This is a post from the ongoing blog-to-blog conversation between myself and my friend Jason Simanek. If you need to catch up, here are our previous posts: 1. In Search of a Truly Creative Occupation 2. Fine Art in Museums: Tigers in Zoos 3. Invisible Artwork: If we ignore it maybe it will go away [...]

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol is the last celebrity artist the world may ever know. While there are more artists living today than ever before, it is hard to imagine an artist personality today rising to the level of national awareness the way Warhol did. That is as much a statement about modern times as it [...]

(…part of my continued conversation with Jason Simanek, following up on his post at bohemianalps.com where he posted “Fine Art in Museums: Tigers in Zoos“) I am lucky to have an assortment of art to cover the walls in my home. I don’t own a Pollock or a Warhol – most of it is work [...]

"Job" (In Progress) "Hosea," by Adrian Hanft, II My dad has been getting some recognition for his sculptures lately, so I thought I would brag about him a little bit… The story of my dad’s sculptures is in many ways the story of what it means to be a Christian and an artist. The reality [...]

Up until that moment creating art was easy. Before this, all that was needed was patience and practice. You find something beautiful and draw it. Let your eyes absorb the beauty and then channel that vision onto paper. I was a junior in high school when my art teacher rocked my world. The assignment was [...]

Yesterday Rian snuck past me as I worked in the basement with an envelope in his hand. When he reappeared without the envelope he told me that he had a surprise for me, but I had to find it. “Daddy, you are cold. Warmer. Warmer, hot, hot, hot!” I picked up the envelope and opened [...]

Several things have crossed my path this week that have to do with the power of exponential numbers. The first was a great movie called Soylent Green which takes place in a future on an over-populated Earth. Here is a video clip of the opening credits: The second exponential example comes from the Colbert Report [...]

Is it any wonder that Christians struggle to be taken seriously? For good and bad Jesus Christ is a pop icon in today’s society. Add the following to the “bad” category. The site is called The Brick Testament and it is essentially the New Testament of the Bible illustrated in Lego’s. Now you know that [...]

Here is a photo gallery from my art show… 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1. Entrance Sign 2. Me 3. Large Jesus Print 4. Robbie Conal looking at my work 5. Robbie’s posters 6. Wall 1 of my work 7. Jesus rug 8-9. People looking [...]

My show was yesterday and it went very well. I will talk about it more in the near future, but for now I want to post the artist statement that accompanied my work. Here is what I wrote… Portraits of Christ Recent Work by Adrian Hanft, III What causes someone to create a picture of [...]