sketches studies in watercolor

This is another part of my sketches I've been doing based on the same persons face in different emotions. These were some of my favorite in terms of showing anger, my friend J did a great job modeling for this painting. This one was done in watercolor and isn't finished but I got to the point I wanted to and learned a lot about portraying the same face from different angles.

sketch studies in oil

I've been working on study sketches working in different mediums based on the same person's head from different angles in different emotions. These sketches are created for a future finished painting which will show one person going through a visual transformation of worship. the idea is to show that true worship is coming where we are in our joy an in our suffering. I think a lot of Christian art shows an idealized form of worship in only happiness, which leaves out suffering and anger which are just as important parts of worshipping and communicating to God. The painting idea is to show one person in all different emotions which will show that we are all over the place when we come to God but that God is constant throughout. These are studies based on pictures of one of my freinds named blake, they aren't finished which is kinda the purpose of a study to do it as a warm up. Anyway enjoy!

PAO Conference

One of my most favorite jobs I do is painting for a conference. I will be hired to paint for the duration of a conference on large canvas panels (4ft x 8ft) and I will paint a visual story that mirrors the theme and messages of the conference. I like it because I'm a perfectionist and it forces me to express myself honestly and not be able to correct all the flaws but to just focus on the message. I recently had the honor of painting at a PAO Conference in Orlando, Fl. The conference was based around giving up the things that get in the way of God and the redemption that only God can give in our lives and marriages. You can see the storyline of the suffering that comes from brokenness and self-reliance and then the freedom of Christ breaking the chains of sin in handing your life over to God. You can scroll through the pictures of the paintings and lastly there is a video of me explaining my art at the end of the conference.

Brothers

I just finished this piece I created for a family celebrating the unity of brotherhood based on Psalm 133.

an article I did for Comment Magazine

http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2138/

Comment did a piece on one of my newspaper burnings series "Strange Fruit" enjoy!

Then SIngs My Soul show

I just recently was part of an art show at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery put on by Arts of the Covenant a group of artists that I'm a part of. The show was called "Then Sings My Soul" and the show was inspired by hymns of all faiths. Here are two pieces I created for it. The top one is acrylic and the other is burnt newspaper.

Justice wall finished

Here are some pictures of the Justice wall I've been working on at MPPC Open Door Church San Mateo. I added light rays coming out of the redemptive side. The light over powers the darkness of suffering. The redemptive side was based on the scripture Amos 5:24 "But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness a never-failing stream." I added the statement 'because justice matters' which is a central statement of the churches redeeming justice mission. I also put in some pictures of more detail of the wall because it is so large. You can see the ash pile and then the water bursting through and breaking the chains. I also put some detail of the burnings to see the newspaper they were burned into. The wall is finally finished!