Living in a Chinese city that is majority Muslim, there are mosques on every corner like there are churches on every corner in the United States’ Bible belt. Though I felt very comfortable with many aspects of the new culture…
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Stories From My 2017 Solo Show – Playing Checkers in the Street
Just outside our apartment complex in the city of Urumqi, China, on a poor little avenue where very little traffic came through, groups of men would play checkers. Smoking, drinking, and gambling, they’d pass their days and go home…
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Posted in And the Distance Dissolves Into the Love, Art Collecting, Artist's Talk, China, Exhibits, Forming A Collection, Gallery Shows, Inside My World, Inspiration, Paintings, Solo Show 2017
Posted in And the Distance Dissolves Into the Love, Art Collecting, Artist's Talk, China, Exhibits, Forming A Collection, Gallery Shows, Inside My World, Inspiration, Paintings, Solo Show 2017
6 Questions Artists Should Regularly Ask Themselves
While I was living overseas working with a non-profit org, it was regular practice to take a step back and reassess our situation to make sure we were staying on track with our values. It was an effective way to…
The Musician
We’ve been studying the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations in Scripture as a church on Sunday mornings. As a person who is drawn to the melancholy, I get a sense of vindication reading Jeremiah’s words. The world isn’t all rainbows…
An Open Window
Open your windows and your doors. Behind and beyond the walls there is belonging. Enter in. The first piece completed for my solo show coming April 2017. I was spending a lot of time looking at Robert Henri paintings while…