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  • Watercolor Wednesday: The Color of Life

    By Leo Boucher. All rights reserved.

    Color makes for intrigue – just look at the splashes of vibrancy my dad uses in this painting. Why not turn his artwork into a writing prompt? Who is this woman? Who or what is she waiting for, and why? What happens next, and what went on before?

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Harnessing the Wind

    I’ve been remiss in sharing my dad’s paintings! Sorry if you’ve missed the way he expresses what he sees through his art. I’m back, and promise to be more consistent.

    I love this sailboat painting of his – it’s a biggish work that we have hanging in our hallway. I see motion and freedom and the power of the wind harnessed.

    What do you see?

  • Watercolor Wednesday: A Day in the Mountains

    By Leo Boucher.

    On a day in January, when I’ve lived in England twenty years, I think back to the ski trips in the mountains of the American West Coast, or the hills of Minnesota where I grew up, and I get a bit nostalgic. If you have mountains to gaze at today, enjoy them for me!

  • Watercolor Wednesday: Drizzly Grey

    By Leo Boucher.

    The weather in London has looked a lot like this painting lately. Grey, drizzly, chilly, and with only periodic bursts of sunshine. I know for a lot of people, January feels dull and grey too. It can feel a hard month because of the effort we may put into the resolutions made at the beginning of the year that we haven’t yet abandoned. I heard from one of the teachers at the gym this week that there were three injuries in the space of an hour there, partly because of the increased traffic from people wanting to work off the weight they gained over the holidays.

    How do you bring sunshine into the grey?

  • 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: 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: Bridges

    By Leo Boucher.

    “Like a bridge over troubled water…” We used to sing that Simon & Garfunkel song at church when I was growing up, not having heard of the rumored meanings behind it – drugs in some format, not God. But the Lord is our bridge, not only when the waters are troubled and murky, but when they are crystal clear and gurgling along.

    My dad’s watercolor shows a Minneapolis bridge – the 10th Avenue Bridge – with the city skyline behind.

    Do you see God’s bridging work in your life?

  • Watercolor Wednesday: The Hints of Life to Come

    I have a few more of my dad’s watercolors to share with you this Holy Week, but they are more suited to Good Friday than today. I chose this one as fitting because of the starkness of the trees that appear dead, but yet will spark into life. I love the mixture of green grass and mud that is common in Spring in Minnesota – again, that intermingling of death and new life.

    As I think about this painting, I ponder how the events of Holy Week bring us back to the central tenets of our faith:

    Christ has died
    Christ is risen
    Christ will come again!