
Independent Creative Arts Professional, Clergyperson
Portland, Oregon Area

Independent Creative Arts Professional, Clergyperson
Portland, Oregon Area
I am a commercial graphic designer and visual fine artist, owner of the Iridia Creative Productions.
The Iridia Creative Productions exists: (1) to bring the luminous vision of the sacred tradition in the contemporary fine arts; and (2) to help showcase your organization and its mission through creating visual tools for your growth and transformation: signage, corporate logo/branding, brochures/newsletters, storefront/office window painting, murals and backstage banners.
In my fine arts work, I attempt to reconnect these them together to bring about a new stream and movement of art that combine the ancient spirituality with the modern artistic sensibility. Many of these icons are Art Neo influenced, that is, inspired by some of the Art Deco and Art Nouveau streams of the 1920s and 1930s. In my works I reinterpret the symbolism inherent in iconography to the early- to mid-20th century aesthetics, allowing viewers to rethink and rediscover the spiritual and metaphysical values behind the icons in the context of what may be the immediately accessible past--the era that was not yet entirely overcome by the ugliness, yet was not too distant.
Ultimately my works of art are an extension of my worship and faith. Just as musicians compose songs, I draw and paint. The process itself is a form of contemplative exercise, but it is also hoped that the products help others to revive their spirituality and discover the Tradition in a new way.
Spiritual and religious arts, window painting, banners, theatrical stage backdrops, mixed media, watercolor, watercolour, illustration, heraldry, logo designs
(Religious Institutions industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
(Arts and Crafts industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Commercial design, branding, logo, signage and fine arts.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Represented a small Old Catholic/Anglican denomination to the state of Oregon, conducted several missionary activities.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
April 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Overseen the event scheduling, rentals and day-to-day office operations of the non-profit cooperative convention facility in North Portland.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 2005 — December 2005 (10 months)
Certificate , Theology , 2008 — 2008
The Dimensions of Faith certificate program consists of approximately 150 hours of lectures from the GCTS's post-graduate divinity programs, including biblical theology, church history, missiology and doctrinal theology.
1994 — 1997
philosophy, traditionalist school, wisdom christianity, theology, comparative religion, aristasia, ancient mythology, ethics, liturgy, liturgical arts, mixed media, sacred arts, watercolour, watercolor, illustration, iconography, ikon, window painting, window decorating, virgin mary, anglicanism, anglicans, old catholicism, reformed catholicism, history, sacred scriptures, graphic design, commercial arts, visual arts, branding, logo, signs, murals