Arts and Music at Redeemer

untitled, oil on canvas, 14″x14″, ©Jill Eggers 2007

Jill Eggers is an associate professor in the Department of Art and Design at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Three of her paintings will be in the exhibit, and she says this about her work:

I have been working with exploring realms of consciousness that
access ideas of God or spirituality through silence and meditation.
A 30+ years meditation practice has led in the spiritual life to
recognition of common truths and validity to all spiritual practices/
religions and belief systems.  A 30 year artistic practice has led
from representational work to more abstract modes of working that
explore consciousness as subject matter and attempt to enter the
’spaces between’ linear thought and ‘objective’ reality.

“Well”, wood panel, wood veneer and colored foil, 15 3/4″x12″x3″, ©Michelle Draper-Lorton

Michelle is another Northwest artist, very active in the Diocese of Olympia. She says this about “Well”:

Silence becomes a place from which all things are possible.  ”Be still
and know that I am God” is a command, not a suggestion.  From
Stillness, the knowledge of who God is and what God longs for can
emerge.  ”Well” is a response to experiencing depths of stillness in
the context of sorrow — from which God spoke.

“White Birch”, oil on canvas, 36″x36″, ©Renee Cooke

Once again, Northwest artist Renee Cooke’s work will grace our walls.  About “White Birch” she says:

“In the still of the night, where it is cold and dark, there is a mystery
that lies within the tall white birch trees. It unfolds to the imagination,
where quietly, silently, we ponder it’s complexity. And for a moment, we are
disconnected from all that is electronic, but totally connected as one with
the universe.”

Renee can be contacted at reneemonet@comcast.net.

“Homage to CDF”, cut paper collage on board, 9″x12″, ©Laurie Joan Aron

Laurie’s artwork comes to us from New York City and this is one of her two pieces that were accepted into this exhibit. She says this about her work:

My pictures are both called “Homage to CDF”. CDF is Caspar David
Friedrich, an artist of the early 19th century who created, in
painting, scenes of intense silent reverence using emotionally charged
natural settings. A lone tree, twisted with age, a lone figure at a
moonlit beach…these were his subjects, simple, but radiating a sense
of power greater than man.

Most of my art, which is cut paper collage, is inspired by art
movements of the past. In these pieces, I’m working in a modern,
abstract mode to recapture the silent reverence that Friedrich so
eloquently captured in painting.

You can see similar work of mine at
http://www.manhattanarts.com/Gallery/LaurieJoanAron.htm

Please contact me at 212 866 7499 or by e-mail at ljaron@mindspring.com

“Be Still And Know”, textile painting, ©Faith Alexander 2007

This entry is from one of our parishioners, a very active member of our Ecclesiastical Arts Committee, Faith Alexander. I’ve dubbed it a textile painting, sort of a painted quilt/wall-hanging. You can contact Faith at fcalexander@earthlink.net.

Faith says: The title “Be Still and Know” is taken from the Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God.” A figure floats in a bubble of calm amid a busy stream. Warm washes and bits of bright color represent the frenzy of what the outside world calls ‘holiday season’ while Advent blue and purple sustain a meditative atmosphere.