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Finding strength in embracing the unpredictable. Celebrating colors from my favorite rock formations. Patterns in stones remind me that there are vast layers in each of our lives. And sometimes we have to step back and look at what has happened over time to understand that progress is taking place in the present. Abstract Painters, Abstract Artwork, Creating Artwork, Rock Formations, Our Life, Harmony, Spirituality, Explore, Fine Art

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Rock Formations

Finding strength in embracing the unpredictable. Celebrating colors from my favorite rock formations. Patterns in stones remind me that there are vast layers in each of our lives. And sometimes we have to step back and look at what has happened over time to understand that progress is taking place in the present.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

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Abstract Painting

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

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Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Paying attention to colors that ignite a moment of joy. A blackbird with a bright orange beak sitting on bare branches against the remaining winter snow caught my eye. Birds Painting, Blackbird, Beak, Winter Snow, Ignite, Bright Orange, Paying

Paying attention to colors that ignite a moment of joy. A blackbird with a bright orange beak sitting on bare branches against the remaining winter snow caught my eye.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Working through grief sometimes feels like a constant storm. The storm blows in, passes and returns. There are moments when color shows itself to give our heart a break from loss. Days come when the sky clears and the clouds lift. We may still feel a wash of gray settle around us but slowly become aware that space is being made for the suns return. Settle, Grief, Color Show, Feels, Loss, Return

Working through grief sometimes feels like a constant storm. The storm blows in, passes and returns. There are moments when color shows itself to give our heart a break from loss. Days come when the sky clears and the clouds lift. We may still feel a wash of gray settle around us but slowly become aware that space is being made for the suns return.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

While painting this I thought about how God's strength holds us together when we face tragedy and sorrow. Similarly, a rock, when exposed to extreme weather is held together by the strength of the surrounding rock. The cracks become a part of our story. The cracks are bookmarks of God's sustaining and comforting presence. "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." Gods Strength, Stronghold, Extreme Weather, Sorrow, Horn, Bookmarks, Exposed, How To Become

Extreme Weather

While painting this I thought about how God's strength holds us together when we face tragedy and sorrow. Similarly, a rock, when exposed to extreme weather is held together by the strength of the surrounding rock. The cracks become a part of our story. The cracks are bookmarks of God's sustaining and comforting presence. "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Gray fog of loss, dark presence of a pandemic and an underlying light hope combined to express the previous year moving into the next. Previous Year, Fog, Moving, Express, Gray

Gray fog of loss, dark presence of a pandemic and an underlying light hope combined to express the previous year moving into the next.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

As we seek God, He breaks through in our lives with love and revelation when we're experiencing doubt and discouragement (gray area) due to unexplainable life losses. The lower white area is the past, full of clarity but now clouded with current hurt. The area of text and bright color represents the moment God breaks through this place of tension with his words. His perspective becomes our focal point in the midst of difficulty. Threads of light can be our source of strength. Canvas Art, Canvas Prints, Got Print, Hanging Wire, Canvas Material, Tension, Your Image, Wooden Frames

Canvas Material

As we seek God, He breaks through in our lives with love and revelation when we're experiencing doubt and discouragement (gray area) due to unexplainable life losses. The lower white area is the past, full of clarity but now clouded with current hurt. The area of text and bright color represents the moment God breaks through this place of tension with his words. His perspective becomes our focal point in the midst of difficulty. Threads of light can be our source of strength.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Sitting at night along mountains and lakes might be a time where clarity and wisdom are nearby. The colors black, grey and blue are intended to illustrated peace-filled strength, wisdom and calm wisdom. The words are held in by paths of black ink which symbolize roads taken in life. These roads run parallel to the mountains. As the mountains represent the majesty of God, it is my hope that our paths will run parallel to His glory. Our Path, Parallel, Majesty, The Mountain, Roads, Lakes, Glory

Sitting at night along mountains and lakes might be a time where clarity and wisdom are nearby. The colors black, grey and blue are intended to illustrated peace-filled strength, wisdom and calm wisdom. The words are held in by paths of black ink which symbolize roads taken in life. These roads run parallel to the mountains. As the mountains represent the majesty of God, it is my hope that our paths will run parallel to His glory.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

A new dawn is around the corner. Light comes over the hills into a new year with a hint of vibrancy at its edges and a touch of shadow carrying over from this past year. We can accept what was and move toward what will be with hope. Let the balance of bright and dark live together harmoniously as a new chapter begins. Over The Hill, New Chapter, Dawn

A new dawn is around the corner. Light comes over the hills into a new year with a hint of vibrancy at its edges and a touch of shadow carrying over from this past year. We can accept what was and move toward what will be with hope. Let the balance of bright and dark live together harmoniously as a new chapter begins.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

An expression of my desire to flee from doubt and fear. Instead, seeking to have faith, I risk living in the unknown with all of its surprises. Have Faith, Frightening, Surprises, Doubt, Embrace, Risk, Unknown, Expressions

An expression of my desire to flee from doubt and fear. Instead, seeking to have faith, I risk living in the unknown with all of its surprises.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

This painting represents a peaceful stillness that comes from knowing God's majesty. I chose blue, black, gray and white to resemble how mountains and water might look in the moonlight. The stillness of that landscape and time of day help me remember the truths found in Psalm 46. Grey And White, Psalm 46, Knowing God, Choose Me, Moonlight, Truths

This painting represents a peaceful stillness that comes from knowing God's majesty. I chose blue, black, gray and white to resemble how mountains and water might look in the moonlight. The stillness of that landscape and time of day help me remember the truths found in Psalm 46.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

