The sun motif is woven throughout this book as a metaphor for the glory of God. Why the sun? It's the biggest thing I could get a handle on. Also I was born in the desert and the sun was always up there cooking my brain. Hey, maybe that's why my favorite color is yellow.

I’m always amazed by by astronomers' discoveries, especially photographs of different wave lengths of light not normally visible. This sun painting is a take-off of that idea

My grandchildren were among the many who modeled for the paintings in this project.

When I first saw Michelangelo’s depiction of the Creation of Adam hovering way up there on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, I was at once floored and also lifted up into the cosmos. So as a nod to that experience and brilliant artist, I began my illustrations with parent-to-child connection. I combined my hand with my son’s hand holding my grandchild’s hand. God’s love passed down through the generations.

Preparing boards for silk screened designs with oil painting applied over the designs.

The technique I used for these paintings was an experiment combining serigraphy with oil painting. It’s all about the layers, each with a different design and color.

Some of the progression of this experiment is shown in these sun images.

And yet another sunburst design done for this book.