Be Artful is a luminous collection of verse and imagery celebrating the creative spirit in all of us.

Both devotional and inspiring, it is a poetic meditation on creativity, faith, and gratitude. It reminds us that to create is to listen, to heal, and to return again to wonder.

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Five Days in February
Five Days in February

Can you imagine the joy of taking five days and devoting your time and energy and thought to making art?

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In the Growing Places
In the Growing Places

“The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering a craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one’s mental health, and working mightily...”
Eric Maisel - Affirmations for Artists

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Meet Legare
Meet Legare

At the second photo shoot the light was right for the perfect reference photo...

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Portraits, Poems & Prayers Portraits, Poems & Prayers
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$25.00 $34.00

Portraits, Poems & Prayers is a collection of works intended to illuminate the idea that art makes us rather than us making art.

Spiritually oriented, this book delivers a look into the human experience with expressive charcoal portraits paired with introspective poems and prayers.

Portraits, Poems & Prayers is an easy read and there is joy in the pages as well as an uplifting sense of hope.

98 pages. Price includes FREE shipping via USPS.

Mama Says...You Can Always Come Home for Advice Mama Says...You Can Always Come Home for Advice
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Mama Says...You Can Always Come Home for Advice
$12.00 $15.00

Mama Says is a collection of lighthearted wisdom that’s just right when you need a comforting voice. There are memorable sayings, selected verses, and witty illustrations — even pages to record your own quoted.

Get some wisdom or pass some along with Mama Says.

Price includes FREE shipping via USPS.

Mama Says...Don't Drive Faster Than Your Guardian Angel Can Fly Mama Says...Don't Drive Faster Than Your Guardian Angel Can Fly
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Mama Says...Don't Drive Faster Than Your Guardian Angel Can Fly
$12.00 $15.00

Mama Says is a collection of lighthearted wisdom that’s just right when you need a comforting voice. There are memorable sayings, selected verses, and witty illustrations — even pages to record your own quoted.

Get some wisdom or pass some along with Mama Says.

Price includes FREE shipping via USPS.

In The Growing Places In The Growing Places
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In The Growing Places
$20.00 $25.00

Rita shares inspirational thoughts and prayers from her personal faith journey that led her into a unique ministry in floral design. Rita’s reflections on her growing faith and its impact on her creativity, friends, and family relationships are revealed in personal recordings from her journals. Hardcover.

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 Rita J. Maggart is a native Tennessean writing and making art in Nashville. Her artistic journey began as a child and she has traveled through the arts of oil painting, photography, floral design, illustration and figure drawing.

Her books include Portraits, Poems & Prayers, In the Growing Places, and a three edition series called Mama Says.