Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY Honey Bees Honey bees look for two things in flowers: nectar and pollen. They bring these back to their hives. But God designed their bodies with tiny furs which get covered in pollen. As they...
9 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY Art School Dilemma I once went on a CRU summer trip to New Zealand during my college years. I had contemplated even joining staff because I saw the impact campus ministry had on myself and others....
16 days ago • 2 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY Art School Dilemma When I was saved as an illustration major, my art work reflected it. I thought that being faithful as an artist meant I had to evangelize my classmates. And that meant one...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY Living in a Phoebe World In the Friends episode, The One With the Cat, Phoebe literally thinks her deceased mom is in the cat. While the rest of the cast finds this to be completely normal, Ross...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Many people do year-end reviews. This could focus on one’s performance, achievements, habits, etc. I chose to emphasize what resonated with me in this year’s particular season of life. My practice is as follows: around late November, I comb through many of my journals,...
about 1 month ago • 13 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY What Kind Of Treasure Seeker Are You? Picture from South Padre Island While digging for sand creatures with my kids recently, it hit me. We are all on the hunt for treasure in various ways. What...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY Fear Not Those Who Misunderstand You I’ve been poked fun at before, even in the Christian spaces, for taking the arts seriously. Though it was tongue and cheek, I had a ministry leader often refer...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY An Arts Passport Joseph Zbukvic is one of my favorite watercolor artists. He’s won over 200 awards and accolades. His paintings are, needless to say, captivating. Zbukvic also does plein air...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Weekly arts engagement inspiration from Matt Taylor. *Painters use mid-tone colors, such as yellow ochre, to prime their canvases. This helps get over the initial hump of beginning a painting. Matt Taylor SPARK ARTIST Hey guys! Here are three things to spark your inner missional flame: 💥 INSPIRED BY Propaganda Versus Allusive Art Driving along the great American countryside, a European man observed a billboard. This particular billboard shocked him. It featured an artistically rendered image...
2 months ago • 3 min read