It seems to all boil down to this…

I am far from being fully versed on all things art and theology, but I have done a fair amount of reading on the subject for the past three years, and it seems to me that all of the discussion, at least what I have read, revolves around the same basic principle. It is this:
The [...]

Matter Matters, a nice article from Christianity Today

Matter Matters | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction.
I love how this article points to one of the great paradoxes of Christianity, that we are both physical and spritual. Too many times in my life I have heard the “spiritual” aspect overemphasized:

This is no news flash: We live in a body-obsessed culture. Materialism—the [...]

Size Matters at Packer Schopf

I have a piece in a group show at Packer-Schopf gallery in Chicago. Pictures of the show are available at Packer-Schopf’s web site here. Here’s a detail of the full piece, Tumblestack V. You may have noticed this looks familiar. The idea behind the “tumblestack” piece is that it grows and morphs every time it [...]

Tumblestack V to be installed at Packer-Schopf Gallery

Location:     942 W Lake St, Chicago, IL
http://www.packergallery.com/
Artists’ Reception:          Friday, July 10  5 – 8 PM
Exhibition dates:         July 10 – August 15
Gallery Hours:             Tuesday – Saturday 11:00AM – 5:30PM
If you are going to be in the greater Chicago area this summer, please come on into the West Loop [...]

Abstraction in Character

Here’s some photos from a show I’m in at the Gallery at Carillon in Charlotte, NC.
Exhibition Dates: October 19 – January 16, 2009
Participating Artists:
Jill Allen, Portland, Oregon
David Hooker, Wheaton, Illinois
Paul Matheny, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Doug McAbee, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Philip Morseberger, Augusta, Georgia
Here’s a review of the exhibition from The Charlotte Observer.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation…

It is with a heavy sigh that I have to admit that summer is rapidly coming to it’s official end. I have just over a week and a half left before classes start, and I have a TON of work left to get ready for them, which m
eans I’m going to have to say goodbye [...]

Effective Christians + Effective Artists = Effective Christian Art; or, Perhaps We’re Overthinking This Whole Thing

There has been A TON of talk in the last few years about the connection between art and theology, the decline of effective visual art in the church, or of Christian artists, or the decline of the cultural capitol of Christian themed art in our Western culture…yada yada yada. An interesting post by David Taylor, [...]

Samuel Gets a Lick from Sunny

Samuel Gets a Lick from Sunny
Originally uploaded by Mo Coffee

…from a recent visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum. Note that Samuel is sporting a stylish tool belt (complete with suspenders), provided by the MAM- it was full of objects to help you learn about color. Here’s a few more pictures from our day.

Get Free Art (well, sort of)

Hey gang-
I’ve added some new things to Mo Coffee’s Art Cafe (lots of ink drawings, as promised), and I am running a new promo to boot. If you play your cards right you can get some free art out of it! Here’s the basic idea.
I want to see where all my little artworks get to [...]

May 16th: Curious Mutt (and things in progress)

Curious Mutt
Originally uploaded by Mo Coffee
ohmygosh! Look at the time! I totally forgot to post today (well, yesterday, by 24 minutes).
More fun with ink today, with lots of other things going on in the studio. Here’s a peak at my day…here’s all the ink drawings I did today of dogs. They’re kinda like [...]