By matt

Hi all, Matt Whitney here. I think that rather than having a long, drawn out explanation of how grateful I am of the experience in Vancouver BC (which I truly am), and how gracious and amazing the other artists are (which they truly are), I’ll cut to the chase. So in thinking about the work I made for this project, I went back to stories from the Bible - knowing that most of our patrons are churches, and that the images will most likely be used in a worship setting, the stories would be familiar and thusly* give the viewer an immediate connection to the work. However, the familiarity probably ends there, because I take the imagery and attempt to inject my own questions of life into them; my own wonderment and also my mind-boggling lack of faith when it comes to themes of creation, human corruption, and redemption.

I’ve written a bit on the work I made during our time in Vancouver on my own personal blog, and I will bring those over to this blog to give you, Dear Viewer, a little insight into the process.

*p.s., I had my wife read this post to check for errors, and she didn’t recognize the word “thusly”, so we looked it up via an online dictionary. It states that the word was invented in the 19th century as a speech attempt of the poorly educated people of that time straining to sound smarter than they actually were. On that note, I hope you enjoy my blog entries!