JANNA VANDERVEEN
Fiction Author & Artist
About Me
Hi, my name is Janna. I am a wife, mother, counselor, artist, and writer. I love the charming, the authentic, and the Divine. I love life, family and friends. I delight in exploring our amazing creation and in discovering the hidden beauty buried deep within the heart of all people and within this world. I love life-giving conversations, life-altering revelations, and emotional connections. I love to read, write, and create. I was… Read More
Watercolor Painting | Broken yet Beautiful. What a gift we have been given, to be a light in a broken world, to surrender to love and compassion, to embrace the opportunity we have been given to choose to lay down our lives for our neighbors when it both does not suit us and is downright uncomfortable, to selflessly put others first for their benefit and not our own, and to surrender to… Read More
“You are no stranger to the scarSo you can have my wounded heartYou weren’t protected from the painSo you can hold me when I breakYou seek me out and find me hereWith a love that knows the taste of tearsSo I will trust in who you areYou’re no strangerNo stranger to the scarYou are no stranger to the stormYou have calmed these winds beforeYour voice still whispers, peace, be stillAnd the waves… Read More
Watercolor Painting | Hidden I am drawn repeatedly to paint women peering through secret gardens, as if they are inviting me to enter their sacred sanctuaries where suffering, striving, competition, and inequality no longer exist. They live there, not because of something they have done, but simply because they “are.” In this haven of light, where love is the water of life, all are welcome and none are denied.
Watercolor Painting of flowers: Lily of the Valley
My mission is to discern, awaken, and inspire truth in myself and others. “May my tongue be the pen of a skillful writer, my pen be the tongue of a masterful orator, and my words be apples of gold in settings of silver.” ~ Janna
Sweetheart by Janna Etsy Shop
JANNA VANDERVEEN 