Church altar photo

Auto Date Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Sorry for the lack of posts here. I’ll try to do better, but I’ve got two crazy babies now! I thought I’d start by choosing a church art photo for posting. Here’s this week’s picture, from Elephant Child’s church. I’m not sure how or why so many Lutheran churches ended up doing so much white and gilt in their sanctuary art, but it’s a nice combination.

To make up for my unimpressive blogging lately, I promise to post the work-in-progress of my latest painting: a Luther rose on a round canvas, based on an old woodcut of the emblem. It’s an ordination anniversary gift for a pastor in our circuit. The almost-finished product looks more like the woodcut, with lots of black lines, but the work-in-progress is interesting… without the black outline, the rose ended up looking kind of floaty and “O’Keefe”!

One Response to “Church altar photo”

  1. mike warner Says:
    August 17th, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Kelly, Excellent website. I’m a Calligrapher out of Rochester, NY. Hope Lutheran Church LCMS. I’m working on an art installation for next Spring here in town. You can see the inspiration at

    http://www.wordsforpeace.org

    Ours will be more the theme of PEACE rather than Anti-War. I’ll be approaching it (for my contributions) from a Biblical aspect.

    Keep blogging. After the kids are tucked in.

    Mike