About Michael Mize - Art Teacher
"Trust in YHWH with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."" | Proverbs 3:5-6
Disciple, Husband, Father, Artist & Teacher
I am a child of the Most High God. By His grace and generosity I have been grafted into His family tree with the Messiah. As an expression of my overwhelming abundance of love and gratitude, I seek to be as obedient as I can in living my life by following the example of my savior.
I was raised Catholic, but spent most of my teenage and young adult life denying God and professing atheism. However upon first sight of my daughter being born, I surrendered to the fact that our Creator is clearly real. After 16 years, I am convinced that the entirety of scripture is true and relevant for our lives. As a family, we seek continually to live our lives doing Bible things in Bible ways to the best of our ability, and to the extent of our current understanding.
I've been married for 27 years to an incredibly supportive and fabulously silly woman who has blessed me with two amazing children. We live in the same house I grew up in across from the same park I spent much of my childhood exploring. My faith and my family are absolutely the most important things in my life. But whenever possible, I retreat into my studio and explore my other passion. Years ago I was encouraged by Proverbs 3:5-6:
"Trust in YHWH with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."
It occurred to me that my art was "one of my ways", and as such, should be acknowledging Christ. It was then that I committed my talents to the Lord and pledged that I would use the gifts he had given me to glorify him. From that point on my artwork has exclusively explored various aspects of my faith in Christ and my belief in the Bible. My art has become my own personal ministry and my paintbrush has become my pulpit. Whether the work is pictorial or abstract, it all seeks to honor and praise God and invite the viewer into a dialogue about their own relationship with God. It is my hope that as you browse the artwork on this website you would feel the inherent joy that I try to infuse within the work. More importantly though, I pray that you would experience a presence in the art that leads your heart and mind to God. It is always my great pleasure to discuss the content of my work and how it relates to Yeshua and his remarkable, transformational love.
For 18 years I was a high school art teacher, which was s a career I've knew I wanted to pursue since the early days of my own high school education. I received my BFA in Art Education from Washburn University in May of 2000, and I've been taught at the high school level ever since. In May of 2018, however, I resigned to begin homeschooling my own kids as well as teaching art classes in my studio for kids, teens, and adults. I also teach art classes with local homeschool co-ops.
I was raised Catholic, but spent most of my teenage and young adult life denying God and professing atheism. However upon first sight of my daughter being born, I surrendered to the fact that our Creator is clearly real. After 16 years, I am convinced that the entirety of scripture is true and relevant for our lives. As a family, we seek continually to live our lives doing Bible things in Bible ways to the best of our ability, and to the extent of our current understanding.
I've been married for 27 years to an incredibly supportive and fabulously silly woman who has blessed me with two amazing children. We live in the same house I grew up in across from the same park I spent much of my childhood exploring. My faith and my family are absolutely the most important things in my life. But whenever possible, I retreat into my studio and explore my other passion. Years ago I was encouraged by Proverbs 3:5-6:
"Trust in YHWH with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."
It occurred to me that my art was "one of my ways", and as such, should be acknowledging Christ. It was then that I committed my talents to the Lord and pledged that I would use the gifts he had given me to glorify him. From that point on my artwork has exclusively explored various aspects of my faith in Christ and my belief in the Bible. My art has become my own personal ministry and my paintbrush has become my pulpit. Whether the work is pictorial or abstract, it all seeks to honor and praise God and invite the viewer into a dialogue about their own relationship with God. It is my hope that as you browse the artwork on this website you would feel the inherent joy that I try to infuse within the work. More importantly though, I pray that you would experience a presence in the art that leads your heart and mind to God. It is always my great pleasure to discuss the content of my work and how it relates to Yeshua and his remarkable, transformational love.
For 18 years I was a high school art teacher, which was s a career I've knew I wanted to pursue since the early days of my own high school education. I received my BFA in Art Education from Washburn University in May of 2000, and I've been taught at the high school level ever since. In May of 2018, however, I resigned to begin homeschooling my own kids as well as teaching art classes in my studio for kids, teens, and adults. I also teach art classes with local homeschool co-ops.
