Fourteen years ago I started painting my Sparrows!! And over the years, I have developed new ways to paint the backgrounds and details and the beautiful variety of colors that I use. But the inspiration has always been the same!!
You see, I collect old books. Antique and vintage, a variety of styles, the great leather ones and the classic fabric ones. I always seek out the ones with good titles on the top of the pages and I often seek out unique song books. In one of these song books, I found the title of a traditional gospel song to be “His Eye is on the Sparrow”. It peaked my curiosity, as I am always drawn to birds (at the time I even had an antique bird cage in my shop with three little finches: Toulouse, Talulah and Mignon). I started digging and discovered the origin of the song and its roots to be grounded in the Matthew 6:25-27 Bible verse!! And now it all made sense why I was so drawn to painting my little Sparrows.
Look it up…the verse, and the origin of the song…who wrote it and why…it’s a very endearing story!!
My favorite part:
I’m singing cause I’m Happy
I’m singing cause I’m Free
His Eye is on the Sparrow
So surely He watches Me
