Anita's Blog

Behind-the-scenes stories, artistic inspiration, and the creative journey of an Appalachian Artist.  

Sculpture of a torso bowed in prayer, photographed atop a Bible.

Fully Surrendered

I’ve always felt that our family was, somehow, blessed. All down through the years I witnessed so many other families struggle, through loss of loved

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Wooden Crucifix assemblage art

My Cancer Story

Cancer is such an ugly word, an ugly disease, and an ugly experience for everyone involved. God can take something ugly, however, and turn it

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Perfect sunlit spider web with drops of water, next to a flower.

My Lord

My Lord, Your beauty overwhelms me. It is too much for me. I cannot take it in. It is beyond mere words, Beyond my understanding,

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Rainbow in a country setting

Color in Light

When I was an art student at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, I studied art, along with every other subject, from a Biblical perspective. This

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