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Where does an artist find inspiration? Explore how two painters are inspired to create beautiful works of art that celebrate their spirituality. Brian Kershisnik is a painter and sculptor who knows that inspiration requires work. He believes that his best work happens when he picks up a paintbrush and just begins. Paige Anderson has learned how to balance creating art and being present with her family. She knows that she can be better at all of her roles when she pursues her passion of creating.

Painter Zachary Proctor uses meditation as a way to balance work and family responsibilities. Artist and educator Beth Krensky's work gives a modern spiritual application to Jewish traditions.

Meet two artists who draw on their connections with people and culture to create their art. Fidalis Buehler's life has been a blending of cultures that he pulls on to paint works full of meaning. He uses his art to ask difficult questions. Christine Armbruster is a true people person and uses her strengths to photograph individuals around the world. She feels a certain duty to enable the unheard and forgotten.

Married artists Joseph and Melinda Ostraff share a studio and collaborate to create beautiful works. Painter Colby Sanford reveals how God wanted him to use his art to add positive value to life.

Meet two women who express their spirituality through art. Cassandra Barney is a painter and costumer who considers the relationships that she builds in life to be the sustaining and creative voice behind her passion. Emily McPhie is a painter who believes that her works are a way to express her spiritual identity.

Fatima Ronquillo is a self-taught artist who is constantly working to explore her own identity through painting. Her art brings the viewer into a rich world of color and symbolism which she hopes will connect them with the eternal. Justin Wheatley is a painter who likes to find the "divine moments" in ordinary places and paints the dualism between manmade spaces and the natural world. He is also a High School art teacher who is interested in his students and teaches them about persistence and hard work.

Tony Abeyta believes that being a mentor is an important way to show gratitude to the people who gave him opportunities throughout his life. Tony is driven by faith and relies on a daily prayer of gratitude to get him through. Del Curfman has been the recipient of Tony's mentorship and hopes to bring art education to others in his tribe. Del believes that connecting with culture is a way of connecting with a higher being. Both artists use their spiritual and cultural roots to create their art.

Meet two artists who believe that God has blessed them with multiple outlets for their creativity. Ben Behunin is a potter and writer. He has created a beautiful home full of his art as he believes that home should be a sanctuary. Wren Ross is a painter who also hand-makes her own sketchbooks. It is clear to her that God works through art to connect with people at moments when they feel alone. Both artists seek to create tangible masterpieces that bring joy and personal experiences to their viewers.

Art is a universal language and both of these artists want to bring important messages to the world. Emilia Wing paints aerial views of cities that have significance to her and others. She wants her art to help people connect with place and with Christ in a deeper way that they haven't before. David Habben is a graphic designer who has always been inspired by music and recently began experimenting painting to dance. He believes that if you will ask God will lend a guiding hand to your work.

Meet two artists who believe that God guides them in their work. Justin Taylor knows that God cares about visual things. He believes that people are divine, and he uses his art to explore humanity. Christian Bolt is a sculptor who strongly believes in inspiration and cultivating his connection with his Heavenly Father.

Brittany Scott is a figure painter who found that doubt and failure are a natural part of progression as she co-created with God. Steve and Tonya Vistaunet make art from the heart with a use of color that invokes the joy they felt called to foster.

Rebecca Klundt's use of recycled materials reminds her of God's sometimes mysterious ability to create something beautiful from what we already have. J. Kirk Richards uses his artwork to ask God for help finding opportunities to serve others.

Nick Stephens experiments with color, geometry, texture, and pattern to explore how God's work throughout the ages fits together. Linda Etherington depicts the holy moments that happen in the small and simple daily tasks that tie a family together.

Rob Chipman creates reduction woodblock prints that remind him that life is a layer upon layer process where mistakes make good mentors. Kathleen Peterson uses figure paintings to discover the light of Christ in individual souls.

Caitlin Connolly is a painter whose art explores the significance of womanhood as she uses painting as a medium to converse with God. Jorge Cocco Santángelo portrays sacred events through shapes and colors that visually capture spiritual feelings.

Emma Taylor understands that no matter how many times she must paint over her mistakes, God sees every layer and accepts them all. Nnamdi Okonkwo seeks to touch as many lives in a positive way as possible through his sculptures.

David Troncoso paints in the Renaissance style to explore what lies beyond our reality, asking questions about the spiritual. Shari Lyon works with hot wax and flame to create works of encaustic art that connect her with her divine femininity.

Eva Koleva Timothy is a celebrated photographer who feels guided by the Savior as she creates a body of work about Him. Liz Harris communicates the divinity and humanity of her subjects through her portraits, capturing how they see the Lord.

Lyn Hovey is a master of stained glass whose expressive windows illustrate the threads God weaves through our lives. Melissa Kamba Boggs's gold leaf paintings symbolize divinity and self-worth, inviting viewers to see themselves as God does.

Bobby Martin's prints and drawings use old family photographs that remind him how God brought people into his life to nurture his faith. Joe Bennion crafts each of his pots to enhance the sacred experience of families sitting down together to eat.

