Parsons Presbyterian Manor
DECEMBER 2021
Hope for Christmas Parsons artist attracted to bold colors, patterns With the publication of the 2022 Art is Ageless® calendar, work by Parsons artist Jane Parish will be featured for the second year in a row. “Juicy Fruit,” a collection of nine individual paintings in a gridded frame, will be included in the special artist postcards that are included in the calendar. It won Best of Show in the amateur category in the 2021 Art is Ageless competition held earlier this year at Parsons Presbyterian Manor. At age 68, Jane has only been eligible to enter for three years. She has already won multiple blue ribbons for the cheerful and detailed drawings and paintings she has only been making for the past few years.
Editor’s note: In a nod to our roots in the Presbyterian Church, Greg Spring, chaplain at Wichita Presbyterian Manor, brings our devotion this month.
People around the world celebrate Christmas with family and friends, parties and gifts, decorations and songs. All of these things are wonderful. However, have we overlooked the baby? We find that the story of Christmas is all about a baby. We discover that the Shepherds in the fields “…hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.” Luke 2:16 The Magi traveled a great distance with significant gifts because of a baby. Even King Herod, though motivated by jealousy, appeared concerned about the baby. He told the wise men “…Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me…” Matthew 2:8
“When I retired, I needed something to do,” Jane said. She hadn’t made a painting since she was in seventh grade, but her mother was a gifted artist who gave away her paintings to friends and family, as Jane has done with much of her own work. Jane was in her 20s during the 1970s, and her affection for Juicy Fruit dramatic colors and prints recalls that era. She works largely in acrylics and colored pencil, media that allow her to make super-saturated works. These include past Art is Ageless winners “Love Waits,” which depicts a stylish woman sitting in a ’50s-style diner against a dramatic black-and-
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Why would a baby stir such evil actions in Herod? What moved the angels in heaven to rejoice over the birth of a baby? How could a baby bring hope to a sinful world? The emphasis is not only about who the baby would grow-up to be thirty years later. The significant point
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white backdrop (2019) and “French Corner Café” (2020), a charming Parisian scene. “Journey to Bethlehem” (2020) was featured in the 2021 Art is Ageless calendar and it’s one of Jane’s favorites. She turned the Biblical scene into greeting cards which she has done with a few of her paintings and drawings. Her more muted works often have animals as their subjects, such as 2021’s bovine, “Sir Loin,” and 2019’s “Louie,” a painting of a gorilla.
Love Waits
Jane often looks to the online platform Pinterest for inspiration. She’s admits to a bit of an “addiction” to the image-sharing site, which offers users an easy way to share and save images and links. “I pick things that stand out to me, that are very bold,” she said.
Journey to Bethlehem
The artist displays her work in dramatic fashion, too. Her favorite works are largely clustered on the four walls of a spare bedroom. A total of 18 drawings and paintings are currently on view in the room. That includes a “collage” of paintings of characters from “The Andy Griffith Show” — 20 in all. “Nowadays, the style is ‘less is more,’” Jane said. “Well, that’s not me.” u
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Hope – continued from page 1 concerns the identity of the baby at His birth. This baby was Emmanuel, God with us, the Prince of Peace, God in the flesh. Joseph learned from the beginning, why this baby was born in such a miraculous event. The Angel communicated that Joseph “…give (the baby) the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 Today, over 2,000 years later, people are still talking about the baby named Jesus. Some in worship, some in faith, some in disgust and some in only a seasonal greeting for the holiday. This baby is the cure for what ails this sinful world today. Jesus is the only thing that makes this holiday Christmas. The sin in the hearts of all humanity brings despair to the world. The message of the baby gives each of us the way to find forgiveness for our sin, something that we cannot do on our own. This truly is the greatest Christmas gift. With no doubt this baby gives each of us the opportunity for hope this Christmas season. u
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