Wilderness

This is for my friends. Those of us who experienced Wilderness in Colorado remember this image. It was on our joyful run down the mountain after the peak. Some of us met Christ, found Christ, some of us got to know him better. I saw him in all my friends. We were running down the mountain, singing the "The Sound of Music" and it was so amazing. This style is Van Gogh with a little fauvism (the under layers are orange, yellow and red). This painting is supposed to move your eyes down the hill and up the mountains in the distance, and then brings you back down again with the clouds. I really tried to make the experience of this painting to be joyous and uplifting!

Child's Prayer

One of my favorite pieces this semester is a depiction of my memories of Papa. I was originally looking for a picture of his face in our family's photobooks but strangely couldn't find a picture of his face. And then I stumbled across a photo I think I took when I was seven of Papa picking up Angie to kiss her. It was perfect because 1) I can't really remember his face anymore, and 2) I remember his giant hands. I used the original photo, my drawing, and other photos to create a 70 layer photoshop picture. Over the picture I wrote a prayer for Papa. No one can read it, except God, Papa and I. The various elements are: lilies of the valley, History Channel, balloons from the hospital, tulips, planes, clouds, and only things a child would remember about a person. I printed it on handmade paper to give it an intimate feel that is fragile and also antiqued. I really love this piece.

The Drawing

The Print

A close up

Like mother, like daughters.

"I need some chocolate ...." - Mary

"Hold on Mary ... I'm on it. What kind would you like?" - me

Helping housemates in times of need with various varieties of chocolate. From one chocoholic to another - You're welcome.

God the Artist

God loved first so we can love others. It's a gift. And I was starting to see it everywhere.

Robert Indian created the piece "Love" in 1964. He originally made it for museum Christmas card and it began to be massed produced in corton steel. The first sculpture is outside the Indianapolis Museum of Art where I first saw it at Katherine's wedding. This pop art symbol has become recognized around the world. We see the word Love everywhere, but don't ever forget who created it for you first. A sculpture can never be love, it may read love, even look like love, but never be love. Artists like me continually fail to create what is real. It doesn't stop us from creating, we are just fully aware that the real artist is God. He sculpted love in the most beautiful way. One day we can watch God in his studio, sculpting, painting and breathing love into life. (I know I sound sappy and poetic, but it's really what I'm thinking!)

Robert Indian 1964

Scottsdale, AZ 2011

Someone in our house 2011

(This one made me laugh)

Black Hawk Reminder 2010

Angie's Valentines Card 2011

Becky's Mug

Refrigerator Magnets by Cecily 2011

Everything

LifeHouse - Everything

I love it soo much.

Installation Piece

For our installation project, Alev and I decided to work together to illustrate references to the Holy Spirit because Pentecost is approaching. The simplicity of white "doily" origami doves adds to the purity and upwardly pulling significance of the Holy Spirit descending on the disciples heads and then lifting their spirits high. It was awesome to bring our class into this area, those who were Christ Followers and those who were not. It's permanent home is the Newman Center (1, because it looks good there. 2, because it's impossible to move unless you're a genius at untying fishing line knots!).

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8