Faith on View

Mere Objects: Art, Community, and Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse is a tough subject. I’ve seen friends and family struggle with it over the years. It breaks my heart but my voice isn’t the one to speak to this subject. I’ll leave that …

Jesus holding the constitutions by John McNaughton

This is the seventh piece in the Mormon Christs series. If you haven’t already read the first piece you may want to start with Part 1. John McNaughton Religion and politics make strange yet frequent …

Painting of Jesus and Mary Magdalene by Trevor Southey

This is the sixth piece in the Mormon Christs series. If you haven’t already read the first piece you may want to start with Part 1. Trevor Southey Trevor Southey is a controversial art figure. …

This is the fifth piece in the Mormon Christs series. If you haven’t already read the first piece you may want to start with Part 1. Kirk Richards The work of Kirk Richards seeks …

This is the fourth piece in the Mormon Christs series. If you haven’t already read the first piece you may want to start with Part 1. The four contemporary LDS artists I will look at …

Christ statue at Temple Square, Salt Lake City

This is the second piece in the Mormon Christs series. If you haven’t already read the first piece you may want to start with Part 1. Six Mormon Christs Over the course of almost two …

A couple of years back, I wrote a six-part series entitled Five Evangelical Christs. My academic research is on the relationship between religion and contemporary art; so of course, images of Christ is a natural …

In 2014, I started the Tournament of Artists. It first began as a spinoff of March Madness. But, there are so many good artists…I couldn’t keep it down to 64. My list had several hundred …

Covenant III, pastel & acrylic on canvas, 48” x 60”, 2008

The Stratum Series is an excellent example of something good coming out of complete failure. When I was working on the Hatching Series I noticed that the paper I glued down became translucent. Since I …