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Theresa Anacker Wohlers

Home Is Where The Heart Is

July 22, 2021

This phrase always makes me think of the song by Peter Paul and Mary of the same title.

Home.

A house is the physical building a person lives in. Home is a place where you feel comfortable, safe, and cared for. While I can find those things in the presence of people I love, whether it be at their homes or at public venues, I am fortunate to feel them in the place where I live as well. My house. My home. Perhaps it is because I have put so much into this dwelling and property, or it could also be that so much of love and life has been shared here.

Recently I spent time with people I love sitting in a park painting surroundings and sharing things that weighed heavy on our hearts. The results were some acrylic paintings, like the one I’m posting, and a respite for the ache of the heart.

Quick acrylic washes for a painting of a house on Dunnam St., Madison

Heart.

I’ve always felt there is heart in my home. And I always look for that visual presence when I gaze into other homes and properties as I’m traveling about by car or bike. You can tell it’s a home when there’s that warm glow within it, or when you see people gathered around it in casual stances, or at play.

Everyone deserves to have a place they can feel comfortable and safe. I think that can be possible if we just care for one another and find ways to express it.

A wonderful expression of putting heart into home can be seen in a recent picture book by Sandy Brehl and Illustrator Rebecca Hirsch titled IS IT OVER? Check it out, it’s a heart warming story.

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Theresa Anacker Wohlers an illustrator/author, portrait and landscape artist and creator of unique clay sculpture figures. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, I grew up on a Columbia County farm in a family of 11. The small 84-acre farm offered plenty of adventure and allowed ample opportunity for creativity. I learned to use my imagination to come up with games and play things when few could be afforded. After studying art at UW-Superior, I was …

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