2020 - Here We Go!

​​I need to learn new verbiage to communicate how I continue to be “blown away” by God on this creative journey. Speechless? No accurate way to express my surprise? At the risk of sounding redundant, all is true. I know I didn’t post last week, which was intentional, but there continues to be movement. The past couple of weeks I dropped off works of art for the upcoming exhibition, was led to create a piece for the beginning of the year, and accepted the invite to be interviewed live with my mentor. Insert mind blown emoji.

​If you have been following along, you likely know two works from the Scarlet She Rose series were selected for the 2020 Regional Exhibition with Artlink, a contemporary art gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was surreal to me to deliver the pieces to the gallery and know the works I was led to create were going to be joined with other artists across Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky, to accommodate the space and speak to the souls of others 

​through creative works. My Hubby and daughter accompanied me during the delivery. My heart was happy. The opening reception for the exhibit is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. If you are in the Fort Wayne area and your schedule is open the evening of Thursday, January 16th, I would love to catch up with you at Artlink! The reception is FREE and open from 5-8pm; the exhibition will be on view through February 16, 2020.

​Flowing from delivery of those works of art into 2019, I woke several times in the early morning hours from dreams to thoughts of being made new, God doing a new thing, and wrestling with this discontentment of the earthly body and desiring the “new” body. Thoughts turned to imagery. Imagery turned to a promise I sensed being communicated: Physical bodies being transformed in 2020. Individual bodies and collective bodies (ministries, churches, etc.) will become stronger, healthier, leaner and more whole. ​This piece is also a reminder, mess and colorful chaos may ensue 

around us, ​but we are called to rest and trust in the light and glow of our Savior, where faith and trust grows, we are activated to then MOVE from one glorious image to the next. Since this piece was not created for a particular individual, I was led to experiment with offering limited edition prints. Those whom this image resonated with were able to respond and purchase – five folks did! Twenty-three signed and numbered prints are still available. If you are interested in this piece, please connect with me by sending me a message HERE and I will share details with you.

​The exhibition I am honored to be a part of and the limited edition prints created, along with the fourteen works of art that have been created and shared with others in the past three and a half months, are all results of taking the step to respond to Matt Tommey’s Artists Rise Up series and then committing to join his Created to Thrive Artist Mentoring program. 

​Connecting with Matt Tommey was a surprise to me, in that I was not looking to flourish creatively in Christ as Holy Spirit has led me to in the last quarter of 2019 and now into 2020. I am grateful, because Matt has truly been accessible and personable. As a result, Matt extended the invitation to me to join him LIVE via Facebook to discuss – TOMORROW – January 10th at 12pm EST. If you have no lunch plans, I would love to see you hop on and join in our discussion. Click the image he created do be notified when we join LIVE.

As always, THANK YOU for connecting with me on this journey. As an encourager in the Body of Christ, I cannot help but do so here as well. If you have ever had a passion or gift you knew was a talent from God, consider stowing away with the Lord over the course of the next several days and ask if there is something more He would like to do with those passions and gifts. You might be surprised at His response and where He leads you from that space. If anything else, simply allowing time to rest and connect with Him will no doubt leave you energetic, revitalized and ready to press in to where the Lord has you, today.
 
Blessings!