My wife requested a new and inspirational wall painting based on a bible passage Luke 11:9-10 for our family room. So I decided to use a landscape background that included some heavenly like ideas, like a sunrise and birds. Used very cool colors for the landscape and very warm for the lettering. The result worked well where the ASK appears to float in the foreground. Spent some time doing numerous thumbnails planning what would work best. How many birds, how much clouds, landscape trees or not. So I went for simplify, only what is needed. Was going to use doves, but decided it needed a bit of color to help balance the sunrise. An 8x20” acrylic. Well I got it finished for Easter. Hanging above the fireplace.

An oil painting from a few years ago. In hindsight, I think I should have painted the feathers a bit more softly to better suggest movement—but I’m leaving it as it is.

Getting close to being done.

Acrylics

Hi folks. I am brand new to the Painters Hub. I came upon Samuel Earp’s blog early in 2026. I was immediately captivated by his seascape paintings. Attached is my rendition of Sam’s “How-to-paint-a-dramatic-seascape-in-5-easy-steps”. I would appreciated some constructive feedback.