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pixels to the screen. I want to challenge myself to drawing sketching and whatever other form of creativity that I can muster up on this page. come along for the ride…

I just recently got two tshirts printed up when I went to a youth conference. I am now offering them up for sale on the pictable site. You can check them out here.

Heart tshirt
This shirt is another one of the testimony tshirts like the Thumbprint shirt. The two hands are in a stance of a hug and from a heart while splattered paint drips from the negative space formed from the hands. There is loads of hidden imagery embedded in the artwork that can be used to share your testimony on a variety of levels. Some of the hiden imagery include:

• the words logos (Greek for word) and love
• slain lamb (Revelation 5:6)
• eye of the heart (open the eyes of my heart)
• padlock (guard your heart)
• three dots to represent holy, holy, holy
• star (the morning star)
• wedding ring (the bridegroom)

Black, white and red ink on gray shirt
Sizes - S, M, L, XL
$15

Cross Grave tshirt
Here is a concept that has been in my head and on my heart for a long time. As Christians, we tend to focus on the cross and then walk away forgetting an equal if not even more miraculous event. When God raised Jesus from the dead, He set Himself apart from all other gods. Jesus is alive! The power that God pronounced on that Sunday morning continues to echo to even this day. So I created an image that contains the cross and the grave. Both illustrated in the same light and having the same relevance. And I couldn’t create a shirt that didn’t have somehting hidden in it. Here are a few things that you can find:

• crown at the top of the cross
• left side of cross has a hand reaching down towards all of humanity
• right side of cross has a mutilated hand representing that Jesus did not look human after being beaten
• three nail holes and a gash at the side
• slain lamb
• lion of Judah

White and red ink on black shirt
Sizes - S, M, L, XL
$15

Contact me to purchase.

We’re moving and trying to condense our stuff but it doesn’t ALL have to go. I’ve had this painting down in my basement for a long time and it is not the easiest thing to transport especially across 1000 miles while picking up a time zone. This pictable was painted at disc golf tournament my church sponsored. During the event I setup and started painting. This a simple illustration of the Gospel. Christ’s sacrifice on the cross is center focus separating the results of our reaction to His gift are on each side. On the left is a dead tree and a graveyard that symbolizes our lives without Christ’s redemptive work in us. The right side shows a vibrant tree, stream and sunrise. They all represent the new life that Jesus renews in us when we confess with our mouths that He is Lord and believe in our hearts that He has been raised from the dead.

Since I wanted to give it to someone who would want, use and appreciate it, it found its way to the youth room at the Hannibal Evangelical Free Church. They graciously accepted it and I pray that many youth will visually see and hear the Gospel explained to them. May the Spirit move, Christ be lifted up and many come to know Him!

The pictable will be uprooting in a few weeks from our base in Missouri to move to Virginia. I will be taking a position at Spring Branch Community Church. I will be working on the video, graphic design and visual arts at the church. The pictable will be used there but will also be reaching out to the new geographic location that we will be moving into. Being on the east coast will open up new doors and opportunities to share the pictable. If you would like to bring the pictable to your service or event, contact us!

When I travel to paint at an event, there is an added interest that surfaces because I am from some far away place. That kind of happened at the WOW event but got close to home as well. Being a resident of Hannibal, MO means that you know all about the local celebrity of Mark Twain and his many writings. Two characters pulled from one of his books are Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher. It is tradition in Hannibal to choose new Toms and Beckys during the Tom Sawyer Days Festival every July 4th. It’s a big deal here but I have never been directly affected… until the weekend of WOW.

While standing at my booth, someone asked where I was from and I gave my usual answer of Hannibal, MO. Normally people’s eyes glaze over and they give me the head nod and a “uh huh” answer. Since this was in Springfield, MO, they actually knew where it is. On top of that this lady was actually from Hannibal with a youth group. I thought that was pretty cool but then she said that the girl next to her is one of the Beckys. Now to me that was icing on the cake. You’re also from my “hometown” and you have a Becky with you. Very cool! Actually they had two Beckys and a Tom in their group. That was too much. I had to get a pic with them. In fact the Becky and Tom on the left were dating. So her ” I love you” mini chalkboard wasn’t too far from the truth.

Thanks for stopping by and representing!

You can find out a lot about yourself when you google your name. I found a few interesting things.

I painted at the United Methodists in Missouri youth conference Winter Outreach Weekend (WOW) the next to last weekend in January. Their monthly newsletter found its way onto my doorstep a couple of weeks after the event (my mailman and neighbor was at the event) and I was thrilled to see me painting on the cover as well as a photo of my Christ Face painting in their middle spread. The pics looked great and the write-up was good too. It was an amazing weekend and I was privileged to be there. Back to my google, that publication is online in a digital format for all to see here. Take a look!

The pictable is also featured on an older page for the Chautauqua event.

Then there is a different photo of me painting at WOW on their website.

A very old comp book cover for Guy Kawasaki’s book The Art of the Start.

That’s the fun stuff that I found in my google search. What will Google reveal about you?

I just recieved an email from a fellow artist and he sent this link. This video hits some very poignant topics in regards to art within the church and encouraging the “raging bulls” to pick up their talents and speak what God has put on their hearts. Very inspiring and a passion that I share.

this is where you can gain insight into the pictable ministry…