Church Pew Art Project

Between 1999 - 2003 I collected drawings I found left behind in church pews after worship services were completed.  These originate from 5 different places of worship and at least 2 different religions.  Most of the drawings were made by children.  Some are notes from parents to their kids.  They run the gamut from amazingly inspiring to surprisingly hateful.  As I found each piece I glued them into an old hymnal I found.  I did not purposefully place them.  I simply glued them in the order I found them onto each consecutive hymnal page.  I did cut a few images out because they were on paper that was too big for the book.  Please keep in mind I merely collected and there is no intended message except for the message you, personally, take away from it.  I hope you enjoy it.  Here are a selection of images.








Hope

A book I did as gift many years ago:  HOPE

light gets foggy         can only slight be sometimes

tongue can't touch the taste

Sometimes makes me still    I watch  I smell  I wait

then they come    from every pore and window in the earth

they surround     they climb    they rush

I am covered like a blanket    they whisper

believe             believe           believe

I am content.