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This Sunset Door – Colleen Miller

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Oil on wood
80” x 36”

Welcome, my name is Colleen Miller.  As an artist, I am captivated and enlivened by paintings.  I retired from working in mental health and had an urge to be creative with my time. I have started many paintings; my husband calls me the unfinished artist.  I am ok with that because I can only finish the art that speaks to me.  We have two adult children who have wonderful families, and we are blessed with 4 beautiful granddaughters.

Artist’s Statement

Sunsets invite me to come into the present, the now.  I can’t resist.  It opens me to a moment when I awake to the presence of God.  I breathe deeply, the air fills my lungs and slowly I let go.  The wisps of disappearing clouds invite me to diminish my current concerns and worries.  I open the door, peace and comfort come in, and I am home.

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