In January this year, on retreat, I started drawing these imagined buildings in forests or by the sea. They were places I would love to go if they existed and were accessible. Six months later I've drawn over 90 of these drawings and have named them "Houses of Hope".
I have added colour to many of these drawings, Mike likes to tell me that they look much better when I've "done the colouring". Here are 9 of my coloured Houses of Hope, do you have a favourite?
Here are three haiku which have been inspired by my paintings
Houses of Hope
In every shape and colour
Opened for strangers
Breaking down borders
Travelling to safer places
Searching for a home
Houses provide hope
Rainbows shining in welcome
Shelter from the storm
My plan is to create a colouring book of at least some of them, though getting the right quality paper at an affordable price is a challenge,but watch this space. In the meantime I'm thinking of making a downloadable set for people to print as they wish to colour.
Would you be interested?
Update September 2022
I have more created 100 line drawings, and painted 80 Houses of Hope. You can see them all in this Album.
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