Bridgeway Church prides itself on featuring art from local artists and seeking out ways to honor these creative minds in our community. Find information for all of the artwork, artists, and contact information below.
Rahab by Jenny Morrow
Sometimes we hear God in the small things and sometimes we hear Him Loud and Clear! I heard Him calling me to paint the women of the Bible. I knew I wanted to make them stand out, and be bold. I tried to make them with just how I see them. This has been a process of trying to figure out who they are and how people would know who they are. I decided to put a piece of them in the painting. Here with Rahab I made her scarlet scarf her hair piece and her jewelry to represent that she was a prostitute, the scarlet scarf represents the rope that she tied to the window in Joshua 2.
Majesty of Light and Tide by Fred Kuhlman
The world above and the world below meet in a breathtaking display of power, motion, and light. The sky ignites in radiant hues, where fiery brilliance gives way to cool pastels, painting a celestial masterpiece beyond human reach. Beneath it, the sea rises, reflecting the sky’s majesty while shaping its own dynamic force — a wave in motion, carrying the colors of the heavens within its restless tide.
This painting is a tribute to the unseen forces that shape the world—elements driven by energy too vast to comprehend, yet deeply felt in every shifting cloud, every crashing wave, every golden shimmer of the sun’s final descent. The sky is crowned in glory, reigning above, while the ocean remains a restless soul, alive with movement, strength, and grace.
In this interplay of light and water, there is both serenity and turbulence, order and chaos. The forces that drive the universe—gravity, wind, heat, motion—work in harmony to create a scene that feels both eternal and fleeting. The moment captured here, where the sky spills its last embers into the sea, reminds us of the beauty in transition, the reverence in change, the undeniable power of nature’s rhythm.
It is an image of balance, of majesty, and of reflection—not just of light, but of human awe. To stand before it is to witness forces greater than oneself, to feel the humility of smallness against something infinitely vast yet profoundly connected to the same world we inhabit.
May this painting serve as a moment of contemplation, a reminder that we are part of something grand, something moving, something ever-changing—and yet, something unified in splendor.
2.vEx… WHAT DID YOU DO!?!? by Reese McClurg
I created this piece because I've been learning how to create digital art and make 3D models/renders, and wanted to see how well I could do it with a new challenge. The piece is inspired by the character ENA from ENA's Dream BBQ, as both the character "2.vEx" and ENA have the same low-poly style, which was an interesting concept. The piece was also inspired by ENA in the fact that it just doesn't make sense, and it doesn't have to; in the game ENA is from, nothing makes sense and everything is weird, and I wanted to do the same with my piece.
Basically, the meaning of the piece is to express your inner weirdness, it may not end up great or sophisticated, but that's alright. Making this piece was a great project and a really fun experience, and my end goal for art in general is to make it to art school, and maybe make art into a career as a digital artist or YouTube animator.
Psalm 19:1 by Steve Bayer
“Psalm 19:1”
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. NIV
When I look at the clouds, I’m reminded of how BIG GOD is, and how VAST his creation is!
I am reminded of his POWER and His p e a c e – His DRAMA and His humor – His MAJESTY and mystery!
Usually around sunset, I am at the edge of a nearby field, trying to capture what I see.
All of his creation is for me, a source of inspiration; but I especially enjoy the changing shapes and forms and colors that I see as the sun is slowly setting.
Although my painting doesn’t completely express all that I experience, it is my honest response to the beauty I observed, and I’m happy to be able to share it with you.
Revelation 4:8 by Nancy Bayer
My painting has an unusual story behind it. Sometime in the past, I found a piece of canvas drop cloth with a lot of colorful paint splatter on it. Since it was a piece of heavy canvas, I thought maybe I could use it as the foundation for a painting. The canvas was rolled up and moved around for several years, but never really worked with what I wanted to paint. Someday I knew I'd use it.
When Art Wall 25 was announced at BRIDGEWAY CHURCH I decided this year I was going to enter. I must add here, if you don't know me well, I was a middle school art teacher for 30 years.
My family watches and feeds birds at our house and we have many feathered visitors year around. I pulled out the splattered canvas and could see that a group of goldfinches with their bright yellow plumage could possibly show up against the splattered colors.
I chose the section of the drop cloth I liked best and tore it out of the larger cloth. I didn't bother to measure it or try to stretch it like a normal canvas. I experimented putting a blob of yellow paint on it and decided I needed to splatter white paint on the canvas to tone down the amount of colors splattered, and simplify the background. Next I had to decide what the goldfinches would be doing in the painting. On a walk, I found an interesting knotty branch from one of our Sycamore trees and laid it across the canvas. It fit so I used it as a model for the branches the birds would be sitting on.
