The Personal Website of Christopher Brown
The last article that I wrote covered the artists and movements that have influenced my thought as an artist. Now, I’m going to attempt to explain why I think my chosen medium/style is acceptable for a Christian and a pastor. In short, my artwork is non-representational. Its meaning is complicated or ambiguous. This post then…
As a Christian, and a pastor, I’ve received many looks of concern when I explain that my artwork is “non-representational”, or to put it incorrectly but more recognizably, “abstract”. One seminary student laughed, and flippantly disregarded me, when I mentioned the work of an abstract expressionist. One pastor has said that a Christian artist cannot…
Things have been a blur for me recently. In December I completed a three-and-half year Seminary program and received a Masters of Divinity degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. To add to it, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby girl about a week before final exams! We proceeded to move out…
The Bible: Beeswax:
Christians have looked warily at postmodernism for some time now. Its amorphous nature has never been appealing, and its candy-shop variety of metaphysical conclusions has been hard to accept. Sure, one can enjoy certain aspects of so-and-so’s post-structuralism, or rejoice in what’s-his-face’s view of textual analysis, or delight in another fellow’s critique of modernism’s epistemological…
So, contemporary art might be meaningful, and it might last, but is it worth the price tag? Of course, this isn’t an easy answer. A great deal of contemporary artwork is just plain awful, and so I’d say, “No, don’t spend any amount of money on this, especially not what they are asking.” Basically, a…
Without a doubt, the number one thing I am asked by viewers is, “Will this thing fall apart?” The Western art tradition has largely grounded itself in the vehicle of oil painting, and most viewers are simply used to the thought that while oil lasts, other things might not. For this reason, I’m not upset…
Tomorrow, six of my pieces will be shown at Belhaven University at an alumni exhibition. These pieces are small, roughly 12″x12″, and are already framed. As I prepare to talk about my work, I think that a question many people may ask is, “Well this looks nice, but what does it mean?” It seems to…
I am a conservative Protestant, but I follow a good number of blogs by Roman Catholics, liberal Protestants, and a number of other people as well. Recently, though, I’ve noticed two major ideas that have been the subject of repeated and sustained attack. From the Roman Catholic blogs, I’ve seen a continued critique of the…
Paths Christians Take When They Encounter Evolutionary Theory As a student in Seminary, I’m surrounded by the theological debates of the day. Within Reformed circles, the debates mainly revolve around confessional subscription, Sabbath observance, and the doctrine of sanctification. But, more Church-universal issues are centered around things like doctrine of Scripture, the nature of authority,…