The closing video challenge for the creative arts worship weekend at Bridgeway.
Friday, November 25, 2011
art as worship
This was created for a special weekend of creative arts in worship for Bridgeway Church in Rocklin, where I now attend. I'm so blessed to be a part of this!
Art As Worship from Bridgeway Christian on Vimeo.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
exhibit at gallery w
I've got a show up at Gallery W at Warehouse Ministries in Sacramento this month called "With Eager Hope." Here's a look at the title piece as well as my artist's statement. We'll be having a reception Thursday, October 27th at 7 p.m. where I'll give a little talk as well.
My artwork grew from the desire to walk with God in the garden, like Adam and Eve did, searching for that closeness wherever green things grow. Years ago, I thought I was looking for the lost garden and my heart ached to think it was gone forever; then while studying Scripture, I realized that I was actually looking forward to the time when God will bring heaven down to earth again, restoring Paradise and our relationship to Him. I’ve tried to envision what that would possibly look like, what a perfect earth would be like, but I know my imagination is woefully short.
Whether an artwork has Scripture in it or not, this is the basis of all of my work: looking for the tiny glimpse of what heaven on earth will look like, what it will feel like. I am constantly inspired by the beauty that God has created and encouraged by my faith in Him to look forward to the time when the full beauty of that creation will be revealed.
“But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. .. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children...” Romans 8:20,23
My artwork grew from the desire to walk with God in the garden, like Adam and Eve did, searching for that closeness wherever green things grow. Years ago, I thought I was looking for the lost garden and my heart ached to think it was gone forever; then while studying Scripture, I realized that I was actually looking forward to the time when God will bring heaven down to earth again, restoring Paradise and our relationship to Him. I’ve tried to envision what that would possibly look like, what a perfect earth would be like, but I know my imagination is woefully short.
Whether an artwork has Scripture in it or not, this is the basis of all of my work: looking for the tiny glimpse of what heaven on earth will look like, what it will feel like. I am constantly inspired by the beauty that God has created and encouraged by my faith in Him to look forward to the time when the full beauty of that creation will be revealed.
“But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. .. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children...” Romans 8:20,23
Monday, August 15, 2011
door to the spirit
Kathleen Ellertson is a Covenant Artist friend who shared a piece of work with me, so I'm sharing with you...
Here's what she had to say about it:
"I wanted to share a painting I did which hangs in my Aunt Ethel’s convent room in Dubuque called the Door to the Spirit. This painting was inspired by a picture I saw in an article by Joyce Rupp, a self described “spiritual midwife”. The doorway spoke to me of the various doors we must walk thru, and how we must be transformed, pursuing our union with God. The individual’s return path to Him is as unique as this view."
Thanks for sharing, Kathleen!
Here's what she had to say about it:
"I wanted to share a painting I did which hangs in my Aunt Ethel’s convent room in Dubuque called the Door to the Spirit. This painting was inspired by a picture I saw in an article by Joyce Rupp, a self described “spiritual midwife”. The doorway spoke to me of the various doors we must walk thru, and how we must be transformed, pursuing our union with God. The individual’s return path to Him is as unique as this view."
Thanks for sharing, Kathleen!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
art of christmas: judith monroe
Mixed media on wood panel, 48” x 48”
Isaiah 11:1— Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot – yes a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
This piece illustrates one of the prophecies about the birth of the Messiah. Over several chapters of Isaiah, the nation of Israel and people in general are referred to as trees or a forest. Isaiah talks about God’s anger at Israel’s disobedience and his coming judgment as a wild fire that would destroy the forest of Israel, and of allowing the king of Babylon to chop down Israel like trees before he would be a mighty tree felled himself. It was in this context that the hope of a new shoot that would grow from the stump of what was left of David’s family tree was given.
As I was working on this piece, it came to me that I should make a small section to the left primarily green and then separate the section off with a red stripe, and another red stripe across the top to balance the composition. This would be a new kind of element that added to my work and I literally asked myself, “Why would I do that?” As I pondered and stared, I realized that I would be creating a cross, red like the blood sacrificed by Christ there; and on the other side of the cross there was new life, represented by the green field. This was not my idea, but truly inspired by the Holy Spirit and I was thrilled and humbled by the experience.
Judith Monroe
www.judithmonroe.com
Saturday, December 25, 2010
art of christmas: terry ray flowers
Assemblage
Rev 13:8— …everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of like of the Lamb who has been slain.
Both Before the Foundations and Father’s Heart have to do with the revelation the Jesus’s birth, life, death, and resurrection were not an afterthought brought about by man’s fall but a strategic plan put in place before the foundations of the world.
Terry Ray Flowers
www.boxartgospel.com
Assemblage
2 Samuel 7:12-16— …I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom…
Romans 1:3-4— …concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David…
This piece refers to the fact that Jesus was a direct descendent of David as prophesied in 2 Samuel, the Davidic Covenant, and confirmed in Romans.
Terry Ray Flowers
www.boxartgospel.com
Collage 5” x 7”
2 Tim 1:9— …who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity.
Terry Ray Flowers
www.boxartgospel.com
Friday, December 24, 2010
art of christmas: teresa harbert and julie bjorgum
Turkey egg pysanky
Isaiah 53:7-12— …He poured out Himself to death and was numbered with the transgressors, yet He Himself bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.
While reading through Scriptures related to Christ’s coming and His birth, this image of Christ pouring Himself out for us struck me.
Along with the more traditional star and stable symbols I included a red egg representing His shed blood to complete the real Christmas story.
Teresa Mihalko Harbert
www.eggsbyteresa.com
A Debt I Can’t Repay
Shredded credit cards 12” x 14”
Romans 5:8— …But God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
A nest is like the foundations we build, the place where we put that which is most important to us…LOVE.
Can love be bought with money? On credit? Why would someone give us money when we haven’t yet earned it? Yet wasn’t Jesus given to us when we weren’t worthy? When we had nothing of value to offer in return?
Christ was the treasure that lay in a manger. And He was given to us when we couldn’t pay the price for our sins. Christmas isn’t about worshiping the straw. Its about what was IN the straw. The gift of Love.
Julie Bjorgum
www.aplaceinmyart.com
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