Shabbat Walk (Sabbath Walk) Oil on Canvas 20 x 38 in If you wait until you find the meaning of life, will there be enough life left to live meaningfully? The Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson author of Tanya and many other works Regarding the debate about faith and works: It’s like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important. C.S. Lewis prominent Christian theologian author including The Tales of Narnia Works in Progress Finding an Angel in the

Thai Buddha Oil on Canvas On Life's journey Faith is nourishment, Virtuous deeds a shelter, Wisdom is the light by day and Right mindfulness is the protection by night. The Buddha born as Siddhartha Gautama So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it . . . Qur'an Alzalzalah Verse 7 God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems, which human beings have created to try to help us walk into the mystery of

Fish Oil on Canvas If a cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air, then a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape.* Doris Lessing 2007 Nobel Prize Laureate (Literature) * paraphrased to reverse the sequence Many … go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. Paul Schullery contemporary conservationist, writer, and scholar Swimming Lionfish 31.5 x

In respect of Mother's Day Miriam Comforting Yocheved Oil on Belgian Linen Work in Progress Love is unselfishly choosing for another's highest good. CS Lewis If there are any heavens my mother will (all by herself) have one it will not be a pansy heaven nor a fragile heaven of lilies-of-the-valley but it will be a heaven of blackred roses ee Cummings God could not be everywhere, and therefore (God) made mothers. Rudyard Kipling Egyptian Princess Oil on Canvass 28 x 22 in Art

Eye of the Tiger Oil on Wood Panel 5 x 5 in There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. Albert Schweitzer theologian, medical missionary, humanitarian, award Nobel Peace Prize I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love. James Herriot British veterinary surgeon and author All Things Bright and Beautiful Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if

Oil on Wood Panel “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” Will Rogers American entertainer, early 20th century master of homespun humor, pithy social commentary, and the political one-liner Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. Roger Caras wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist, TV reporter sometime A.S.P.C.A. president and announcer for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Anybody who doesn't know