Altarscapes

A traditional Gothic church can be very intimidating and a little cold.  Vast, vaulted ceilings, all that stone, stained glass windows and polished wood everywhere.  Small items on the altar are often lost and the visual needs of church goers is limited. 

 

For a service to promote the upcoming art mission program, Wesley UMC, set up art pieces by local church members and friends.  The altar showed cans of paint with shining colorful cloth pouring "paint" across the wood and onto the floor.  A paint sheet of canvas sat on a tabletop easel amid jars of paint brushes.  The question of the sermon that day was : "What Are You Painting?"

 

The highly visual elements were joined by a communal painting created at its close by members of the congregation attending that day.  Strips of paper with verses and inspiring quotes were glued to the painting to create the rays of the sun. It was set in the Transept Chapel to enhance prayer and meditation for those stopping in that area.

Wesley UMC (OKC) - 2015, Congregational Painting Created 1/18/2015
Transept Chapel