Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Original Still Life of Books and Candle by Cheryl Ratcliff

"Solitary Pleasure"
Oil on canvas panel
9"x12"
Sold



"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." ~Charles W. Eliot

Happy New Year!






Monday, December 28, 2009

Original Oil Landscape of Church by Cheryl Ratcliff

"Refuge"
Oil on Canvas Panel
9"x12"
$120.00

"Faith is not knowledge of what the mystery of the universe is, but the conviction that there is a mystery, and that it is greater than us."
- Rabbi David Wolpe









Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Original Oil of Christmas Still Life by Cheryl Ratcliff

"Holiday Arrangement"
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas
5"x7"
$35.00











Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies

Well I'm all grown-up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream

So here's my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath our tree

Well heaven surely knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal a hurting human soul

What is this illusion called
The innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief
Can we ever find the truth

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown- up christmas list

Amy Grant

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