Brooke Bowen explores spiritual questions as she creates, drawing closer to her Heavenly Parents while pondering and painting motherhood. Walter Rane illustrates scenes from scripture, but also feels the reality of Christ through abstract artwork.

James Rees explores the unique burdens we carry every day through his monotypes. Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs portrays the saints of her Catholic faith through her oil paintings.

Annie Poon draws inspiration from her faith and her experience with depression to create artwork that shares how she found spiritual healing. Greg Olsen seeks to capture the character of Christ, centering the Savior in his life and paintings.

Leroy Transfield expresses his faith through sculpture. Rose Datoc Dall uses her skills as a painter to depict scenes of the Savior.

Sarah Winegar uses reduction woodcuts and relief paintings to articulate her feelings about the human experience. Ron Richmond paints to explore spiritual allegory and metaphor.

Abstract painter Sunny Taylor learns that joy and sorrow are intertwined like bittersweet vines, and that there is beauty in experiencing both. Jack Baumgartner recognizes his divine identity as much through painting as he does through farming.

Lisa DeLong uses geometry to reflect the order of the universe through artistic traditions rooted in sacred beliefs. James Madison is a Tulalip carver who keeps his culture alive with every totem pole he carves.

Behnaz Karjoo creates illuminations of Islamic geometry that reflect God's love and unity. Justin Hackworth is a portrait photographer who finds that God enters his life through those who step into his studio to have their picture taken.

Abigale Palmer loves color and discovers that difficult experiences, though uncomfortable, help us learn to communicate with Heavenly Father. Fernando Cidoncha creates sculptures and paintings that connect faith communities to their higher power.

Tyler Swain paints often-overlooked subjects and realizes that God's beauty exists all around us. Multidisciplinary artist Noemie Pons learns to see how people are transformed when they connect with the divine.

After contracting Multiple Sclerosis, Ryan Moffett rediscovers his faith by sculpting. Liz Lemon Swindle thinks her art days are behind her until she finds inspiration in The Chosen, and a new appreciation for the life of Christ.

Kat Elliot depicts God's mercy through sculpture, using discarded objects to create works of art. Jenedy Paige finds inspiration in the memory of her son, and gives new meaning to the Nativity and healing from loss.

Jeff Hein explains how his health problems led to his devotion to painting Christ. Jeanette Kuvin Oren creates a torah cover for scriptures that survived the Holocaust.

Nicole Woodbury is a sculptor who sees God in the patterns of biology. She finds inspiration on her journey to motherhood. God's creations in the Torah leads Joshua Meyer examines his relationship to light in his "Eight Approaches'' piece.

Irina Bradley shares how a battle with cancer inspired her to pursue iconography. Qashif Masud is a craftsman and woodworker who connects with God and his family history through carved calligraphy.

Esther Hi'ilani Candari tells how she switched from sculpture to painting, and why she paints the female religious experience. Bruce Smith shares how he came to paint religious art with techniques from the Old Masters.

Michael Malm encounters challenges while creating a painting for his church. Kichaa Man Chitrakar draws closer to his family through his artwork.

Fiona Rew shares how she has felt inadequate throughout her life. Her glasswork encompasses the beauty of the growth she has experienced. Jeff Pugh's depression in his life lead to the realization that we are not alone. His art shows how God has save

Amber Eldredge finds beauty in imperfection; Santiago Michalek is inspired by his horse, Apollo.

Blair Barlow finds comfort from prayer, inspiration from Catholic art, and bravery from St. Joan of Arc. Kwani Winder connects her heritage as part of the Santa Clara Pueblo tribe with her religion and uses that connection to build God's kingdom.

David Sandum discusses how artists Edvard Munch and Vincent Van Gogh helped him through depression to create art of his own. Elise Wehle talks about the process that lead her to printmaking with plants and natural materials.

Emily Hawkins began making art when she became a mother and uses her work to express her feelings about her children and motherhood. Bruce Naigles uses sculpting to answer his questions about life, focusing on staying joyful despite hard times.

Elizabeth Sanchez discusses how she finds personalities in her art and how her work helped her through depression. Tenzing Rigdol connects with his culture and his parents' culture through different artistic techniques.

Kristin Alley Carver creates art to connect to a higher power and to balance her experience with motherhood. Gary Ernest Smith reflects on how his roots in farming and his time in the military influenced his art.

Valerie Atkisson uses her art to remember her family, both living and dead, as well as to cope with her chronic disease. David Dibble grew up on a farm and discusses how his childhood inspires the nature that he paints as an adult.

Dan Wilson discusses how his paintings have uplifted and encouraged faith within his family and in those around him. Kazuko Convington shares her process of making quilts to show her faith to everyone around her, including her ancestors.

Negyem Adonoo believes in energetically expressing his faith in God and his obedience through his paintings. Richard Adusu discusses how art helped him through the darkest times of his life and allowed him to express himself.

In this special episode of Artful, ten artists share their unique expressions of Jesus. Through intimate looks inside their studios and artistic process, these artists share their visual and spiritual testimony of the Savior, His life, and His works.