My Interview on Printsy

Check out my interview on Printsy, a blog which showcases the printmakers on Etsy
http://printsy.blogspot.com/2011/10/interview-with-gary-thomas-of-garthoma.html

Light Summer Reading

Here is a new woodcut print -- just finished today. The ink is still wet. Hope you like it. I have it listed on my Etsy site if you are interested in purchasing.

Illustration Friday: Bicycle

Here is my submission to Illustration Friday. It is called Late Fall Commute, it is a woodblock print.

Revisiting the Past

Here is a large color reduction woodcut print (22"x30") I did this about ten years ago. Just pulled it out of my flat file drawer; it was like a new piece all over again! I really like this one.
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Self Portrait

Here is a small woodcut print (image size only about 1.5"x3"). A self portrait. I know, I look really old in this... maybe that is because I am getting old!
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Draw, draw, draw... a new 'cut for today!

Here is a new woodcut I did today. The image is pulled straight outa my sketchbook. I did this drawing of a student while he was working in his sketchbook. I kinda like the words appearing in the background, I might do some more like this. +peace and +blessings!
Paper size: 7"x7"; image size: 6"x6"

Winter Bike Woodcut

Woodcut print aprox. 6"x6". $5.00. This is printed in a greeting card format, blank on the inside. I can mail it to you today! If you are interested email me: garthoma 

What does your life smell like?

What is the purpose of art for the believer? What does art have to do with the calling of Christ?

Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
John 12:2-4

I want to be a Christian artist, I want to glorify God with my art.
How do I do this? Always put a cross in my art? Only make art that can be sold in Christian bookstores? Does it have to be practical?

Look at the story: was Mary being practical? This was an act of abandonment. This was an act of pure non-self-consciousness.

When you do this… make your art in an unselfconscious way for the glory of Christ, expect criticism, from yourself, even from other “brothers and sisters”

Fragrance: is not really a practical thing. It scents the air… some people like it, some are offended.

Have you ever been hugged by someone who was wearing strong fragrance? It gets on you and you smell it the rest of the day.

In Christ God has hugged us. We have His fragrance on us.

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.
2 Corinthians 2:13-15

For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
2 Corinthians 2:14-16

To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?
2 Corinthians 2:15-17

Let your art and your life be the fragrance of God.

Chicken for Illustration Friday

A reduction woodcut print for Illustration Friday I call this one "No Spring Chicken"

Monotype print

Monotype print that I did as a demo for my printmaking class.

New woodcut print

Fragrant offering. Woodcut print aprox. 5"x5"