Getting Ready

7-1-19

I'm getting ready for my Alumni Artist in Residence at Azusa Pacific University.  I'm beyond excited for this opportunity!  I'm hoping that the residency will not just produce good things for me but for the students as well.  I'm scheduled to critique the graduate students' work, host a workshop, make work, host two field trips, and have an exhibit.  A full schedule, but one that should be a lot of fun!

All the art work is finished and packed.  I'm in the process of packing my supplies and living materials for the month.  I'm so looking forward to this!  My show will be a process show.  The work is from a few years ago up until now. Since the work shows pure encaustic painting to mixed media/found object, to fiber works, my hope is that the students will see my process moving from media to media.  Thematically, the work revolves around sacred ideas and concepts.  Psalms, Lamentations, and the Crucifixion all inspire the works.  That, I believe, will unify the show.  Some pieces are studies and others and completed works.  What I want the students to take away from the exhibit is for them to have the freedom to express and experiment with whatever they are working on with their art. 

Sometimes, I can get bogged down with working in a particular manner that I get stuck in a rut.  Working in a series, I can create a more coherent body of work but the creative act can become routine.  That is a danger I face.  With the exhibit, having the ability to see the work shift and change, noting how certain elements are modified, it keeps the work from becoming stagnant.  And, hopefully, the viewer will see cohesiveness within a personal, artistic process.

So, APU, here I come!  I covet your prayers while I'm away, working with the students.  I can't wait to see what this upcoming month will bring to the table: creatively, intellectually, and spiritually.  I'll post new works and updates on my residency.  Until next time...  be blessed and enjoy!



The Secret Place - Psm. 91:1


Lamentation Series Study #6



Crucifixion Meditation III




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