About me:

I started my journey in creativity as a writer, writing poetry, songs and short stories, since the age of five.  Writing is still a love of mine, but I never felt completely creatively fulfilled.  My love for painting was awakened through a series of extremely joyful and conversely painful experiences during my early 20s.  I was encouraged by a few artistic loved ones to use painting as an outlet for the passion that permeates all area of my life.


When I began to truly find my style was when I began to pray that God would express Himself through me. To echo William Blake, I too realize anything good that comes from me is from the Holy Spirit at work in me. (John 15:5) Apart from God I can do nothing.  I was not groomed or encouraged as an artist from childhood, so I can only attribute any artistic ability to God.  There are many times I will finish a painting and step back in amazement at what God has accomplished, because I can not understand how it came to be.  Just like God’s creation all around us. He creates the art for me and in me. I am His forever evolving work of art. (Acts 17:28, Philipians 4:13)

 

Emily Pappas