A few weeks ago Carpenter’s Way in Lufkin, Texas brought me and The Jesus Painter in for their Palm Sunday service. We had never worked together before, didn’t have a clue how we were going to make this pairing work, so we just improvised. I watched him paint and sang what came to mind. Here’s one moment from that morning. (Apologies for the audio quality.)
I’m thinking about doing a month’s worth of shows with The Jesus Painter or someone equally quick and talented. Of course the shows would be themed around Compassion: new music, new paintings, performed live, lots of kids sponsored, long-time fans get to see and hear something new.
Any artists you’d recommend for this sort of thing?
Speaking of Compassion, thanks to the folks at The Well in Florence, Alabama for sponsoring 17 kids last night and to Bush and Ben for making the trek with me.
Mud Puppy says:
That’s my boy Mike Lewis!
He does GREAT work! Love the collaboration!!
Cynthia says:
That’s beautiful!
david says:
http://www.jrbrothers.com/
Rob Byers is amazing. I thinnk you’ll find that Rob has an amazing heart for ministry. I’ve known Rob for 14 years and use him whenever I get the chance.
keith says:
I thought the audio sounded fine. Great video.
There’s a woman at our church that does chalk drawings. It’s been a while, but we did something like this together once with a set theme and less improv. I don’t think she has a website.
Todd says:
Joe Castillo the sand artist is pretty amazing.
http://www.joecastillo.com/
Kristy says:
That was incredibly powerful, even more so because it was unscripted. Just beautiful.
Dale Best says:
Check out a guy named Ben Glenn. He’s on Compassion speaker roster and he does great chalk drawings.
http://chalkguy.com
Dale Best
http://dalebest.blogspot.com
Kelsey Bufkin says:
hey shaun –
i work with both Joe Castillo and Eric Timm (http://www.robbinggravesforchrist.com). Eric’s very passionate about Compassion and would be great to partner with! very “non-traditional” modern art. here is one created for compassion: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kwNkXzYaWDo.
Beth says:
Shawn McDonald had a guy on tour with him awhile back who painted while he sang, I believe this is the guy’s, Scott Erickson, website: http://www.thetranspireproject.com/.
Also, Anneli Anderson does the same sort of thing, more Spirit-led, I think: http://www.studioanneli.com/Live%20Painting.html.
That was a beautiful song, thanks for sharing!
Beth
Garrett says:
Check out this guy. He is based out of North Carolina, Eric Hurtgen. He is seriously good….
http://www.erichurtgen.com
Sarah Chia says:
Wow! I’ve never actually heard you sing before. What talent.
Mike Lewis is also incredibly talented. I loved watching him when he came to my church about a year ago.
And, btw, the clean-shaven look really works for you.
Trevor says:
I recently heard about this guy name Jon Ross. Check him out at http://www.jonrossart.com
dean says:
coupla years ago i was at a youth revival and they had this guy rick alonzo doing speed painting…
http://rickalonzoministries.org/
Gaetano Buffa says:
Shaun,
I passed this along to an artist who does paintings at our Church. He does the paintings during worship as an expression of worship. Once I have some picture samples, I will send a link. -G