Who can imagine a more perfect confluence of design, function and beauty than that represented by the simplest flower?  Any one of its attributes alone is miraculous: the vivid or subtle display of color; the exquisite dance of sepal, petal, stamen and pistil; the complex and wondrous fragrance that no perfume can improve upon.  Each year flowers call our attention with quiet insistence to the eternal rhythms of nature, striking a resonance that lies deep within us.

Concept:  Not all Christian artists, of course, are working with explicitly Biblical subjects or forms.  People of faith are free to paint portraits, draw flowers, carve wildlife, or enact abstract designs.  God’s sovereignty extends everywhere, and it is a serious mistake to limit Him or His servants to a narrowly defined sphere labeled “religious.”

Strictly speaking, the Bible gives a Christian dimension to all of life and to all of art.  Though my works are indeed forthrightly Christian, I do not restrict myself to the narratives of the Bible.  My landscapes, florals, wildlife, etc. may be abstract or detailed and realistic; at the very same time, they may also be whimsical fantasies.  This is sanctified imagination— managing to honor what God has made while letting my own imagination respond with creations of its own.