The trail against the defendant that is being charged with taking Sydney’s life is now scheduled for May 31st, 2018.   I know, it seems so very far off but I would like to believe that is for a reason.   Perhaps Sydney has a hand in that? All I know is that it is out of our hands and nothing can bring her back to me/us so faith comes in now BIG TIME!   Faith that good will prevail over evil, justice will be served and the “appropriate...

Did you notice the little white butterfly on Sydney’s wrist in her portrait in the prior post? Jo says she adds butterflies in all of her artwork but was not aware of this when she chose to add the white “cabbage” butterfly.   The story… We used to get little white butterflies in our house all through the winter. 6 or 7 a winter and they would sit with us on a plant or the coffee table but right next to us, and...

Art & words by Jo Jayson  The other week I posted a video of me painting the beginning of a special portrait commission. Today I am posting the finished portrait, completed on Valentines Day. This is Sydney, she was 21 when she was tragically killed by a drunk driver on Christmas Eve 2016. Her beloved Step Father Ken Bell came to me in October to ask if I would paint their daughter as a heartfelt gift for her mother Marcy Stone.  It of...