Date

6-8-2023

Department

School of Communication and the Arts

Degree

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art (MFA)

Chair

Joshua Wilson

Keywords

Art of Missionaries, Daniel E. Greene, Analysis of Painting methods, Funding Missions

Disciplines

Art and Design | Fine Arts

Abstract

Missionaries must raise finances and general awareness of their mission work within the evangelical community. In their attempt to do this, missionaries rarely collaborate with fine artists in their efforts to inform the pastorate and congregants of their missions’ objectives and needs. In this study, a thematic review of relevant literature is combined with an Intrinsic Case Study of several artists, including the Erin— DVD, made by Daniel E. Greene N.A. during his lifetime. Daniel E. Greene, N.A., was one of the world’s foremost painters. An analysis of Mr. Greene’s applicable methodologies for oil painting was investigated. His methodology was applied to several of my paintings. These paintings, which depict the missionaries and landscapes of the places where they are serving, were executed in the representational realist tradition of Greene. The paintings were made into prints, the prints and the originals sold, then the money earned was donated to the missionaries to help with their financial needs.

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