"LEAP OF FAITH"
It is with mixed emotions that I share some pretty big news. After a great deal discussion, and a even greater amount of prayer, my wife and I have agreed that this will be my last year teaching art at Washburn Rural High School. I will instead be pursuing our long time goal of homeschooling our kids. In addition, I will also be chasing a few dreams of my own as I seek to grow my private art classes and increase my efforts with my own career as an artist. And while I am extremely excited about all of the new adventures that lie ahead, it is definitely with a heavy heart that I walk away from WRHS, a school from which I had planned to retired.
It was in early April when the Father placed this on our hearts and after a month and a half praying, debating, and list-making, we have become absolutely convinced this is what the Most High is asking of our family. And while there is undeniably a great deal of uncertainty in this, which is admittedly quite scary, it seemed far more intimidating to ignore something that has been so clearly commanded. And as we have moved forward with this decision, it has been absolutely fascinating and incredibly encouraging to watch the Father pepper our lives with all manner of confirmations. As crazy as it seems, we are apparently doing the right thing!
So it is with praise on my lips and trust in my heart that I take this leap of faith. My thanks go out to all my students and colleagues at WRHS who have made it such a tremendous place to work!
I made a small edition of gelatin prints to help process all of this change. It’s a type of printmaking in which you are inking up a slab of gelatin and then manipulating the ink in various ways before printing it onto the paper. (Kind of like a stamp). I hand cut four stencils for this image and the buildings on the cliff are actually a small block print that I carved and stamped. Finally I added some details with a white gel pen. So it’s probably best described as mixed media gelatin print. They are 8” x 10” and printed on 90 lb. white sulphate drawing paper. As you can see, they all generally have the same composition, but each one has it’s own individual details.
$120 Matted : $145 Matted & Framed
This small edition of prints also became the inspiration for a much larger and more detailed painting of essentially the same composition. You can see the painting and read more of my thoughts behind it here: Leap of Faith Painting
It was in early April when the Father placed this on our hearts and after a month and a half praying, debating, and list-making, we have become absolutely convinced this is what the Most High is asking of our family. And while there is undeniably a great deal of uncertainty in this, which is admittedly quite scary, it seemed far more intimidating to ignore something that has been so clearly commanded. And as we have moved forward with this decision, it has been absolutely fascinating and incredibly encouraging to watch the Father pepper our lives with all manner of confirmations. As crazy as it seems, we are apparently doing the right thing!
So it is with praise on my lips and trust in my heart that I take this leap of faith. My thanks go out to all my students and colleagues at WRHS who have made it such a tremendous place to work!
I made a small edition of gelatin prints to help process all of this change. It’s a type of printmaking in which you are inking up a slab of gelatin and then manipulating the ink in various ways before printing it onto the paper. (Kind of like a stamp). I hand cut four stencils for this image and the buildings on the cliff are actually a small block print that I carved and stamped. Finally I added some details with a white gel pen. So it’s probably best described as mixed media gelatin print. They are 8” x 10” and printed on 90 lb. white sulphate drawing paper. As you can see, they all generally have the same composition, but each one has it’s own individual details.
$120 Matted : $145 Matted & Framed
This small edition of prints also became the inspiration for a much larger and more detailed painting of essentially the same composition. You can see the painting and read more of my thoughts behind it here: Leap of Faith Painting
