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The Art of Guy Chase explores the visual, conceptual,
and spiritual complexities of one of the most provocative
contemporary visual artists of faith. Chase's art is
characterized by intentionally cultivated contradictions
between humor and sobriety, contemplation
and irony, material tactility and sacred meaning.
Lavishly illustrated, this book documents Guy Chase's
faithful response to an artistic calling and his methodical
engagement with the history of Christianity
and the visual arts as a strategy of renewing that
relationship today.
About the author
James Romaine is an Associate Professor of art history at Lander University. He is the co-founder of the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA). His books include
Objects of Grace: Conversations on Creativity and Faith, The Art of Sandra Bowden, The Art of Guy Chase, Art as Spiritual Perception: Essays in Honor of E. John Walford, and
Behold: Christ and Christianity in African American Art. Video essays by Dr. Romaine can be viewed at
Seeing Art History on YouTube.
Joel Sheesley, Emeritus Professor of Art at Wheaton College, is a painter whose current work focuses on the landscape.
Theodore Prescott is a sculptor and writer who lives and works near Harrisburg PA. Prescott received a B.A. in Art from The Colorado College, and an M.F.A. from the Rinehart School of Sculpture at MICA. Prescott was instrumental in founding the national organization CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts). The forms of his work are related to modernist sculpture, but his subject matter often draws on the beliefs and ideas found in the Christian tradition.
