Amy Boucher Pye

Category: Watercolor Wednesdays

Paintings by my father that inspire thoughts to ponder.

  • Weekly Watercolor: Beauty or weed?

    By Leo Boucher

    The wild grasses sway in the wind, shimmering against the sunshine. Some think pampas grass is beautiful, while others see it as an invasive weed that is difficult to remove. Sales of the plant have fallen in the UK with the cultural connotation of the plant in the front garden being an invitation to swingers (who knew!?).

    Whatever you think of this plant, here’s an autumnal look at life. Hints of color next to the evergreen tree – the only sign of green to come in the tundra of Minnesota to come, the setting for this painting by my dad, Leo Boucher.

  • Watercolor Wednesday: The movement of autumn

    By Leo Boucher.

    We’re having a taste of summer this week on a quick trip to Spain, but I know elsewhere the Fall feeling is in full flow. My dad sent me a few new watercolors for the season this week, and I love the movement he captured in this one.

    I suppose the meaning of the movement of autumn is towards death and dying, however beautiful the colors are. But out of death can come new life. May it be so in our lives.

  • Weekly Watercolor: The Colors of Autumn

    By Leo Boucher

    We don’t get as many glorious colors in the autumn here in the UK as in Minnesota, so for today I soaked in the yellows and golds as I walked by the brook (as I documented on Instagram), and will enjoy the reds and oranges of the land of my birth via my dad’s art.

    What do you enjoy about this season of fall/autumn?

     

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Blood and tears

    By Leo Boucher.

    Today’s art by my dad, Leo Boucher, is a watercolor I shared back in Lent. It seems appropriate to ponder it again today as we consider the latest atrocity. The blood from the hands of Jesus looks to me to be tears – the tears of a God made man who wept and died for the fallen, angry, hurting world. May we find hope and healing through his blood.

  • Watercolor Wednesday: A Bridge to Where?

    By Leo Boucher

    I got to visit my niece in Minneapolis today, and saw some of my dad’s artwork that I hadn’t seen before, such as this acrylic on glass (painted on the backside of the glass). I love the slightly abstract view of the bridge from behind the safety of the guardrail.

    What bridges lie in front of you?

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Time to Canoe

    By Leo Boucher.

    It seems like autumn has settled in fully here in Britain – I’ve moved to donning scarves again and wearing my Haflinger clogs in the vicarage. But memories of times canoeing on a lake in Minnesota can quickly bring back that summertime feeling, as I think back to the sound of the paddle moving through the water with the loons calling in the distance.

    What says summer to you?

  • Watercolor Wednesday: The Thunder of the Cross

    Today’s watercolor comes from my daughter’s brush! She created this while at the clergy family holiday at Sheldon, a community in Exeter that provides care for people in Christian ministry. They have a new art shed that she loved, kitted out with all kinds of materials to use for her creations.

    Here’s one she made for me. The cross with thunder booming out of it and a halo to signify Jesus’ holiness. I wondered if the halo was the crown of thorns, but she said no. One could view it that way I dare venture!

    The new art shed at Sheldon.

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Majestic Mountain

    By Leo Boucher.

    Fresh off the canvas – a watercolor my dad created today for one of the art classes he leads for seniors. To me this picture speaks of rest and beauty; of solitude and God’s presence.

    What do you see?

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Desert Sunset

    By Leo Boucher.

    Maybe this painting appeals to me today because it’s another soggy and cool day in Londontown. August weather this is.

    My dad’s painting is of a desert sunset, where the days are hot with a dry heat, which warms you right up when you inhale it. I know heat is heat, however, and that many people in the Western part of the States are suffering with extreme temperatures. I’ll give you a few degrees of our cool for some of your warmth.

    What sort of weather and landscape are you dreaming about today?

  • Watercolor Wednesday: City Life

    “Prague Walkers” by Leo Boucher

    Some can’t imagine living in a city, but I love the buzz of conversation, cultural happenings, and the mixture of people from scores of different nationalities living together. Of course major cities can be terrorist targets, as we’ve seen in London this year. But we also see in the book of Revelation that God will gather his people together in his city. We’ll live in peace, enjoying life to the full. Come, Lord Jesus.