If we were sitting around drinking coffee together in a little café and you asked me about art, I would beam and tell you about my life as a high school art teacher in Asia.  It was through that wonderful profession that my students taught me five ways art impacts our world.

– It allows us to express emotion that we could not do any other way.
– It allows us to have an actual physical place in this world where our art stands as a testimony of beauty.
– It allows us to know a fellow artist in a deeper way as we work alongside each other.
– It gives us a fulfillment and satisfaction in creating something new because we are imitating the great Creator.
– It gives us a way we can tell a redemptive story of hope, beauty, safety, goodness, and recovery, and reach the world in a way that causes people to contemplate truth.

Because life has its seasons, I am currently residing in Michigan and have taken on the role as a fine artist for CORD Ministries and The Family Connection Foundation. I am also teaching in my local community. In every season, I hope to live out these five ways through my art.