Healing
Just One More Cookie
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January 15, 2025
We wanted a painting to capture our love for event training together. Jonalyn took several pics and combined them into this painting.
We admire it all the time!
— Jon and Jess Hale, Seattle, Washington
The particular style and beauty that Jonalyn brings to the table are truly one-of-a-kind. I’m a photographer. Watching Jonalyn paint a commission made me realize I could submit one of my photos for Jonalyn to paint!
The whole process was fun. The anticipation of seeing the finished work felt like waiting for Christmas!
I feel so blessed to have stumbled upon her talent.
— Erica Cole, New Hampshire
“You could tell it by their hands, which were shaped by wear and often by the twists and swellings of arthritis. They had used their hands forgetfully, as hooks and pliers and hammers, and in every kind of weather. The backs of their hands showed a network of little scars where they had been cut, nicked, thornstuck, pinched, punctured, scraped, and burned. Their faces told that they had suffered things they did not talk about.
I loved to listen to them, for they spoke my native tongue.” — Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow, p 127.
— “First Meeting” commissioned by Brandon Hoops (11 x 15″) of his grandpa and his son meeting for the first time after the COVID lockdown.
A sailing family we met while at sea commissioned a painting of their sailing year aboard “Solaine” their monohaul. This French family from Lyon wanted their boat, their buddy boats and their entire family included in this Bahamas memory.
– Jérémy and Delphine Walter-Martin, France, commissioned one (15 x 22″) boat portrait
“The special moment caught in the photo, father and son “become real”. To see these two men so close and trusting brings me great joy.”
–K.P. mother and wife, commissioned this double portrait for her son
“You captured my son so well, you caught his essence. It’s so incredibly beautiful, it’s like a treasure. We are delighted with this painting.”
– Audra Burbach, New Hampshire
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We were only on the island for 2 full days, but the satisfaction I got from seeing so many negative myths busted apart is worth sharing.
The stories we continue to tell about our family, especially after their death, reveal more about what we value than the people we lost.
My first impression of St. Helena was of black rock and toilet paper.
As we have been gathering friends to share in the adventure, this question keeps popping up “Why did you name your boat ‘Lady Grey’”? It’s actually quite simple.
