We at Silent Echoes have been producing unique 'Angel Art' for many years now. "On our many travels to exhibits and juried fine art shows around the country, it has been our privilege to discover some of the most inspiring angel statuary in some of the oldest cities in the United States." Many of these powerful images come from New Orleans, St. Louis-MO, TX, MS, OK, FL, MI, KS, PA, NC, OH, AL, and TN. After 20 years spent in south Louisiana, We have now made a new start in the Eureka Springs area of Arkansas. "Our images are, of course, heavily influenced by Louisiana's unique culture, especially our cherished New Orleans. The storms of 2005 will forever be reflected in our art and our writing. As artists, we have grown. Our art will only get better as we echo the spirit and strength of our South. Silent Echoes is committed to TRUTH as revealed through winds of change. It is our pleasure to bring these, our most recent works, to you...enjoy." CONTACT US; angels@silent-echoes.com


Tina & Rick



ANGEL ART

ALICIA...MY GUARDIAN ANGEL (May 2009)



"I love the stretched canvas angel 'Trust your Journey'.  I was involved in a horrible car accident 2 years ago which required 5 surgeries.  Someone ran a light and hit me when I was halfway in the intersection, totaling my car and breaking a lot of my bones.  I don't know for sure how long I was unconscious. When I came to, in the car there was a woman sitting in the passenger seat of my car.  She took my hand, which was badly mangled, in hers... I felt no pain.  She said to me, 'My name is Alicia, I was sent here by God, everything is going to be okay, and I will stay with you until help arrives'.  The next thing I remember is a paramedic in the back seat holding my head still while they discussed cutting me from the car.  Alicia was gone, but I felt a great peaceful calm."
-Vickie / Michigan


(an excerpt from - 001 March '09)
#001 - MARCH '09 - 'A FATHER'S HOPE'

'At an art show a customer of ours told us that  he had recently lost a daughter in a horrific auto accident.  Through his pain he began looking for a sign...of hope...to let him know she was alright.  He stated that her most favorite thing in the world was blue butterflies.  About two weeks after her passing, he was exhausted and had not even been thinking of his request.  While walking out to his car to go to work was a wonderful surprise.  There were, not one...but hundreds of little blue butterflies covering his car.  (needless to say, he and I both were in tears by this time.)  He told me he knew the butterflies were a gift and answer that he was looking for.  The story did not end there...before the show, Rick had painted a small original with the image of an angel with a little blue butterfly on it!  I know!  We gave this painting to our new friend...we knew it was painted for him.
These are the stories that Rick and I are honored to witness.  Even though there are many unanswered questions in this life...that day a daughter reached out...to give hope, love and assurance to her father."

'OAK ALLEY ANGEL'

    
                               color enhanced image                                            original photo       

On our last visit to Oak Alley Plantation (Vaacherie, LA-outside of New Orleans), during the Spring arts and crafts festival (2008), we noticed a crowd of tourists taking pictures and pointing at a tree off of the main 'alley of oaks' that have made this plantation so famous.  On further inspection, we were amazed!  'It's an angel!'  These were the words of the curious onlookers as we approached.  And it was!  There could be no denying it.  There before us, where a huge limb should have been, was the perfect impression of an angel...looking back at us.  It has always been said that all answers can be found in nature.  Sometimes, our Creator may see fit to send a message by not so ordinary means.
                    ('Oak Alley Angel' available in - '8x8 stretched canvas' - category)    


Alicia from Ocean Springs, MS writes - "Three years ago this past January, I lost my best friend in a horrible car accident.  I had seen him only moments before the accident and he was playing around and wouldn't give me a hug.  I was devastated and was in shambles for a very long time.  I first saw your booth at the Peter Anderson Festival.  I was looking through all the pictures and came across the 'Along the Way' angel.  I had never seen you guys before but when I saw this picture I knew it was my sign.  'Along the Way...with steps so new, always and forever...watching over you.'  This picture now hangs over my bed with two more of your pieces.  I just want to thank y'all so much for everything y'all do.  You really have no idea how much you touch people's lives.  Thank You!!"   

