Special Bulletin Sets

Liturgical J-peg Sets

I create art for churches to use in worship and sell j-pegs (without the watermarks seen here) for non profit use. Churches may use these images as many times as they wish, though I do ask that they don't share them with other institutions. I try to keep the cost low enough for even small congregations to use artwork to celebrate their seasons. I also do commissions, so please email me if there's something particular you'd like.

Abstract Creation series

I was playing around with abstracts, or as close as I get to them, and I ended up making a series of small paintings based on the days of creation. These would be perfect for an Easter series. There is one more that could go with them to spread things out for eight Sundays of Easter if needed. Or they could just go for a colorful series during Ordinary time as well. Digital images are available for $6 each or $36 for the set.

Extra one for an Easter set, based on I Kings 17.

Easter Psalm Series

I read an N. T. Wright excerpt about how we mark Lent seriously in the church but then celebrate Easter "as simply the one-day happy ending tacked on to forty days of fasting and gloom." Having done several bulletin sets for Lent over the last few years, that resonated with me, and I decided that Easter deserved its own set as well. Joy should get at least as much press as gloom. So I carved images and then printed psalm phrases on top of them using vintage wood type. Digital images of these block prints for use on bulletin covers or other materials are available for $6 each or $36 for the set. Hand pulled original prints (small editions ranging from 6 to 10) printed on 10x14" paper are available for $85 each.

Advent and Christmas Letterpress Set

One of the ministers I work with chose a word to use in worship each week for Advent, and I created art using both original carvings and vintage wood type to illustrate those words. I ended up doing a couple of extra words for different churches, so there are options. Digital images of these prints are available for $6 each or $24 for the set.

Lent and Holy Week bulletin set

Digital images of these block prints for use on bulletin covers or other material are available for $6 each or $24 for the set.

Sanctuary Series

I created these prints for the Call To Worship journal. Digital images of these block prints are available for church use for $6 each or $24 for the set.

O Antiphons for Advent

The O Antiphons are ancient hymns sung on the seven days preceding Christmas Eve. They are, in order, O Wisdom, O Adonai, O Root of Jesse, O Key of David, O Morning Star, O King of Nations, O Emmanuel. These were created for Call to Worship magazine and appeared in their 2013 Advent issue. Digital images of these block prints for use on bulletin covers or other materials are available for $6 each or $24 for the set. Hand pulled original limited edition prints on 6x6" paper are available for $40 each. They measure about 4" each for the image on 5" paper.

Harvest Hymnal Prints

This is a series of three prints with text from various harvest celebration hymns. Digital images of these block prints for use on bulletin covers or other materials are available for $6 each or $24 for the set. Hand pulled original prints on 9x11" paper are available for $60 each.

Psalms for Lent and Easter

Digital images of these block prints for use on bulletin covers or other materials are available for $6 each or $35 for the set. Hand pulled original prints on 8x10" paper are available for $60 each.

Advent and Christmas bulletin set

Digital images of these block prints for use on bulletin covers or other materials are available for $6 each or $24 for the set. Hand pulled original prints are available for $40 each.

Exodus series

Memphis Theological Seminary is celebrating African American history month in February, and I suggested a series of Exodus paintings for the chapel bulletins. I love how the chaplain, my excellent boss, lets me run with the things that are calling to me. She suggested that the phrase "Let my people go" has special resonance, so I used it as the background for each image, and I like the continuity it provides. It's nice to have someone to bounce ideas off of and to collaborate with. That's been a beautiful upside to this job.

It's chronologically out of order for the book, but I want to do a series of Biblical women for March (women's history month), so I ended with an image of Shiprah and Puah, to bridge that transition between the months. I continue to be amazed that we have remembered and celebrated the names of two midwives several millenia later. Powerful. These are watercolors, and jpegs are available to churches for use in worship for $6 each or $24 for the set.

Genesis Creation series

I was the Varnell Artist-in-Residence at Memphis Theological Seminary for 2015-7. The chaplain kindly let me help plan texts for chapel and accepted my desire to spend some time with creation, since that's the focus of my vocation. I had fun doing a celebratory and whimsical series based on Genesis 1. These are watercolors, and jpegs are available to churches for use in worship for $6 each or $24 for the set.

Images of Jesus

This is less of a series than two complementary images. Both were commissions for First Presbyterian Church in Holley, NY. Digital images are available for $6 each. Hand pulled original limited edition prints are $50 each.

Stations of the Cross

I created these for bulletin covers during Lent, so there are only six of them, plus the Resurrection for Easter Sunday. I used the revised stations of the cross as well, so all of the images are Biblical instead of coming from later traditions. These are linoleum block prints with simple lines carved out, and they are printed by hand with a wooden spoon. The j-peg set can be bought by churches for $35, and the individual prints on paper are $60 each.

Bare Trees for Lent

One of my ministers, who also responds deeply to trees, asked me to make drawings of bare trees for our Lenten bulletins one year. I loved doing these. Digital images of these pen and ink drawings are available for $4 each or $16 for the set.

Revelation Bulletin Set

I was commissioned to create a series of Revelation bulletin covers by a brave church doing a ten week summer preaching series on Revelation. The set is available for $16, or you can buy individual ones for $1.75.