic on wood_24x11.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_15c04e596c7c4b7db082c09fcbcbd69d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_154,h_334,q_90/584d44_15c04e596c7c4b7db082c09fcbcbd69d~mv2.jpg)
![New River Valley_#2_2019_Acrylic on wood_24x11.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_1474603da76b480b9e8c01c231ab5e1d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_155,h_334,q_90/584d44_1474603da76b480b9e8c01c231ab5e1d~mv2.png)
![New River Valley_#4_2019_Acrylic on wood_24x11.tiff](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_e57054c73f58437c8bf0d8a4690c15eb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_156,h_334,q_90/584d44_e57054c73f58437c8bf0d8a4690c15eb~mv2.png)
![New River Valley_#3_2019_Acrylic on wood_24x11.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_30222308fd0a405a8e9b32f2d67bcc48~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_161,h_350,q_90/584d44_30222308fd0a405a8e9b32f2d67bcc48~mv2.jpg)
![_a storm is coming_2019_acrylic on wood_48x24.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_c14c68246f714b97ba3296ed564023f4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_171,h_350,q_90/584d44_c14c68246f714b97ba3296ed564023f4~mv2.jpeg)
2017 - 2018: Clouds
![_lone one_2018_acrylic on wood_48x36.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_1abdf4dc110943fbb3c94dc9c50c65d0~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_222,h_298,q_90/584d44_1abdf4dc110943fbb3c94dc9c50c65d0~mv2.jpeg)
![_orange clouds #2_2017_acrylic on wood_12x30.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_8f739d94f95348ebba8d0b343892f658~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_753,h_298,q_90/584d44_8f739d94f95348ebba8d0b343892f658~mv2.jpeg)
![_orange clouds #1_2017_acrylic on wood_24x24.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_dd4fc7b5a5f8494cab2da8af38d56867~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_354,h_351,q_90/584d44_dd4fc7b5a5f8494cab2da8af38d56867~mv2.jpeg)
![_goodnight moon_2018_acrylic on wood_48x36.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_30e64acc716a468788fcd56793a9d5bd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_263,h_351,q_90/584d44_30e64acc716a468788fcd56793a9d5bd~mv2.jpeg)
![_roof tops_2018_acrylic on wood_x.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_01c56e7453b14aa589637f38a3bb052c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_353,h_351,q_90/584d44_01c56e7453b14aa589637f38a3bb052c~mv2.jpeg)
![_untitled_2018_acrylic on wood_36x48.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_542ba4100a5f4dd58c5729163821b54a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_487,h_363,q_90/584d44_542ba4100a5f4dd58c5729163821b54a~mv2.jpeg)
![_in between heaven and hell_2017_acrylic on wood_48x36.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_718646c49a8b4d9ea3077d4134023757~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_488,h_363,q_90/584d44_718646c49a8b4d9ea3077d4134023757~mv2.jpeg)
![_patmos_2017_acrylic on wood_x.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_07aba9fde5054cf7a92751fe908bf75c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_258,h_347,q_90/584d44_07aba9fde5054cf7a92751fe908bf75c~mv2.jpeg)
![_untitled_2018_acrylic on wood_36x60.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_f9fe3905c4ba4f06af226fbdf4d9aec4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_574,h_347,q_90/584d44_f9fe3905c4ba4f06af226fbdf4d9aec4~mv2.jpg)
![_untitled_2017_acrylic on wood_30x12.jpeg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/584d44_6df02a9968904be9ac98b14b6b9e8928~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_139,h_347,q_90/584d44_6df02a9968904be9ac98b14b6b9e8928~mv2.jpeg)
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