God used this painting to help me understand that we may see dead grasses, bare trees, an overcast sky, and and icy ground but He sees what is to come. The sun will come and melt the ice. Life will flow in the water, the trees will bear fruit and the grass will flourish. This is how he sees me. Alive. New. With great potential. He sees what I will become. Bare Tree, Overcast, Grasses, Icy, Flourish, Melt, Potential, Alive

God used this painting to help me understand that we may see dead grasses, bare trees, an overcast sky, and and icy ground but He sees what is to come. The sun will come and melt the ice. Life will flow in the water, the trees will bear fruit and the grass will flourish. This is how he sees me. Alive. New. With great potential. He sees what I will become.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Not having control on the canvas and watching something bold and beautiful transpire is a good reminder that I can trust that God goes before me on this journey and can use my life circumstances to reveal unexpected joy. Unexpected, Panna Cotta, Trust, Reminder, Reveal, Alcohol, Journey, Control

Not having control on the canvas and watching something bold and beautiful transpire is a good reminder that I can trust that God goes before me on this journey and can use my life circumstances to reveal unexpected joy.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

When looked at in retrospect, the obstacles in our paths can take on new meaning. Stepping back and taking in an overall picture reveals clearer perspectives. What seemed like obstacles become stepping stones along our journeys. And near to each stone or obstacle exists flourishing movement. Obstacles, Stepping Stones, Paths, Movement, Ink

Stepping Stones

When looked at in retrospect, the obstacles in our paths can take on new meaning. Stepping back and taking in an overall picture reveals clearer perspectives. What seemed like obstacles become stepping stones along our journeys. And near to each stone or obstacle exists flourishing movement.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

One color moving into another reminds us of the fluidity of transitions. During the demands of change, each day can seem separate; disconnected and insurmountable. As time moves forward, we can find that change may be progress. God is constantly moving around us to blend our experiences with his beauty and purposes. Disconnected, One Color, Separate, Progress

One color moving into another reminds us of the fluidity of transitions. During the demands of change, each day can seem separate; disconnected and insurmountable. As time moves forward, we can find that change may be progress. God is constantly moving around us to blend our experiences with his beauty and purposes.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Painted before I moved overseas. This reminds me of two friends meeting and forever being close in an organic friendship that cannot be broken by distance. Moving Overseas, Meeting, Distance, Friendship, Organic, Forever

Moving Overseas

Painted before I moved overseas. This reminds me of two friends meeting and forever being close in an organic friendship that cannot be broken by distance.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

We are surrounded by a consistent reminder of growth as we look to the promise of abundant life through Christ. If we allow ourselves to place our circumstances in the presence of God’s perspective, our life moves along like a stream held at the banks by love and grace. Abundant Life, Banks, Perspective, Promise, Northern Lights, Christ

Northern Lights

We are surrounded by a consistent reminder of growth as we look to the promise of abundant life through Christ. If we allow ourselves to place our circumstances in the presence of God’s perspective, our life moves along like a stream held at the banks by love and grace.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

This series is meant to show how strength can be found in the organic growth of relationships. In the overlapping colors there is boldness, movement, and texture. Similarly, when our life intersects with another, a new beauty and richness can be experienced. Relationships, Growth, Strength

This series is meant to show how strength can be found in the organic growth of relationships. In the overlapping colors there is boldness, movement, and texture. Similarly, when our life intersects with another, a new beauty and richness can be experienced.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Sometimes growth means going in a similar but separate direction. The past is in sight and remains an important part of our story. The rich lessons we learn from our previous years can create a rich foundation to inform our future. Remains, Foundation, The Past

Sometimes growth means going in a similar but separate direction. The past is in sight and remains an important part of our story. The rich lessons we learn from our previous years can create a rich foundation to inform our future.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

This series is meant to show how strength can be found in the organic growth of relationships. In the overlapping colors there is boldness, movement and texture. Similarly, when our life intersects with another, a new beauty and richness can be experienced.

This series is meant to show how strength can be found in the organic growth of relationships. In the overlapping colors there is boldness, movement and texture. Similarly, when our life intersects with another, a new beauty and richness can be experienced.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

At times we find ourselves in a long period of layered growth. In retrospect we realize all those layers were moving in a distinct direction. The intensity or color and the upward movement of this painting are reminders that we are free to flourish and can expand toward the next steps in our journey with trust in God’s purposes. We're Moving, Expand, Realize, Period

At times we find ourselves in a long period of layered growth. In retrospect we realize all those layers were moving in a distinct direction. The intensity or color and the upward movement of this painting are reminders that we are free to flourish and can expand toward the next steps in our journey with trust in God’s purposes.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

Layers. Storms, calm and times of vibrance create the layers which build our individual stories. Each part, although separate by color and line, is part of the overall piece. This analogy to our own lives touches on the idea that looking back over time gives us clarity about our journey and its various seasons. Each season interacts with and builds upon the next. Life Touch, Analogy, Vibrance, Storms, Looking Back, That Look, This Is Us

Layers. Storms, calm and times of vibrance create the layers which build our individual stories. Each part, although separate by color and line, is part of the overall piece. This analogy to our own lives touches on the idea that looking back over time gives us clarity about our journey and its various seasons. Each season interacts with and builds upon the next.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles

A painting of calm and peace. Welcoming without words. Calm, Peace, Tapestry, Green, Decor, Hanging Tapestry, Tapestries

Hanging Tapestry

A painting of calm and peace. Welcoming without words.

Harmony Eccles

Harmony Eccles