There are few occasions in an artist’s odyssey when The Medium becomes The Message. There are fewer occasions still when Life parallels Art.

It is amazing how all this came together here: that my Medium: transparent resin, finds Subject Matter: Faith, and that the breakthrough on the shop floor, glass-like finish, parallels my clearer understanding of God.

Stripped to the Soul! That was my condition when God revealed Himself to me. It was only after I had been denied the type of life I thought was best for me; after everything I held dear was stolen from me, did I give God time and space in my life.

At the very core of my being, all I could really claim to be real is the artist in me and that is what I offer back in gratitude to this rescue of my soul.

Through this exhibit I share with you lessons by which God’s Light and Love are transforming me.

Now I understand the paradox that the truly important things are invisible to the eye. Now I begin to see myself as He sees me. Now I am able to let go of things, ideas, habits and relationships that disrupt my relationship with Him.

We have heard it said, “to see is to believe”.

God asks us “to believe so as to see.”

I struggle with this because as an artist, sight is everything.

While working on a project a few months back, some chemicals accidentally splattered on my face. As I desperately rinsed it off, I asked God if He would let me go blind to teach me to walk by faith. I realized that was an awful thought!! That’s not God’s heart!! That realization was enough for me to repent & trust that His heart towards me is and always will be good!.

Faith is not blind, irrational nor wishful thinking. Faith is based upon real events: understanding the cold logic of the doctor’s report, the gripping fear of a depleting bank account, the paralysis from a calamity that overwhelms… but despite all that, Faith still chooses to believe that God’s Word and His way of doing things are superior truths to anchor one’s life on despite the challenges as He has come through for so many others before me!

Faith is a deliberate decision to trust in God’s Word no matter what! Let the Word Made Flesh be made in my flesh!

Spiritual Sight requires us to choose to live life His way and on His terms.
God invites us to give up living for ourselves, an empty, futile and a literally dead-end endeavor and instead to live for Him according to His Never-Ending, Ever-Abundant, Increasingly Good Design. Choose Life! Eternal Life!!

Just decide to take the first step of faith. The rest is up to Him.

“I like the fluidity & transparency that evoke peace, calmness & a firm inner resoluteness. Chacha’s pieces speak of a duality of peace & power that comes through an awareness of a higher reality. I am moved!” – Patooch Acero