Kara Gentry - previous guest artist at The Stirring

Kara was interviewed by the Shelby Sun Times a while back when we featured her in the gallery.

I love her use of texture in her paintings and her moving story about how she was inspired to pick up her brush and start painting after 10 years of letting her gift go dormant. I really enjoyed watching her paint live at The Stirring. Her process was very interesting.

http://creativecanvases.com/default.aspx
http://www.artsmemphis.org/event/detail/28921

A springtime sermon idea

http://www.freshworship.org/node/456

"Beauty from Ugliness. As we sometimes (so often?) fall under the crushing weight of temptation, who could imagine that something so beautiful could arise from something so ugly? With God all things are possible."

there's a sermon and take home right in there. a couple of big bags of bulbs cant be too much. We hand them out to folks as they leave. walk out video... find one of those stop action films of stuff growing. bingo.

Like the idea? Take it. What songs would you put with it?

Alex Radin paints at his church but not mine

Here's another talented artist that refuses to paint live at The Stirring. But then I should give him a break. He would have to drive about 11 hours to visit my church. He's got a statement about worshiping through the act of painting on his site that you should read. Inspiring work too.

http://truthillustrations.com/sw_home.php#top

Why can't you live closer, Brice?

I like Brice McCasland. He's a talented guy. He's a nice guy. I just don't like that he lives about 7-8 hours away. So I can't get him to come to paint at my church, and I've never spoken to him in person.

Would he drive all this way for an art show? Maybe..Check out his site.

http://bricemccaslandart.com/worship.htm

http://www.121cc.com/

Previous Stirring Art Shows

Nice little story about a Stirring artist. Follow the link for the full article.

Local Memphis artist Chris Reed who was very inspired by his recent mission trip with Hope Church to Quito, Ecuador, and the art he saw there.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/may/17/ae-art-at-stirring-gallery/

More mailboxes from Eurydice

This is a continued post from Nov 17. I've doodled some more "on high" mailboxes for my concept of a stage design and paintings for a sermon series on prayer. I'm going to see the play again. It's that good.

 

I'll give this letter to a worm. I hope he finds you. Love, Eurydice – from Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

I like how they look as like mailboxes you might find in a Dr Seuss book. I loved those books as a kid.