Gentle Doves Wood Print

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While I was painting this impressionistic watercolor I remembered how doves would visit my English garden in California. I often would hear their cooing in the early morning and evening hours.

Then the Scripture came to me that reminds us to let our words be kind and gentle and filled with the love of God. And let our spirits be as harmless as doves.♥

I grew up in the United Kingdom, and immigrated to the USA when I was 19. After attending several different colleges over a number of years, I finally received my BA degree and began teaching children with special needs. However before I got my teaching degree I was a substitute teacher, and got hired to teach art classes in an elementary school in Southern California. The goal of this pilot program was to determine what kind of impact creative expression might have on the academic lives of elementary school students. For six months I taught children how to enhance their drawing and painting skills by providing a nurturing, fun, and supportive environment. My goal was to empower these children through their creativity, and in turn...