Special Guest Speaker Glenn Howell

Glenn took some time to tell us about himself, be sure not to miss him at our Bible study this Sunday at 5pm

I spent my childhood in the woods of the Ohio River watershed near Steubenville Ohio. These moments as well as the contrasting visions of the steel mills whenever we went into town made up my childhood landscape. Art became a way for me to “transcend to something other” very early in life and I’ve been continuing that pursuit ever since.

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In 1974, I went to Asbury College to study for the ministry and discovered that ministry was not restricted to the pulpit. I eventually majored in art and studied under Rudy Medlock and Ed Knippers. I finished a BFA in studio art and photography at Youngstown State University and moved to Minnesota to teach art in a Christian school.

I moved to Virginia in 1993 and worked in various art/photography related fields while continuing to pursue the art-making. I am now attempting to incorporate creativity, imagination, and a fascination with beauty into the education of young people at Fresta Valley Christian School in Marshall, VA.

I’ve shown in a multitude of shows, both group and one-person, across the country and have work in many private collections.

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ARTIST STATEMENT –

I make art to communicate my sense of wonder. Light and time are intrinsic to photography and can become metaphors of spiritual experiences. Because it is a recording mechanism as well as a manipulable medium, photography has the ability to “translate” the spiritual aspects of the physical world. I believe light is something that is present in both the spiritual and physical dimensions. As a Christian, I’ve become aware of His presence in the things I “see” in my life that allude to what is “unseen”.

My photographs are the result of years of seeing and thinking about seeing, photography and my place with it, and my calling as a Christian artist. I think that my most successful works are ones that move in the opposite direction of icons. I think photographs, as a recording of light on matter, have the potential to lead us from the flesh back to the Word.

View more of Glenn’s work here