Art
and faith are intrinsically intertwined on our spiritual
journeys. God calls artists to be his eyes and fingers,
hearts and souls – to express the unutterable. We
express what must be said, but what cannot be said in
words. The artist makes the invisible visible in the
world. We shout pain and joy through our art. We express
what normally is not expressed, what is hidden – the
things that are too embarrassing, too personal, too
painful, too joyous to say in public.
God gave us a special gift of creativity to express
human pain, sickness, death and broken relationships,
but also his grace, mercy and healing, peace and hope
and beauty. We do this with oils, acrylic, watercolor,
Pearl Iridescent pigment, egg tempera, pastels, pencil,
wood, stones, bronze, 24 carat gold, fiber, silk, silver
gelatin, emulsion transfer, computer images, digital
photography . . . Christian artists are spreading the
fragrance of God everywhere because “we are the aroma of
Christ.”
Krystyna
Sanderson
Curator
Krystyna Sanderson, a fine art and commercial
photographer, serves on the Advisory Board of ECVA and
is Chair of the Membership Committee. Her most recent
book Light at Ground Zero is a collection of her
photos of the relief work at St. Paul’s Chapel in the
months after 9/11. She curated “Out of Darkness Into
Light” and co-curated “Since September 11th . . .”, both
currently viewable in the Exhibition Archive of the ECVA
website.
Krystyna worships at Grace Episcopal Church. She and her
husband Colin live in New York. |
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