I believe that our individual religious experiences are just that, individual. Each of us has a different reaction to every narration, sermon, situation, and experience. Further, I believe these experiences are understood and maintained in or through abstract thought. In the parable of Jonah and the whale, what do you picture while reading the story? Most of what took place lacks any physical evidence of existence. The voice of the Spirit, the face of God, the sound of prayer in multitude, even the person begin swallowed by the fish, are all abstract in character. My paintings are visual investigations into the idea that most of our religious experiences and concepts are abstract in nature, thought, and experience. Continuing my exploration of how my specific Christian experiences can be expressed through abstract painting, I investigated how the placement of the ellipse or ellipses as a dividing line affects the field and how surface development, layering and the expressiveness of high intensity colors affected the specific experience or Biblical narrative chosen.

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on panel by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of oil on canvas by artist Hannah Aaron as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "A Narrative Rewritten"

Work of art of Ballpoint and gouache by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Dyed paper and pen by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Pen and marker by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Ballpoint Pen by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Ballpoint pen, gouache, and markers by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Ballpoint Pen by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Ballpoint and gouache by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Pen, marker, gouache, ink, charcoal, dyed paper by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Ballpoint pen, gouache, and recycled drawings by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Dyed paper and pen by artist Jordan Black as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Heeding the Underbelly"

Work of art of Wood, Glass, Acrylic paint, griptape by artist Jeremy Chavez as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled Posers.

Work of art of Used skateboard decks, Bearings by artist Jeremy Chavez Allen as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Posers"

Work of art of Wood, Wax, Glue by artist Jeremy Chavez Allen as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Posers"