Christian Artist Stories & Personal Essays
I write about the collision of faith, art, and real life — the Divine Design series that walks through Genesis alongside art history, and the personal essays that don’t clean up the mess before telling the story. Overcoming divorce, rebuilding after the military, learning to sit still as a Type A creative, figuring out where AI fits for artists who still believe in the human hand. If you’re a Christian artist, or just someone who wants their faith and their creative life to actually talk to each other, you’re in the right place.
Faith and Culture Stories
Dive into how faith shapes art and daily life — where Scripture meets gallery walls, and where the sacred shows up in ordinary Tuesdays. Browse Faith & Culture
Artist Life and Creativity
Resources for faith-driven creatives — AI limitations, brand evolution, and what it actually takes to thrive as a Christian artist without losing the “Christian” or the “artist.” Browse Artist Life
Personal Growth and Resilience
Vulnerable Christian personal stories on overcoming divorce, army challenges, toxic friendships, and the personality quirks that make us who we are. Browse Personal Growth
Art Reviews
A closer look at the paintings and artists that keep showing up in Scripture’s shadow — from Renaissance frescoes to the verdicts that shaped culture. Browse Art Reviews
Art Business
The unglamorous half of creative life — taxes, income policy, funding a degree, spotting a failing gallery before the numbers do. Browse Art Business
Latest Stories:
Welcome to MIS 204: My Background with Information Systems
Who I Am and Why I’m Here I am Yessenia Matamoros. I have owned a blog for over 10 years and enjoy writing about art and sharing others stories of testimony or adversity. My Path from Military Service to Penn State While I had this blog I’ve kept another vocation primarily in project and supply…
Divine Design Art Series: 9 Artworks That Capture the Curse and Expulsion From Eden — From Rembrandt to Cole (Genesis 3:8-24)
Remember the feeling you got when your parents held you accountable for a wrong you’d committed — not by spanking you, not by enforcing a chore, but simply by saying they were disappointed. That statement stings more than any punishment a parent could give. In fact, as a teenager I would have preferred to be…
Luminiscence Philadelphia Review: What It’s Actually Like Inside
LUMINISCENCE Philadelphia — Sound and Light Show All Ages Summer show recently extended into November From $19 to $49 depending on when you go and if you’d like to experience a live choir Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul. Located at 1723 Race St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States. Constructed between 1846 and 1864.…
Dalí’s Corpus Hypercubus: The Crucifixion Painted as a Hypercube
I Called This Painting Blasphemous. Then I Turned a Corner at the Met Salvador Dalí is considered a logical artist. His works, especially the ones touching Catholic imagery, are unlike the classical works of the past. When I was younger, I saw him as a modern artist challenging the crucifixion, and I honestly perceived his…
In Pain (Self-Portrait): Behind the Piece Series
The Words I Couldn’t Forget “Crying is a coping mechanism to escape accountability,” someone I deemed to be intelligent once said to me. I never forgot those words, and because of the respect I had for that person at the time, I refrained from crying or being emotional. Deep down in the depths of my…
Divine Design Art Series: 10 Artworks That Capture the Fall of Man — From Michelangelo to Dalí (Genesis 3:1-7)
Consider all evil to be gone from the world. What would that world be like? Would humans roam the world naked with no worries? Would animals wander freely without needing to hunt each other? Would pain and sorrow cease to exist, and all worry be tucked away forever? Good people seek to make the world…
Divine Design Art Series: The Creation of Eve (Genesis 2:21–25)
Six artists across six centuries have painted the moment Eve was formed — Cranach, Michelangelo, Bosch, Ghiberti, Uccello, and Rodin. Each one imagined something different about her first moment of existence, and together they reveal how differently the Church, and the culture around it, has seen womanhood ever since. The Creation of Woman (Genesis 2:21–25)…