Passion Week

Passion Week
In a Word - Love
The Word
The Logos
The Christ
Love
There is no other greater...
Love
Then to lay down one's life...
Love
Palms, Trial, Cross, Tomb,
Sorrow, Emptiness
EMPTY
Death Defeated
Alleluia
Amen!
So Be It
LOVE

Earth & Spirit Art Show

Earth & Spirit

March 18 - April 24

Special Openings & Meet the Artists on Fridays March 18 & April 1, 5-9 pm

~~refreshments, live music, book signing~~

Water Gallery is in the Dresher Arcade #5

319 Main Street Lansdale, PA 19446

Pastels by Suzanne Halstead

www.drawingnearer.com

Jewelry by Bette Conway

www.betteconway.com

Art Show & Book Signing April 1st (no fooling!)

Greetings from Drawing Nearer!

We are excited to announce that our newly self-published book

Drawing Nearer: Devotional Workbook of Creative Prayer will be available for sale at the Water Gallery in Lansdale during the exhibition Earth & Spirit March 18 - April 24, 2011. Come visit us on Lansdales's First Friday night April 1st between 5 - 9 pm when we will both be present and signing our books. We would love to see you then!

Also that evening will be refreshments and live music by singer/songwriter Joel Halstead with guest jazz singer Emilia Halstead. In addition there will be live Traditional Irish and Folk Music being played by Bette Conway and other guest musicians throughout the evening. The opening evening of Earth & Spirit is Friday March 18, 5-9 pm when a full evening of Irish and folk music will be performed. Come celebrate with us either or BOTH nights.

The Water Gallery is located in the Dresher Arcade #5, 319 Main Street Lansdale, PA

wwww.watergallerylansdale.com - 215.393.7180

Happy New Year from Drawing Nearer!

Wanda & I are excited about all the new energy and upcoming adventures on the 2011 horizon.

This original oil pastel, titled Offering of Color, along with 17 others were selected to be showcased at the new Water Gallery in Lansdale, PA March 18 through April 24.

This was the first in a series of 52 oil pastels I did as part of my early morning devotional time while I was up at Mensch Mill Camp & Retreat Center from 2002--2005.

Each of these oil pastels are unique unto themselves and yet themes would appear in the images and the groups of such themes are used in Wanda's and my book, Drawing Nearer: Devotional Workbook of Creative Prayer, where many of these artworks are displayed.

For more information about the oil pastels, Water Gallery and the book please visit our website www.drawingnearer.com

We wish you all the joy and adventure this new year will bring to each of you!

Blessings, Suzanne & Wanda

Book available in Print!

Wanda & I are pleased to announce that our book is now available in print!

Drawing Nearer: Devotional Workbook of Creative Prayer

You can order it through our website: www.DrawingNearer.com

You can also sign up for our e-newsletter, retreats, workshops and visit the new Drawing Nearer Studio in Pottstown, PA

We wish you all a Happy Advent Season full of prayerful and creative anticipation to the wonders of the Light & Love of Christmas! Blessings, Suzanne & Wanda

More Pendle Hill

A Healing Retreat

Suzanne and I attended the Creative Spirit retreat at Pendle Hill lead by Melanie Weidner. It was fantastic!!! If you are in the area and she is speaking, don't hesitate - just go. You will be blessed.

At this retreat, we prayed and created and prayed while creating. "Juicy" poetry stimulated our spirits to dig deep and express ourselves with paint, collage, boxes, altered books.... Oh what bliss!!!!

There were 16 of us. We began as strangers and ended with a hug-fest, with promises to see each other next year. When I got home, there was already an email thread connecting us and a round robin project developing between us.

As I write this, a week has past and I am still spiritually high and blissful. The peace that comes after turning monster fears into angel blessings on paper and in the heart is true healing.

On a side note but not connected to our retreat, I came upon an article on how art can aid healing from trauma and the resultant PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). It is from a trusted source and you may be interested in seeing it: http://www.ptsdspirituality.com/2010/08/22/ptsd-spirituality-art-and-craft-can-heal-ptsd-soul-wounds/

It's amazing what God can do with paper, brushes, scraps, and a willing heart.
Blessings on your journey, W