004: Creatively, pt I: God on Canvas | April Watkins

Creativity in ingrained within each of us. For some it flows out easier, but we all have the capability of creating. This episode is part one of a two-part series on creativity.

This week, Elliott sits down with April Watkins, an artist and painter who grew up in the church and was a part of Christ Fellowship right from the very beginning. Her father, Bill Rimondi, was one of the founding pastors of Christ Fellowship. She grew up in our youth group, and then became one of the original leaders in our youth ministry, The Bridge. In 2009, April married her husband and they moved away to various places within and outside of the United States, so they are not currently active members of our church.

Since moving, April has fully embraced a passion she began to develop while in high school of painting. Recently, she left her previous career in the medical field to pursue painting full-time.

Elliott and April discuss what art and creativity are, what her personal creative process is and how she goes about creating her paintings, and why she defines her work as "prophetic art". We learn about her latest project, "Chronicles of Him," and she gives advice on how to begin exploring our own creativity.

This is April Watkins's story.

You can follow April's Art Instagram at: April Joy Articulations

You can follow the Chronicles of Him project at: The Chronicles of Him

Jump to a Segment:

00:00:00 Opening

00:00:32 This Week on CF Stories...

00:01:16 Introducing April Watkins

00:08:01 The origins of an artist

00:13:21 How do you define "art?"

00:15:17 What is "creativity?"

00:17:48 What is your creative process

00:20:38 Prophetic art

00:36:09 Chronicles of Him

00:44:50 Lightning Round: Three Questions

00:47:23 Advice on how to begin with creativity

00:51:02 How can we pray for you?

00:54:02 Outro / Thanks for listening

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Hosted by: Elliott Johson | Instagram

Guest: April Watkins | Instagram

Produced by: William Hartz | Twitter Instagram

Audio Engineer: William Hartz

Music by: Giancarlo Cordon | Instagram

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