Romania Paintings for Livada Send Off

Posted on May 20, 2017 by lksukany

In June 2014, I went to Romania to work with the Livada Orphan Care (LOC) orphans. The beauty of the ministry and country inspired me and I wanted to paint scenes of Romania. When I was praying one morning, I had the idea to paint these scenes of Romania and donate the final pieces to Livada to raise money for orphan sponsorship. I sent the paintings to Texas with my Aunt Candy and Uncle Dale this week. I am so excited and am praying that they will be able to raise enough money to sponsor an orphan for one year.

“Fairy Tale Romania”

“Romania Poppy Field and Hillside”

“Romania Field of Flowers”

“Romania Hillside”

“Sighisoara Tower”

“Hay Day”

“Romania Hillside View”

“Romania Hillside with Tree”

“The Hostage Game at Ogra Gypsy Village”

“Sighisoara Clock Tower”

“Sighisoara Church View”

“Romanian Cornfield”

“Orthodox”

“Romanian Woman with Cane”

“Shin Kai House”

To see details and the process of each painting, please see paperopera.com/category/art/romania-painting-series

Paintings for Livada: The Hostage Game at Ogra Gypsy Village

Posted on August 3, 2016 by lksukany

When I was on the missions trip with Grace Church serving the Livada Orphan Care ministry in Romania, the beauty of the country inspired me. I had the idea that when I got home to Arkansas I could paint these Romanian scenes and donate the paintings to Livada to raise money for orphan sponsorship.

Our group went to the Ogra Gypsy Village one day to meet the kids and bring some fun. We were greeted by the children who ran to us and grabbed our hands to hold.

We walked through the village, which was like an alley behind big houses. Their small houses were set up and separated by fences.

We walked to a large field and the kids formed two lines. We played “The Hostage Game”, which is like the Romanian version of “Red Rover.” The sun was warm, but the breeze was cool. It was the best day!

Image to Paint

Charcoal Sketch on Canvas

Painting Sketch (1st Coat)

Painting Sketch (2nd Coat)

Final Painting

Paintings for Livada: Sighisoara Tower

Posted on December 9, 2014 by lksukany

Sighisoara was our one day excursion at the end of the trip – the touristy sight seeing adventure. After the group tour – the house in which Vlad Tepes, aka dracula, was born (now hosting a restaurant and a small museum of medieval weapons) – we had an hour or so to look around the city.

I enjoyed a baked good and casually explored the 14th century city until I reached a tunnel of one thousand stairs.

Well, it wasn’t actually one thousand stairs, but that’s what it felt like. There were some musicians at the top of the tunneled stairs playing some instrumental pieces. This was really cool because when I first started my month long hike the music was a faint echo, but as I got closer to the end of my journey, the music became louder and more pronounced.

I was rewarded at the top by a beautiful church.

Right outside the church was this small house tower, which overlooked a graveyard.

Image to Paint

Charcoal Sketch on Canvas

Painting Sketch (1st Coat)

Painting Sketch (2nd Coat)

Final Painting

Paintings for Livada: Romania Hillside

Posted on December 9, 2014 by lksukany

Târgu-Mureș was hilly, which made for excellent scenic views. I connected specifically with these scenes (the houses and trees on the hills with the mountains behind them) as pastoral scenes (minus the lamb/goat). These are such peaceful scenes for me because the houses represent people’s lives. I like the idea that there are people that live on the hillside in the country – that they wake up every day to the big sky (possibilities), mountains (stability), and trees (life/growth/change). Just looking out of the car window, I experienced the beauty of God many times while in Romania.