Alone in the Garden of Prayer

"Alone in the Garden Of Prayer"

"Place me like a seal over your heart,

like a seal on your arm;

for love is as strong as death,

its jealousy unyielding as the grave.

It burns like blazing fire,

like a mighty flame,"

Song of Songs 8: 6 NIV

40” x 40”

Oil Paint

Seen at the Marketplace Gallery

Main Street

Trinidad, Colorado

Thin Ice

Thin Ice

When Winter slowly moves into Spring, 

places in the local pond become hazardous to everyone but the ducks. 

 The ducks are totally unaware of the thin ice.

I took liberty with the colors in hope.  I long for the end of cold days and the bursting forth of life in the landscape.

This painting is 

Oil Paint and Cold Wax.

40" x 40"

It can be seen at

the Marketplace Gallery,

Main Street,

Trinidad, CO

$850

Seeing Through The Darkness

Seeing Through the Darkness

At times in the atmosphere the light isn't so bright.  It is then we must call upon the Holy Spirit within, to seek and to find the spiritual gift of  Discernment.

Above many things, we must be able to see through the darkness that surrounds us.

This painting is 24" x 30" in deminsion.

Oil Paint

With Frame.

It can be seen at the

Marketplace Gallery,

Main Street,

Trinidad, CO

$650

Red and Yellow Flowers in a Vase

Red and Yellow Flowers in a Vase

This painting with frame can be seen at the
 Marketplace Gallery,
Main Street,
Trinidad, CO

$950

Myrrh!

Myrrh!

"A bundle of myrrh is my well Beloved unto me; He shall lie all night between my breasts."

Song of Songs KJV

24" x 30"

Oil Paint, Mixed Medium

This painting can still be seen

at the

Marketplace Gallery

Main Street

Trinidad, Colorado

$650

The Dragon Slayer

 The Dragon Slayer

First Day:  January 2020

Standing firm in the face of adversity.  “The Dragon Slayer!”

In recent years my spiritual attraction has been drawn to St. George.  He had a passion for Christ.  He is said to be a dragon slayer.

In 2019 I faced some unexpected medical issues for Hal and for me.  At times I felt like I was being consumed by evil itself trying to rob me of purpose and joy.  I attended a Greek Festival at my Granddaughter’s Church and found a small icon of St. George sitting on a white horse holding a spear with which he impaled a dragon.

One day I sat with the Lord quietly gazing at this little icon I had purchased.  In my understanding heart I could imagine the Lord telling me:  “Just as you ask Me to send the Angels forth to open the way for you in travel and safety, you can also ask Me to empower you with the same kind of power my servant George traveled in.”  I immediately understood why the Icons are called ‘Windows into Heaven.’  I saw the inspiration and simplicity of it.  I did ask my Heavenly Father to mantle me with the same courage and intensity St. George had that I would encounter with courage, tenacity and brutality the dragons that try to steal, rob and destroy.

“The Dragon Slayer” comes out of that encounter with the Lord.  We can call on the Heavenly Witnesses Of our faith and ask for their help.....especially in times of adversity.

Oil Paint and Mixed Media.   -    40” x 40”.    —-Rita Burton