After the Fire – Original Moody Landscape Painting by Renee Smith breakthrough collection Made to create

Made to create

This piece isn’t interested in holding back

The river rushes through carved stone

Small sheep rest below the moonlit watch

To yourself

After the Fire – Original Moody Landscape Painting by Renee Smith breakthrough collection Made to createI dont always know where a painting will take me when I begin. I rarely have a planjust an open heart, a loaded brush, and a quiet trust that God will lead the way. That was especially true for this piece. I didnt set out to paint something about wildfires or loss. But as the layers formed and the textures settled, a new kind of story revealed itselfone of aftermath, of stillness, and of hope quietly rising from the ashes. A lone rowboat rests along a