Mercy. I know I’ve been terrible at updating lately. It has been a whirlwind the past few weeks. Tomato Fest seemed to consume my entire life and the commissions pouring in after have kept me very busy. I did however take some time to head down to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa for one of my favorite projects to date. University Church of Christ Campus Ministries hired me to come and paint 6 paintings for their new college room. I am ridiculously impressed by this church and the people in it. They are actively seeking to introduce and encourage creativity within their congregation. We had many great discussions and I really believe the church is well on its way to being a more creative body. Creativity is so much more than visual art, awesome music, and a great website. In order for a group of people to be creative they must first be willing to be vulnerable. Creativity takes risk and some heavy self awareness. This requires a safe non judgmental space that encourages healing. I personally take the opinion that to be creative is to be growing. Now it’s up to that person whether that is a healing forward type of growth or a demise backward type of growth. This particular group of people have committed to the pursuit of an authentic intimate and safe community of people. They are already more creative than they know…
I’ll leave you with some pictures from the paintings. There are 6 total. 1 was a special project just for the ladies meeting room and the other 5 are for their main gathering space. I painted all 6 in 12 hours total. It was intensely exhausting but I love creative marathons 
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