Wednesday Night Worship - The Journey Series

Wednesday Worship

August 28, 2013

Journey Series #1

Mixed Media on Canvas Panel

Image 11x14"

Framed Gold Plein Air 16x20"

$425.00

Our St. Andrews Worship Retreat was in Black Mountain, NC the weekend prior,  and our theme for the weekend was our journey - where we are, where we've been, where we're going - and in the midst of it all, "being" or "attentive to the present moment". Sunday morning I got the feeling that I was to explore roads and paths for awhile in worship, and sure enough, that's been part of the theme in the Wednesday night services lately.  So - it's a new season and here we stand at the next part of the journey looking down the path.  While the way forward is clear as far as we can see, we still have no idea what's around the corner. The only way to find out is to walk it out and walk it through. The good news is that we don't walk alone.

Wednesday Night Worship Painting

Bird on a Ledge

10x10"

Mixed Media on Gallery Wrap Canvas

$175

Last night was our last Wednesday evening worship service at St. Andrews until August 29, and this painting was inspired by some of the bird, wall and stone pictures I took in Israel.  The ledge in real life is quite high and I thought about how so many things right now seem to be "right on the edge".  This could be good and this could also be not good, depending on the situation.  In any event, we can't stay there forever. And we shouldn't.

Last Wednesday's worship or "real time" painting was also inspired by the Israel trip:

Fragments:  Shepherds Field Cave

12x9"

Mixed Media on Gallery Wrap Canvas

$175

When we visited Bethlehem, we stopped at the Shepherds Field area in the vicinity where traditionally (1) the angel announced Christ's birth to the shepherds and (2) Ruth gleaned in the fields of Boaz.  Steve Wood gave a homily in one of the surrounding old caves that has been altered as a small chapel.  There was an ancient mosaic along one of the walls.  Part of the mosaic top had been broken off, and I thought about how we get broken and retreat to our caves, but we can't stay there, we have to keep moving forward.

wednesday night real time painting

february 8, 2012

"Ancient Olive"

12x12"

mixed media on wood panel 1" lip - ready to hang

$250.00

"Real Time Painting" is simply "on location" painting during a worship service.  I'm part of the Worship Arts Team at St. Andrews Mt. Pleasant and have painted during services there since 2002.  We started out with just me painting at the First Wednesday night services and now we have about 12 artists on our team, and at least one of us is painting at every Wednesday night service starting in 2012.  Our team is varied - our youngest artist is 10 years old. Our oldest artist -well, that's me, and let's just say I'm older than 29...