Art

Trading Sorrow For Joy

Trading Sorrow for Joy (2); 2026; 16" x 16"; mixed media: watercolor, acrylic, India ink, alcohol ink, chalk. I still don't really understand what happened that night in Zimbabwe a year ago, but I know that something shifted, some eternal truth took root. At the time, I knew that only painting would integrate the experience…Read more Trading Sorrow For Joy

Trading Our Sorrow For Joy

Trading Our Sorrow For Joy; 2026; 16.5" x 20.5"; mixed media: watercolor, acrylic, alcohol inks, India inks, chalk. This weekend I asked a two year old, "What do you think this painting is about?" She replied without hesitation, "Jesus." And with that, after nine months of working on it, it's finished. I hope it tells…Read more Trading Our Sorrow For Joy

The Hero I Met

I met a man who refused to turn away from the suffering of another human being, no matter the cost to himself. But he didn’t set out to become a hero.

A suspicion about glory…

I suspect that glory can be found in any place where we give and receive love in the Presence of God. However, I do have a suspicion that there exists an especially concentrated glory... In a world ravaged by violence, poverty, and suffering, where can glory (defined as "resplendent beauty or magnificence") be found? Subscribe to…Read more A suspicion about glory…

Jerusalem

Jerusalem; 2024; 19.5" x 25.5"; mixed media: watercolor, ink, chalk, acrylic. Three of us walk its busy streets at dusk, life pulsing all around. Cars revving, children laughing as they swing in a park, light fading over a vast city. We follow our map down a quieter lane to an obscure gate in a wall,…Read more Jerusalem

Becoming keeps becoming

The Becoming collaboration began with three people walking down a street, talking about a potter, about clay in His hand, about yielding to His vision. About a song, swelling in one heart. And an image, emerging in another. Merging into a photo of a dancer, leaping into hope. Rachel Quiner, dancer Becoming became a painting,…Read more Becoming keeps becoming

Becoming

With great joy, I share with you a dream come true - an artistic collaboration of dancer Rachel Quiner, songwriter and performer Janelle Briggs, and myself as the painter. May it inspire you in your journey of becoming. Rachel Quiner Becoming (youtube link) written and performed by River Briggs Music (Janelle Briggs) Becoming; 2021; 2021;…Read more Becoming

Refuge

Refuge; 19.75" x 11.5"; watercolor, ink, acrylic, water-soluble pastel. Another morning. Another heartbreaking headline. Mass shootings, earthquakes, climate change, disease. I wonder, Where can I go to escape this darkness? Even in the highest mountain refuge, the darkness is still there. In me. I think of Jesus’ words in Luke 21:25-28 “There will be signs…Read more Refuge