Yeoman's in the Fork Blog

So when I found The Confessions of Saint Augustine on a hidden top shelf in an old book store in McLean, Virginia, my eyes glistened over.  I had recently returned from a retreat at a monastery—is there a connection?   Umm, interesting I thought.  The book had a lovely leather cover and well done gilded edges.  Everything seemed right, except two things, one I couldn’t think of what I would paint on it, two the price was a little more than I wanted to pay.  A beautiful book, but what would 

I do with it, I wondered.  I moved my hand to place the book back on the shelf, but it was stuck to my hand like glue.  Now I really felt that I was supposed to have this book.  Within 24 hours I knew what I wanted to paint on the fore-edge, which was a portrait of Saint Augustine. 

The book I almost didn’t buy, had I listened to my mind, rather than my heart turned out to be just wonderful and sold quickly. 

In a few weeks I will have another heart-felt portrait—this time of the great mystic, Saint Teresa of Ávila.   Come back and see it and I will tell you more about it... 

But for now, come back next week, because I’m going to share my biggest fore-edge painting challenge.  In the meantime, think about what your biggest challenge is, because I am going to share a secret with you about challenges.