Finding Faith
Price range: $20.00 through $600.00
December, 2024
12″ x 12″
Acrylic, Collage, Oil Pastels, Colored Pencil on wood panel
Finding Faith marks a shift in my thinking.
The initial surge of anger and disbelief at the 2024 Presidential Election hadn’t disappeared—but something else began to surface alongside it. A realization that meeting darkness with more darkness only deepens it. That adding to the noise, the outrage, the division… doesn’t move anything forward.
There is another way.
Light doesn’t fight darkness on its terms. It simply shows up—and in doing so, makes darkness unsustainable.
The words LOVE and MERCY appear in this piece as both a reminder…and a challenge. Inspired in part by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s plea for Donald Trump to “have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” it raises a simple—but difficult—question:
When did mercy become something we have to ask for in this country?
This painting doesn’t resolve the tension—but it begins to redirect it. Toward something quieter. Stronger. And, perhaps, more capable of change.
Finding Faith comes in a black frame.
This painting can be purchased by itself or as a series of three: Hearing The Unbelievable, Finding Faith, and I Am Hopeful.







