Tanya Torres  
Art for Love, Peace and Joy

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene I needed more rest than usual this week, and the whole week passed before I was able to sit down to draw. Finally today I was free and was able to work on this drawing and some projects. The new year approaches and my mind is looking toward the future. And also back to this year. Even though I’m exhausted, I did manage to have a good six months where I completed several projects and emerged out of the intertia I had been experiencing for suc

Painting is still in progress. I spent the day painting, back to the painting in progress that I have been working on this month. I changed several things in it and… there probably will be more changes. It still needs a lot of work, but it’s getting closer. It is at this point that a painting requires trust and faith. It’s the moment when it’s not working, when it’s tempting to let it go and start over with a white canvas. But after so much work, one becomes reluctant to let

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene I’m painting a new Mary Magdalene in earth colors, from one of the drawings from this blog that a...

This is the thinking and inspiration behind each of my paintings of Mary Magdalene.

Thoughts about Mary Magdalene the muse, drawing, painting and poetry.

A meditation on the lessons of Mary Magdalene for a graceful life.

A new painting, titled Mary Magdalene's Fire.

Image: Mary Magdalene's Healing Garden by Tanya Torres, Oil on canvas, 8" wide by 10" high, 2021. Dear Magdalene sisters and brothers,...