Artist Spotlight

PHILIP HOSSU

I have no long history of creative pursuits. A student of computer science and applied math, I would say that I’m more conversant on algorithms than art. However, around a year and a half ago, I was encouraged to pick up and teach myself watercolor painting. It has been a great blessing having this outlet as I’ve weathered a difficult year.

Watching the colors run across the page gives me time and space to quiet my thoughts and reflect—a much-needed break and outlet from the stressors of daily life. I find joy in exploring the structure and color of the landscapes expertly crafted by our Creator. Making a painting I’m happy with is less about mechanically translating a scene, instead allowing it to meld with a mood or message and sometimes become abstract. Some hundreds of paintings and sketches later, I’m grateful to have this opportunity to share a few recent works with the church I’ve grown up in.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? what is man that you are mindful of him, and the song of man that you care for him? PSALM 8:3-4

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