Just as the invocations that I've written are a kind of collage, the paintings that I've made for this series have some aspect of collage about them as well.  Nothing is cut out or added to this - it's all oil on canvas.  But the shapes, the forms, the colors, are gathered from the … Continue reading Invocation #2

  I'm part of a group show that will be opening at Saint Philip's Episcopal Church in Columbus, OH on May 19th.  We drew on William Blake's poem "Pentecost" for the theme and title of the show, which we're calling Unless the heart catch fire. Playing with that theme, I thought about the many morning walks … Continue reading Invocation #1

Mark 1:21-28, a retelling They walked between the olive trees along the lake to the small fishing village of Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught.  The people were astonished, because he didn't teach like the scribes, who thought that the rules  which they tediously parsed were all that God had … Continue reading Jesus at the Synagogue in Capernaum

Caption: St. John in the Wilderness, linoleum block print I've been reading Anselm's Prayer to Saint John the Baptist and working on several pieces that are about John.  Anselm's poem is a long, heart-rending cry as he looks deep inside himself and struggles with his own nature.  He writes: You refashioned your gracious image in me, … Continue reading Saint John in the Wilderness