Meet the Artists for 2023-2024

Contemporary artists offer you their creative interpretations of the gospel in images that evoke the Christian seasons or illuminate the scripture texts of the current lectionary year.

ADVENT

Salvita Gomes, Heaven Opens

Salvita holds a BFA in Applied Art from Goa College of Art, Bombay University, India; an MFA in Graphic Arts from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India; and completed post-graduate studies in Computer Graphics at Sheridan College. A recent interest in scriptures has opened new visual horizons.

CHRISTMAS

Jules Atkinson, A light shines in the darkness

Jules is a UK based, self-taught artist. Making art helps Jules slow down, gaze deeply, and notice a transcendent echo within the ordinary. A former clinical psychologist, she explores our relationship with ourselves, others, and the world —and the contrasting stories we live and tell.

EPIPHANY

Caroline Coolidge Brown, Beloved

Caroline works in all types of mixed media, exploring layers of images and words through printmaking and painting techniques. She holds degrees in studio art and art history from Duke University, and now happily works in her studio at the Delaware Contemporary Museum.

LENT

Maryann Leake, Conviction of the Spirit

Maryann attended Arizona State University’s Fine Arts College, U.S., for design, then was a graphic artist. She has owned an art company, served as a curator, designs and paints theatre sets, teaches French impressionism, and illustrates books.

HOLY WEEK

Deborah Hoover, The Three Betrayals

Deborah has been painting for over 40 years. Her goal is to make the unseen seen, whether she is portraying a spiritual narrative, landscape, or music. Deborah attended Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Her paintings are in collections in the U.S. and Europe.

EASTER

Michael Galovic, Resurrection Triptych (detail)

Michael is a Serbian-Australian artist, and a graduate from Belgrade Academy of Art. His art includes traditional icons, contemporary religious and nonreligious art, and replicas of general medieval art. His work is in Australian churches, institutions, and private collections. A monograph on him will be published in 2023.

SEASON AFTER PENTECOST

Melissa Pape, That They May Live

Melissa creates vibrant abstract paintings that explore the intersections of faith, nature, and the life-giving rhythms of time. She hopes her art provides beauty, inspires wonder, and helps others imagine and live more meaningful, hope-filled lives that ebb and flow with the seasons of life.

Celia Sage, Flock

Celia studied painting at Boise State University in Idaho, U.S. until marriage brought her to beautiful Prince Edward County in Canada. There she paints, exhibits, participates in juried and invitational shows, and prepares a solo show annually. She has also done collaborations and commissioned work. This image is also featured on the cover of this year’s calendar.

Bailey Hindmarsh, Feeding of the Five Thousand

Bailey is an illustrator, artist, and coordinator for Creative Life, an arts outreach program for vulnerable youth in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She has an MDiv from Regent College. Art for Bailey is personally, communally, and spiritually formational.

Denise Gracias, Esther —The Intercessor

Denise is a self-taught artist in Toronto, ON, Canada. Inspired by the Bible, she brings to life the stories, highlighting what she find significant. Denise is also inspired by the majesty of creation, painting landscapes to give viewers a sense of space and solitude.

M. Jennifer Griffin, The Sentinel

M. Jennifer used cardboard and paper towels to draw on when 3; her father soon taught her to sharpen pencils with a knife. She studied painting and illustration at Malaspina College, Emily Carr School of Art + Design, and 92nd Street Y. She continues to eschew conventional canvases and sharpeners.

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