Second, on our honeymoon we happened upon a “pictoglyph” trail, which sported a really amazing pictoglyph wall, which featured two birds kissing….
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Matthew grew up making art. In fact, the back side of his mother’s furniture still sports some of his early crayon work. While his dad went to engineering school in Texas, he first remembers his first painting around age 5: a beautiful green, orange, and red mess he called an iguana. Because he sketched and…
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The Lord of creation often works in quiet ways, even when he does his greatest and most profound work. His purposes will go forward. He can take mundane or even terrible events, and turn them into something beautiful….
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The word “venture” derives from the word “adventure,” and my wife and I went on one! It’s not your typical emprise. We didn’t explore a cavern we just discovered on our property or develop a new color or make Tex-Mex sushi—although … one of those is feasible. We just published our first book. It’s a…
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We glance across the shelves and suddenly a volume stands out among the other tomes. What drew us to it?
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In 2014 my pastor and I drove through the Appalachian mountains in a sudden snowstorm at that point when all the trees turn bright autumn colors. That trip marked the beginning of many changes for me in my professional and private life, that led me out of freelance art for a time, and back to…
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When God created the universe, He initiated a pattern or process that is a good model for artists to follow.
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Last year my wife and I attended the Forge Conference in hypocrisy. This year we plan to attend, meditating on a few thoughts from 1 Peter.
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Human history begins with love and unity in a marriage. Since then, we have sought a return….
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Life has kept me really busy of late but, before this hectic few years really got under way, I jotted a note to myself “weathervane on a birdhouse – man w umbrella?” I am happy to announce to the world that this idea has finally seen the light of day. This little guy may feel…
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A storm rests over the waters, silent and ominous, strength reserved. In the style of a traditional impressionist oil painting, most of the picture is painted using restrained brushwork, saving the expressive, chunky strokes for the line of sunset sprawled unapologetically across the clouds. The color, though, is unrestrained throughout the cloudscape. To see purchase…
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This unexpected excursion came about when a friend asked me to paint a cover for his music album. (You can see that finished art and purchase the thrilling album here. However, when he first asked me to do the album, I had my head in a completely different place. At the mention of the album’s…
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