For years we had taken the magazine Birds and Blooms. I could never throw an issue away. A couple years ago I tore out pictures of all the birds that visited our yard and put them in clear pages in a loose life binder. I found I had several photos of goldfinches in different positions that I could use to paint from and, as you can see, I chose five goldfinches as my models.
In most of my previous paintings I have included a Bible verse. This time I didn't start out with one in mind, but as I was reading this spring in Revelation, there it was – what I wanted to say: Revelation 4:8. John is describing the four living creatures around the throne of God in heaven. Verse six begins:
"Each of these living beings had six wings and their wings were covered all over with eyes inside and out. Day after day and night after night, they keep on saying "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord the Almighty One who always was, who is, and who is still to come."
Often I had wondered, when I walked at 6 AM and the birds were singing to bring in the day, what they were saying to each other. Maybe I had my answer. They were praising God for the new day singing Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty!
Ville de Néon by Derek Crownover
Occasionally my definition or understanding of what I’m creating isn’t clear until I’ve finished. Welcome to my largest example of such. While some art I’ve created has such an obvious meaning or depiction, that wasn’t initially the case with this piece. I’m accustomed to working on mostly smaller monochromatic works and was looking to challenge that norm. At this point in my life my work is almost exclusively digital. This allows me to maintain the balance of starting a new family and it also translates conveniently well from my background in graphic design. I’ve always been fascinated by art and technology both, so what better way to create than to combine the two. I take pride in trying to create high quality, meaningful work, not through cheap tricks and shortcuts, but through my experience and endless experimentation of digital techniques and tools. This is how I managed to still find time to pull the emotions out of my chest, the ideas out of my head, and create something that has meaning to me and hopefully others.
Looking back on “Ville De Néon” I knew I wanted to create something big and something very loud and that was about it. As I experimented with colors and shapes to start the idea and image of an electric neon cityscape started to take shape. As I worked, I strived to make some colors so bright they almost would look like they were actually glowing. I wanted an awe-inspiring sight that was more about the color than any actual buildings. When I was nearing completion, I couldn’t help but feel like it was missing something, so next came the human silhouette. What good is an impressive city of neon with nobody to be in awe by it. As I shaped, outlined, and colored it all was finally coming together. A city so vibrant and seemingly bustling, but a city also quite undefined. I had a hard time deciding when it was finished but once I did, I knew it needed a name. City of Neon is what I landed on, but it just didn’t quite seem to match the grandeur. I’ve always thought French was the most beautiful language, (even if my grades studying it in high school don’t paint the same picture) so I translated the name and knew instantly it was the title it actually deserved.
What is the meaning behind it though? I wasn’t completely sure for myself until it started slowly coming together. I really want people to find their own meanings when they look at it, but I do absolutely have one myself now. To put it simply, the city is the next step. Whether that be the afterlife or just the future. Regardless, it’s glowing with bright excitement, burning with optimism, hope and has to be seen to be believed. This only leaves the reflection towards the bottom, which was intentionally behind the figure. Reflect on the past but the real undeniable beauty is always in your future. That of course is just my take, but what do you see?
Space Shuttle Columbia by Steve Woodcock
Righteous Judgement by Debra J Edwards
It appears that many authorities around the world have lost sight of true justice and fairness, and they often rule without regard for established laws. There seems to be tyrannical leadership that seeks to control the populations and remove their rights, which leads to oppression, much like when God’s people were taken into slavery by Egypt.
This image of an angel with the Scales of Justice, standing on the earth, is a representation of God’s righteous judgement of the entire world. This image was inspired by Lady Justice, but even our judicial system has been corrupted in some places. Lady Justice was blindfolded indicating that the law is to be unbiased and impartial, but this angel is not blindfolded. God can clearly see all that is in the heart of every person.
Will the corrupt be exposed and fall under the hand of righteousness? Will the general population be freed from corrupt authorities so they can flourish out from under the oppression? As Moses pleaded with Pharoh, “Let my people go!,” so it is today. God heard the cry of His people back then, and I believe He has heard the cries and prayers of His people again. God is going to do what only God can do.
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Seek the Light by DSI Together with Bona Vista
This mixed media painting was created in collaboration with several of our classrooms in day services. As we learned about Santa Lucia and Swedish holiday traditions, we discussed ways that we can seek the light and be the light during dark times. A work such as this allows those who create the opportunity to immerse themselves in the process of creating. Steps must be followed, technique employed, but also, one's emotions and intuition are engaged. The piece becomes less about the finished product and more about the journey undertaken as the piece is completed.