#002 April 2009 - 'My Guardian Angel...working overtime!'

TRAVELING TO ART SHOWS - BOB...
While driving to mineapolis to an art fair, the left rear wheel came off the van. (SHE WAS THERE).  We got stopped safe to the shoulder.  The state patrol got us towed to the next exit where there was a repair shop and junk yard for parts needed...so we were safe and on our way in two hours. 

While driving to Colorado for another art show, we had a blow out of the right rear tire.  We got to the shoulder safely again. (SHE WAS THERE).  A car stopped and offered assistance.  He got us help from a nearby town and we were on our way in an hour and a half.  

I was driving to Tulsa to an art fair...hit weather, a cold front and instant black ice.  I was first in a string of cars.  The van spun around several times and hit a bridge. (SHE WAS THERE)  I was safe.  My van was a warning to all other cars following and they were able to stop.  Help came.  I got a rental truck, off loaded and stayed at a motel for the dark snowy night.  I was off to the show the next morning.

I was following a fellow artist in my van to an art fair on a country road.  I missed a curve and rolled the van at least two times, landing upside down hanging in my seat belt. (SHE WAS THERE).  Safe and unharmed again!  My fellow artist realized I wasn't following behind and eventually came back.  I was able to get help with a rental van and loaded the undamaged inventory and still made the show!

Driving in the rain on an interstate in rush hour traffic in Denver on the way to an art fair.  Some young jerk changed lanes in front of us, miss judging, and we had to turn off to avoid  a collision. (SHE WAS THERE).  Luckily the shoulder was flat to a field and we were able to stay up...landing in the field and able to get back on the interstate...without hitting a vehicle...in the middle of rush hour traffic!    


THE DRAGONFLY...

The Dragonfly Story
Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs.
They were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. For many months they
were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond. They
did notice that every once in awhile one of their colony seemed to lose
interest in going about. Clinging to the stem of a pond lily it gradually
moved out of sight and was seen no more.
"Look!" said one of the water bugs to another. "one of our colony is
climbing up the lily stalk. Where do you think she is going?" Up, up, up it
slowly went....Even as they watched, the water bug disappeared from sight.
Its friends waited and waited but it didn't return...
"That's funny!" said one water bug to another. "Wasn't she happy here?"
asked a second... "Where do you suppose she went?" wondered a third.
No one had an answer. They were greatly puzzled. Finally one of the water
bugs, a leader in the colony, gathered its friends together. "I have an
idea". "The next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk must promise to come
back and tell us where he or she went and why."
"We promise", they said solemnly.
One spring day, not long after, the very water bug who had suggested the
plan found himself climbing up the lily stalk. Up, up, up, he went. Before
he knew what was happening, he had broke through the surface of the water
and fallen onto the broad, green lily pad above.
When he awoke, he looked about with surprise. He couldn't believe what he
saw. A startling change had come to his old body. His movement revealed four
silver wings and a long tail. Even as he struggled, he felt an impulse to
move his wings...The warmth of the sun soon dried the moisture from the new
body. He moved his wings again and suddenly found himself up above the
water. He had become a dragonfly!!
Swooping and dipping in great curves, he flew through the air. He felt
exhilarated in the new atmosphere. By and by the new dragonfly lighted
happily on a lily pad to rest. Then it was that he chanced to look below to
the bottom of the pond. Why, he was right above his old friends, the water
bugs! There they were scurrying around, just as he had been doing some time
before.
The dragonfly remembered the promise: "the next one of us who climbs up the
lily stalk will come back and tell where he or she went and why." Without
thinking, the dragonfly darted down. Suddenly he hit the surface of the
water and bounced away. Now that he was a dragonfly, he could no longer go
into the water...
"I can't return!" he said in dismay. "At least, I tried. But I can't keep my
promise. Even if I could go back, not one of the water bugs would know me in
my new body. I guess I'll just have to wait until they become dragonflies
too. Then they'll understand what has happened to me, and where I went."
And the dragonfly winged off happily into its wonderful new world of sun and
air.......

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