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Twirly Dress and Butterflies
beverly gurganus from the studio oil paintings Painting for a Purpose Twirly Dresses
My ultimate desire as an artist is that my art connects with its viewers, and that desire has motivated my current collection Children of the King: Twirly Dresses. I am a mother of three girls who are ages 25, 21, and 11, and I loved to see them so happy, innocent, and free to just be a little girl. When they'd put on a pretty dress, they were instantly transformed into a twirling princess. This collection brings that fantasy into reality as we are children of The King! (close up of painting) God lead me to a wonderful organization, The...
Painting for a Purpose: The Butterfly House
Children of the King Crown giclee prints oil paintings original art Painting for a Purpose The Butterfly House Twirly Dresses

Children of the King: Twirly Dresses is a collection near and dear to my heart! One Sunday morning while sitting in church (I'm not exactly sure what was said to start my mind a wondering) I began thinking about being a child of God, and what that means. I'm a child of THE KING... loved, claimed, adopted, priceless, and a princess. This began a flood of ideas for a collection of paintings. Twirly Dresses... I think back to when I was a young girl, and how much I loved to twirl in my pretty dress to see how high it...