For the last two months I have been working, creating a painting for Joan. What a journey it has been. The path took a month longer than expected to complete. There were obstacles, some anticipated, some not. A friendship was created in the process, weaving it's way through the fibers of the canvas, the paint, and the ninety-nine prayer ties. At this moment the painting is in a crate somewhere between Alameda, NM and Calabasas, CA. Prayers, they have the finest journeys...