In my newest painting, Praying for America, I've chosen to portray President Washington taking a moment to pray for his new nation. I imagine him praying that the purpose and destiny of this new republic would survive against the evil forces of the world. He stands in front of the church he attended when the nation's capital was in New York City, Saint Paul's Chapel, which remains to this day and rests in the shadows of Lower Manhattan. If one could follow his gaze today, the president would be looking directly at the empty space where the World Trade Towers would one day fall in an evil plot to usurp America's liberty and put command and control government in it's place. St Paul's Chapel served as a resting place to first responders during the 9/11 crisis, and symbolizes the “rest” that is only possible when people are free from tyranny. I hope this painting inspires and reminds you to pray for liberty. Recognizing the right of liberty as a gift from above, personal liberty and responsibility was hammered out in the constitution in an effort to limit the ability of anyone to ever dominate the sovereign individuals of the United States of America. We often pray for peace, but I encourage you to pray for liberty as did our founding fathers. Will you pray with George Washington, “Father, please don't let the enemies of liberty have victory this day or ever in our future. I offer all that I am as your servant, to lead this nation back to the liberty it was founded on.”