TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARTWORKS

Featured in Art Exhibition: Rediscovering Beautiful

This is a watercolor painting that addresses the beginning of each person's life. God created all things and people, but mankind initially rebelled from God and to their own ways. This has resulted in all people born of mankind, being born into sin and eventually leading to death. We are like caterpillars living in a desert, with nothing of nutritional value to sustain our hunger.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

Paintmarker, ballpoint pen, and colored pencil. The teeth represent people, and within each tooth is decay. Some examples are visible and use symbolism to convey the ways that we've turned away from God, and how we've filled ourselves with what leads to death. Some teeth have faces on them, but you cannot see the inside—this is meant to get the viewer to think about what is inside of them.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

Acrylic paint is used to convey playful imagery about not-playful subjects. This is about my history and past, and all of the ways I've tried to fill myself. I sought anything except God. I was like a nasty soup that was undrinkable and should've been tossed away.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

Wall spackle with acrylic paint. Despite my rebellion and complete rejection of God, he still sent his son Jesus for me, you, and all of mankind. Jesus lived a perfect life, which we were unable to do. He spent his life on earth serving and loving people. This is an illustration of when Jesus washed his disciples feet, serving them, rather than being served. The choice of white represents the perfection and purity of his life.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

Jesus came so that he could provide us a way back to God—a way that we could never find or make on our own. In order to be with God, we have to be perfect. But, Jesus provided a way for us to be with God once again. This is made with colored pencil, presenting a flourishing garden that is on the other side of a wall with lifeless vines. This shows life without vs. with God. The cracked door shows that the door is open to those who come to it—because of Jesus.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

After Jesus died for us, he came back to life. He is no longer dead, but is alive! Through his death, he defeated the power that sin has over us. Through his death, he defeated death. Though our life on earth will eventually end, afterwards, we live forever with God because of the sacrifice Jesus made to save our souls—saving us from death and eternal separation from himself. This was made with watercolor, and the dragon represents Satan, the devil, who deceives and leads people astray. Jesus defeated the power of Satan by his death and resurrection.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

Made with paint marker and acrylic paint. This is a dandelion, which is like a Christian. The seeds are the good news of what Jesus did (his death and resurrection) and we are the dandelions who share this good news wherever we go.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

This was made with acrylic paint on a framed mirror. The mirror was meant for the viewer to look into, and see themself in. Ants are meant to symbolize going out and bringing back what they've found—which, in this case, could be the viewer. While ants usually bring food back, I wanted this to be a playful way of showing ants wanting more ants to be a part of their big family. This is like Christianity. God sends out his people to bring more into his big family.

Featured in the exhibition & a part of the multi-piece artwork: Rediscovering Beautiful

A collage using old magazines to create a narrative inspired by Psalm 23.

A short comic strip of Jesus walking on water, and Peter walking out towards Jesus in faith. Made for a Bible-inspired comics art lesson!

These were pencil-drawn illustrations for the book, "What Giants?" by Pastor Tim Dodson. With a total of 12 illustrations, each one corresponds to a chapter in the book.

A linocut of the relationship between Jesus Christ and the Christian follower inspired by a New York Times article called "This is Why Jesus Wept." The overall artwork speaks about how Jesus understands our pain because He, too, was fully human all while being fully God. All that we go through, He goes through with us out of love.

A linocut portrait that speaks of the personal journey as a Christian being like a sheep under the care of Jesus Christ and how He rescues us from the fires of this world, then leads us through life and into eternity with Him.

A linocut print inspired by the story of Elijah and how the Lord provided him with bread and meat from Ravens during a time of hiding.

An artwork that speaks about how as people we are broken, but God, in his kindness and love for us, wants us no matter how broken we are. He looks down at us, in our weakness and imperfections, and yet He says, "I want that one" to each and every one of us.

A linocut of a cooked shrimp with the face of a person, as sometimes it's okay to feel like a Shrimp in the brain.

A linocut inspired by a sketch of a butterfly with the face of a man who is ready for a birthday party with his party hat.

An oil painting inspired by a random toilet in my backyard.

A chalk pastel illustration of a living room in a house.

A video of the second sketchbook I ever finished in my time as an artist.

A video of the first sketchbook I ever finished in my time as an artist.