Poster design and art by the talented Allison Oh (my co-curator). Steven and Connie by me.
I am thrilled to announce that I am co-curating (and making art for) a Steven Universe fan art show at Comic Book Hideout! I am really excited about all of the talented artists who will be participating, as well as meeting more Steven Universe fans. It’s such a great show and it has such a special community of fans. I am looking forward to spending an evening with all those folks.
(P.S. During the opening, we will be hosting a cosplay contest, with prizes you can win!)
If you are interested in participating in the show, we will be taking submissions until Jan. 25th, 2018. Email me at melissabethrose@gmail.com for details.
This is one of my favorites from this Inktober 2016. I love the music from Hamilton and Lin-Manuel Miranda is an inspiration. This is Micron pens on tea stained watercolor paper.
This was the original concept sketch.The final product.
For my church, Redeemer Church – La Mirada, I collaborated with talented Amy Dry to create this life-size sculpture of the Word Made Flesh. This image is based on of the first chapter in the book of John in the Bible. A baby in a manger, with strips of paper that have John 1:1-18 written on them. The strips of paper fade from a Flesh color to paper to gold. (Gold traditionally represents a holy space.)
The idea behind The Word Made Flesh is a simple one, and yet, more complex, the more you think about it. The image of a baby in a manger is an idea that we are so familiar with as a culture, that we rarely pause to think about the strangeness of this image. Yet, the Christian implications of this image are baffling. This baby is God incarnate. This is God, who created the heavens and the earth, who is all-knowing, all-powerful, all present. This is God, whose very existence the human mind cannot fully grasp. This is a holy, intangible, incomprehensible God made into tangible, comprehensible, human flesh.
This is bananas!
Not only is this God as a human, but God as a helpless human baby, and THEN God as a helpless, human baby in a feeding trough for animals. Calling this image “odd” is an understatement. Even so, this image represents so much to the Christian faith. The fact that God is willing to come down to our level to save us, and be with us shows the extent of his enduring love for us.
This Blue/Grey abstract is currently on display and for sale at the Pizza Studio, Buena Park, CA. If you are interested you can contact me directly, or Micheal at the Pizza Studio.
For this past Easter Redeemer Church La Mirada allowed artists to participate in creating pieces based on the Stations of the Cross. Here is a detail from mine.
Melissa Beth Rose 