As a mentor and teacher of young artists, I chose to explore a theme in this panel about growing to our full potential as “rightly aligned” artists.  Each corner of the central triangle represented to me one of three things I believe is crucial to artistic development:

1. 1)Our personal intimacy with God- and our spiritual/emotional maturity and depth.
   

2. 2)The excellence and refinement of our artistic skill.
   

3. 3)Discovering how we uniquely integrate and contribute to community through our artistry.

The “Arts and Entertainment” sphere of influence holds the pulse of a culture’s values, traditions, and emotions.  I am using the unifying image of the triangle again in this panel, only this time as a prism, which when rightly aligned will catch light and refract it into the entire spectrum of beautiful color.  I began this painting with that as the metaphor of the role of an artist.

I will not attempt to tell you what these paintings are “all about”, as the best pieces of the work came through me and not from me.  I invite you into the conversation, eager to learn from what you discover, and offer some ingredients of the imagery as a start to the dialog...

Refinement of Skill.

Intimacy with God

Participating in Community