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| Lakeside Peace |
Artist Statement: Suffering can be isolating and desolate. In that isolation, we are left with our own thoughts and the voice of God in the silence that surrounds us. In the stillness of nature, God is there and can be heard through the background noise of our busy lives and thoughts that tell us we are unworthy. Often it is in our quiet moments of “aloneness” that God’s voice can be heard if we pause and listen. Bio: Kelly Best Bourgeois grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas where she developed a profound love of nature from the ever-changing scenery and wildlife along the Texas Gulf Coast. She began painting with local mentor Dick Turner at the age of 11, then moved to Austin, TX where she earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Plan II at the University of Texas. After earning her M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, she spent time in the art filled and history rich city of New Orleans, during her internship at Charity Hospital and her Anesthesiology residency at Tulane University Medical Center, later settling in Houston where she married, raised her family, and continued her art studies with local artists, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts Glassell School of Art, and the Art League of Houston. She maintains her practice as an anesthesiologist, and continues her study of art. |
