Notes to Treasure

Notes to Treasure Abstract, Mixed Media Christian Artist living in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Painter's Praise, Prayer,
seeking the best way to say 'Wow!'

My name is Kristin & I am an Artist living & painting in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK. I've explored different media over some25 years of making/creating/painting & have come to a love of using mixed media with an abstract intuitive approach, quenching my desire to throw the rule book out & explore with freedom. I have a strong faith in God, & use my painting as a time to worship using colour. Most oft

en I have a particular scripture in mind, which I meditate on, while singing along to music & painting. My hope is that the energy I experience, whether a lament or bursting with joy, is evident through it's combined connection within my finished work. Visit my website to buy original artwork or Art printed goods & gifts.

11/05/2026

Amma Sarah 💛✨️

Layers...Working small scale, means smaller brushes and delicate marks, with a mix of acrylic paint and water colour pen...
11/05/2026

Layers...

Working small scale, means smaller brushes and delicate marks, with a mix of acrylic paint and water colour pencil crayons.

Another learning/remembering curve about working small scale and flat on a table, rather than up on a wall... the big black smudge from dropping my painting brush 🤣 🖤🖌

Thank goodness for the layer of gold to come 🤣💛✨️

Another Amma is popping through the gold ✨️ I'm not sure how comfortable these ladies of aceticism would feel being surr...
08/05/2026

Another Amma is popping through the gold ✨️

I'm not sure how comfortable these ladies of aceticism would feel being surrounded by the shiny yellow stuff 💛

However the use of gold in icons is representative of the divine light, truth and glory of God.

💛🎨✝️🎨💛

So I hope they will approve! 😀😉

Working on paper and much, much smaller! The change from a 1 metre canvas to an eight inch square piece of paper is some...
07/05/2026

Working on paper and much, much smaller!

The change from a 1 metre canvas to an eight inch square piece of paper is somewhat of a shock, but I think Amma Sarah would approve of the subtler scale 😀❤️🎨😇

Back in the studio... it's been too longIt all starts with a blank page ❤️🎨
05/05/2026

Back in the studio... it's been too long

It all starts with a blank page ❤️🎨

I was looking for inspiration & found some.Meet Amma Sarah, a crude little sketch in my notebook.Amma, meaning Mother Sa...
26/04/2026

I was looking for inspiration & found some.

Meet Amma Sarah, a crude little sketch in my notebook.

Amma, meaning Mother Sarah.

She was an Egyptian desert mother, born into wealthy Christian family, she gave everything up to live a life in the desert seeking purity & total union with God.

She was well read & an educated woman who chose to live alone in prayer, attending to the needs of the nearby communities.

She spent some time serving as a spiritual elder to a monastic community & eventually lived out her last 7 of 80 years, in a cave on the banks of the river Nile.

Many sayings are attributed to her. These sayings were spoken in order to elicit a response from the spiritual seeker.

Her simple prayer "O God, give me strength", challenges us to stand firm in our struggles & not run away from them, but meet them head on with God’s help.

Her desire to "put one foot to ascend the ladder, & [I] place death before my eyes before going up", is a mindful reminder to live each day to its fullest, the ladder being a metaphor for seeking spiritual maturity.

Inspiring to me the most, was her bold, yet humble, ability to face male mockery from the "brothers" who often visited her, seeking to "humiliate this old woman".

Responding with "According to nature I am a woman, but not according to my thoughts", & " It is I who am a man, you who are women".

Boldly claiming her integrity to be viewed in the cultural masculine of her time, which was to be considered "rationale, godlike, angelic, otherworldly", she reminds us to let go of our concern of reputation & what people think of us.

She further challenges us in our arrogance of thinking we are better than others because of gender, education, religion, social statuses or anything that challenges our pursute of spiritual maturity.

In her book, Laura Swan, poses a question for the reader to consider...

"Are we aware of ways we might consider someone else 'lesser' & assume a position of superiority? Of elitism? Will we allow the Holy Spirit to expose our bigotries and blindness?"

A challenge for us all, I think 🤔

This last 12 months hasn't been the kindest, but solace can always be found in a good book, written about inspiring wome...
24/04/2026

This last 12 months hasn't been the kindest, but solace can always be found in a good book, written about inspiring women of faith 💚

Searching for inspiration as the sun breaks through 🌞

Mary answered, “I am the Lord’s servant. Let everything you’ve said happen to me.” Luke 1v38Celebrating the bravest teen...
25/03/2026

Mary answered, “I am the Lord’s servant. Let everything you’ve said happen to me.”

Luke 1v38

Celebrating the bravest teenage "yes" there has ever been 💙

What a Blessing to be called to take a vow! Be True. Be Kind. GO.Bonkers to even attempt... but God ❤️Tattoos on fingers...
10/11/2025

What a Blessing to be called to take a vow!

Be True. Be Kind. GO.

Bonkers to even attempt... but God ❤️

Tattoos on fingers - can never display road rage again 🤪

So good to meet and share the ceremony with 2 others from my cohort ❤️

Thank you Waverley Abbey, Order of the Mustard Seed, Jill and all the awesome folk I have met and made me welcome and at home ❤️ See you all again soon.

Homeward bound ready to finish my assignment, celebrate my youngest son's birthday tomorrow and get back to walking my walk ❤️✝️

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