Brice McCasland Art - www.bricemccaslandart.com

		I am a seat tapper. That is what I do. When I am completely sold out to God during worship I close my eyes and I tap the seat in front of me like a mad bongo player. Not to mention my voice. Needless to say I hope God likes it, because it is big. I love to worship. In fact, I live to worship. It is my hope that people see me and think, “What is he on?” I want to be so caught up in the joy and beauty of what it is to live for Christ that I stink of worship. For me, it is not just belting out my favorite worship song in church or singing in my car on the freeway. I want my praise to be constant. I want to see the stars and thank God with the loudest silence I can pray. I want to memorize my wife’s smile so that I can close my eyes and I can visually thank God for her. I want my brush to have wings and fly across the landscape of my painting in celebration of the crazy love that has been poured over me like water.

In my studio I have the privilege to praise and talk to God for hours while I create each painting. I am often singing, sometimes dancing, always praising. The process of my work is centered on me growing closer to Christ by trying to glorify Him. My painting is my worship. When the opportunity arose for me to paint in front of my church two years ago I was petrified. I was not scared of being in front of people, or even speaking to the congregation. I was terrified of sharing the most personal form of praise that I had. I don’t paint in church; I tap seats. That is what I do. As much as I prayed about it, it wasn’t until I was actually painting the first of three pieces that Sunday that it hit me… It wasn’t about me. Just like a brush in my hands, I am an instrument in God’s. I am merely a middleman that gets in the way of the whole process. When I paint it is about God; not me. It is about the story of unquestionable and incomprehensible love that overcomes us in such a way that our voices, our feet, and our fluttering hearts cannot contain it.
		It is a complete privilege for me to bring the personal worship I experience in my studio into the corporate worship of the church. The opportunity to visually impact people through the gift God has given me is one that exceeds description. Whether it is accompanied with song or silence, it is my hope that each worship piece I create will praise God with that uncontainable love that has been shown to me. If you have any questions or would like information on the opportunity of me worshiping with your church through brush and paint please contact me.