Art That Transforms

Years have passed since the creation of "Seasons of the Soul" and since its publishing in the early '90s, numerous people have contacted me to tell me how meaningful this artwork is to them in an ongoing way. People relate to me how it gives them insight in their day to day lives as they look at it and pick out where they are in the continuum on that particular day.

I am always curious to find out how and where people first discover "Seasons of the Soul". Many have seen it in the offices of physicians, psychiatrists and psychologists, counselors, ministers, massage therapists, etc... I am pleased to know this work has taken on a life of its own. I am touched and humbled when individuals contact me to order a print for a friend with cancer...or the woman who was going through a "twelve step program" and wanted it to help give her inner strength and guidance and numerous other sincere and touching stories. This gives meaning to my pursuit of a career in art.

I have had a number of people contact me for permission to have one or more of the figures tattooed on their bodies. One woman came up to me in a Whole Foods and said, "I have your art on my body!" Then she proceeded to show me, she had two figures, one on each calf. A few weeks later I ran into her and she said she had been to see a friend in Oregon and when she knocked on the door and her friend opened the door, there on the wall was a "Seasons of the Soul"! She told her about meeting me and showed her tattoos, to which her friend replied by turning around and lifting her shirt to show a "Seasons of the Soul" figure on her back!

If you have a "Seasons of the Soul" story, I would love to hear it.