Artist Vanicka Terhune diligently works on an abstract painting in her studio. The piece isn’t quite turning out the way she wants it to, so she decides to splash paint in two different areas on the canvas. Suddenly, she sees a face emerge from her painting.

Beep, beep. Beep, beep. Beep, beep. It was that noise, the unmistakable sound of a kitchen timer in the background, that offered insight into Dale Smith Thomas, featured speaker for the third annual Women Who Care, Share luncheon benefitting the YWCA of Northwest Louisiana.