Artistry and Obedience
You have to find what you must obey, artistically; and finding it is finding that which exists in relation to more than your will…
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Should beauty have a price tag (and if so, how much)?
There’s a short article in the New York Times today that discusses the monetary value of original artworks. The authors are responding to the…
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Michael Card’s Imaginative Use of Scripture in Song
For my final post as a weekly contributor to Transpositions, I have decided to examine the work of an artist who has effectively deepened…
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Life in a Day: An Opportunity to…
On 24 July 2010, producer Ridley Scott and director Kevin MacDonald teamed up with YouTube in the creation of their next feature film. In…
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What is “Christian Art,” and Does It Have a Slant?
Calvin Seerveld, professor Emeritus at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, thinks Christian art does have a particular slant. In his book A…
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Blindsided by Lord Tennyson
One of the pivotal moments in the 2010 Academy Award Winner Blindside comes in the form of a response to an Alfred Tennyson poem….
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The Amazing, Anonymous Banksy!
Frustration with the state of ‘modern’ art sometimes leads Christians to long nostalgically for the days of the ‘anonymous medieval craftsman.’ Those were the…
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Featured Artist: Joel Sheesley
Joel Sheesley’s work embodies an ethic of love for his domestic and local environment. Each painting is a world seen through the eyes of…
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Reflections on the Practical Art of Quilt-making
I love quilts. The whole tradition has always intrigued me. Actually, I have recently taken up quilt-making myself (which has proved to be MUCH…
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