For many, the Napa Valley has come to symbolize the incredible fruitfulness
of the good earth that God created. With its radiant sunshine, cooling
morning mists, fertile land, and abundant annual harvest of grapes, this
cloistered valley truly is a piece of paradise.
Ten years ago Thomas painted Carmel, Sunset on Ocean Avenue on
a Rainy Afternoon, and from the day he finished it, he dreamed of working
on a second view of the famous scene.
The Rose Collection will conclude with two companion paintings--detailed
studies of individual red and yellow roses to flank this Edenlike setting.
The Rose Garden
Image: 24"x20", 30"x24," and 40"x32"
A grove of aspens high in the mountains would be an idyllic place for
worship. I have imagined just such a church in TheAspen Chapel
where aspen trees shimmer in the breeze like liquid gold.