Live Paintings & Philanthropy

Live painting has been part of my journey as an artist for many years, long before my work found its way into galleries.

For a period of my life, I painted live during church services in what I experienced as a deeply prophetic and intuitive process, guided by the Holy Spirit. Each painting was created in under 30 minutes, often without knowing what the finished image would become or who it was meant for.

I would simply begin painting and trust what came to me.

And then something remarkable would happen. The image I had painted would connect specifically and personally with someone in the room — sometimes in ways I could never have known beforehand. At the end of the service, I would give the painting to that person.

These works were never created to be sold. They were created to be given. Looking back, these experiences became an important part of my journey as an artist and strengthened my trust in creating intuitively — allowing a painting to unfold without needing to know exactly where it was going.

That same belief that art can become something larger than the painting itself has followed me beyond the church.

Over the years, I have also painted live at events and fundraisers throughout the Roaring Fork Valley, creating original works in front of an audience to help local nonprofit organizations raise funds for their causes.

There is something uniquely powerful about creating a painting in real time, surrounded by the people and energy of a moment, and then watching that work become a way to give back to the community that has given me so much.

For me, live painting has never been simply about watching an artist paint. It is about connection, purpose, and what can happen when a painting becomes part of something bigger than itself.