Growing up when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said an artist or some version of that. However, as time went on and I began to realize what it took to make a living as an artist, I somehow abandoned that idea. I have always liked art, but that isn't to say that I have always understood art. Some art is easy to like, other art is easy to hate, I think that is beauty of art--there isn't just one response.

In recent years art has become a part of my worship experience. I often will bring a sketchpad and some pastels to worship and just sit there drawing my response to God. It is made my art more then I could have ever had made it. It is easy for my see that God can speak through art, whether it is the private moment of creating or the public display like a gallery. Art for me has had the ability to provide a visual expression for Theology or the nature of God, which words cannot fully explain. I think it is a helpful tool in gaining understanding of God and the church.