This piece was the result of an album design project for Aileen Gilchrist's new album Face to Face.The design, which consists of around thirty layers of photographic, painted and texture elements, evolved through about seven different iterations before this mystic...
This chair is part of a series of chairs that I restored for my senior exhibition art show while studying at Redeemer University College. I found this chair outside someone's home, abandoned for garbage day. As I took it home and began stripping it, I discovered that...
We are reassured by crime fiction. It helps us separate ourselves from sinners, reaffirming our prejudices and politics. Until James Ellroy drops us in the alley, guiding our descent until we surrender—acknowledging our own corruption, condemning ourselves.
My faith was what you might call “stretched” in college. My questions were many, and I craved responses from peers in my stage of life. Sadly, however, “thinking” in the collegiate realm has been hard to find for awhile, so I decided to start the questioning process myself. And that sort-of accidentally spilled into a manuscript…
There is a desire in me to hide: from myself, from community, from being known. I have this idea in my head that says If I remain ambiguous, then people will be attracted to the mystery and not know any of my faults. This, I've discovered, is a lonely place to live....
'All-seeing', 'nourishing', and 'watchful' are a few of the words that inspired the image of Psalms 1, which is painted using acrylic paint and charcoal. The natural colors represent creation, and the blue moving through the center portrays the idea of water to...
Some of today’s most creative and powerful social justice work is being driven by the connected strength of everyday folks online.
First, I walk with God and grow in my relationship with him. As I do that, he has wired me to help a lot of very different groups of people by getting to know them and what they hope to do in the world, then helping them reach their goals. Typically, I help them reach their goals through mentoring, teaching, and serving in a leadership role.
"Your Slip is Showing" one of several pieces recently exhibited in the 2008 solo show "This Solid Ground" explores our increasingly economically determined culture. This playful piece shows a person is slipping, a visual metaphor for our currant culture. Fully...
The image shown is one of 14 images made during Ash Wednesday prayer services and reconciliation services. Before each service, the image was drawn with palm ashes, and then used as a palette to sign the congregations. The final image is created with the congregation,...
James Pennington’s life with institutions.
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