The figure in this artwork is rendered as a transparent silhouette, in clear epoxy resin, on a smoky, active background. It is intended to capture the joyous spirit of Jethro when he had this moment of spiritual discovery.

I like to work with the visual interaction between natural, organic elements and elements of man-made geometry and technology. This juxtaposition reveals things to me about man's search for meaning while God patiently abides with us, enduring our frivolous curiosities, and softly revealing wisdom to us in unlikely places.

Artist’s Comments:
These Madonnas are part of a series that acts as visual commentary on an American tendency to sometimes apply a superficial Christianity to troubled issues in contrast to a deeper faith that builds bridges between people; shows concern for the marginalized; and works for justice in all parts of the world.

Artist’s Comments: The shoes define a season of life. They were worn for a specific purpose – to dance in. Weddings were abundant one year, and these shoes certainly served their purpose. [Additional artist comments address other aspects of this painting – available upon request.]

“Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.”

Artist’s Comments: An important aspect of my work is the influence of Eastern Orthodox Christianity; a faith I was born into, of which my grandfather was a priest for fifty years. For me the creative process is one which brings me peace and understanding, resulting in a moment of silence, a prayer for all to view.

Artist’s Comments: My goal for these abstract paintings is to translate sacred realities into mainstream contemporary visual language to ignite the spiritual imagination of believers today. There are a number of ways to translate transcendent reality into paint. Light and dark are abstract elements abounding with symbolism.

Artist’s Comments: I wasn’t sure how I would go about it at first, but decided to have a glow of white representing Jesus, surrounded by darker values to make the white stand out. The dark vertical lines on either side of the white represent Peter, James and John. The only other things you can see are hills and sky since Jesus took them to a high mountain so no one else could see them. They are secluded, as if off in another world. The other thing that’s important in these verses is that the Father wanted the three to know that Jesus, His Son, is whom they were to listen to.

Artist’s Comments: Inspired by the Genesis account of God’s call to Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac in Genesis 22. This sculpture focuses on the moment in the biblical narrative when the angel stops Abraham just as he is about to offer his sacrifice. I have tried to capture the emotional relief that Abraham must have felt at this pivotal moment in the story as he realizes that he does not have to sacrifice his only son. It is a paradoxical moment for Abraham – his sacrifice is left incomplete but his faith in God confirmed.

Inspired by: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (Bible – New Testament)
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

Artist’s Comments: A small needle felted bird nests confidently in the perilous well of a vintage egg separator. Our sparrow rests upon “the door” and trusts the “red washed door post”. Even this brief and transient life is known by God and banded by His love and care. Perfect love casts out all fear.

Artist’s Comments: The image of a bird in flight is one that captures our imagination and gives us a symbol of unfettered freedom – not just physical, but spiritual freedom as well. The burdens and wounds within the human spirit carry as much weight in our hearts as stones would a bird, and we are desperate to be free of them. We can try to hide them. We can pretend they don’t exist. They remain all the same, and it is with futile difficulty to try to remove them on our own. With these wounds and burdens, flight is hindered; life is not the way it is meant to be. However, there is Hope that can be found outside of ourselves that is much bigger than anything we can produce.

Artist’s Comments: "Struggle" is meant to get at the heart of what is common to all of us without specifics. Paul wrote in Romans that he wanted to pursue the right things yet at times found himself actually doing the wrong things—doing what he did not want to do. Even on the smallest scale there are times in which we all struggle with God, ourselves, and a sense of failure. But then there is hope through the struggle, just as Paul found hope. God, the Lord of Light (represented in the background of the piece), still remains with us through those difficult times. He sees where we struggle and where we fail, but His presence is constant and He is the only one that can save us from the guilt and shame we feel.

Artist’s Comments: It is His tender mercies that have touched us in our death. With each touch, our hardness is softened and we are transformed. His mercies create a tenderness within that start a stream of tears that cleanse and heal the darkest of wounds, of sins. Tender mercies that give freedom and joy. And then in turn, we are able to extend tender mercies to those around us pointing them to the one who by grace has loved us and saved us.

This is my heart's cry - to seek Him first in everything; and to step out where I do not see anything with a faith that God will provide.