About John The Baptist Artworks

Welcome. Thank you for coming to explore my artwork and landscape photography.

In January 1997 I met God and entered into a loving, personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This is the truth that changed my life. (To read my story, please see About The Artist and Photographer: Rebecca Brogan. )

Experiencing God’s love, truth and goodness in my life is what inspires my artwork and landscape photography. It is a record of my spiritual journey with him.

John the Baptist Artworks began in 2002 out of my desire for all people to come to know God personally and to enter into a loving relationship with him. It is a ministry to share this message with people and to proclaim the wonders and goodness of God in various artistic forms.

CHRISTIAN FINE ARTWORK

“The LORD replied, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’

Then Moses said to him, ‘If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?’

And the LORD said to Moses, ‘I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.’ Then Moses said, ‘Now show me your glory.'” (Exodus 33:14-18)

John the Baptist Artworks was born in 2002 to declare this message:

There is a difference between a Relationship with God and practicing a Religion about God.

It is the difference between life and death, the genuine and the counterfeit, spiritual truth and religious hypocrisy, following Jesus and following a manmade religion about Jesus.

Jesus said, “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (John 17:3).

That we may know God personally instead of merely knowing about God intellectually, that we may deepen our personal Relationships with God instead of becoming more deeply entrenched in a Religion about God, that we may experience and abide in God’s Presence instead of practicing a man-made ‘christian’ Religion devoid of the Presence of the Living God is why John the Baptist Artworks exists.

This is the definitive characteristic of all true Christ followers: That we know God personally and experientially, and that his Presence is truly with us.

For this purpose and to this end I make artwork.

To view my Statement of Faith, please see: Image Use Policy.

TASMANIAN WILDERNESS LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

Who does not marvel at the complexity, diversity and beauty of life on our planet?

Who can comprehend a thousand light years or fathom the vastness of our universe?

I have never lost my childlike wonder.

God is daily revealing his glory through Creation even if there are no observers present to witness it. For me, landscape photography is an adventure to find these new, hidden wonders concealed within the wilderness and to present them as beautiful artistic compositions to those who might otherwise never get the chance to see them.

As a Christian, I do not take any credit for the beauty of the scenes I shoot, for it is the artwork of God. For this reason, although all digital photos must be computer processed in order to restore that which the camera does not adequately capture (for cameras are nowhere near as sophisticated as our eyes), I deliberately avoid “Photoshopping” my images into fantasy. My artistic ethos is far more akin to National Geographic photographers (who seek to present the natural world as it is) rather than much of the mainstream landscape photography world, which frequently uses reality as a basis to manipulate an image into varying degrees of artistic fantasy. Speaking as an artist, there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to develop an artistic image, for abstraction is as valid of an artistic style as realism. However, as a Christian landscape photographer, my goal is to present God’s artwork, not mine.

As you view my photos and read my reflections on them, I invite you to let your childlike wonder run free.

A Tasmanian bushwalking club, Boots ‘n’ All, has put together a very lovely and peaceful video of my Tasmanian wilderness landscape photography called “Spectacular Tasmania”. You can watch it here, or you can watch the high definition video here.

ALL PROFITS GO TO CHARITIES

John the Baptist Artworks sends ALL profits beyond operating expenses to the following two trusted charities: Samaritan’s Purse and Barnabas Fund.

Discover more about these charities and what projects money has been donated to in the past.

SALAMANCA MARKET

COVID – 19 UPDATE (September 2020):

Salamanca Market is up and running again but on a much smaller footprint, with shortened hours and with strict Covid-19 restrictions in place. I have not yet returned to Salamanca Market, but I am prayerfully considering returning before the end of 2020. Please contact me or visit the online store for any purchasing enquiries. Those in Tasmania have the option of free local pick up in Hobart.

Due to the catastrophic financial impact of Tasmania’s closed borders I am no longer selling my photography at “The Wood Guys” (Margate). Likewise, I have recently resigned from Off Centre Gallery (Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart). My landscape photography will remain in Off Centre Gallery until October 31, 2020. My final solo micro gallery exhibition of Tasmanian wilderness landscape photography will run from Friday, September 25 – Thursday, October 8, 2020.

On many Saturdays I have a stall at Salamanca Market in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, where I sell both my Christian artwork and Tasmanian wilderness landscape photography.

Weather permitting, I work live on my easel.

(I am usually found within the first 20 stalls down from Davey St., across from St. David’s Park.) If you would like to know exactly where I will be for a particular weekend, please Contact me.

Situated in the international port city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Salamanca Market attracts up to 25,000 visitors each Saturday from scores of different nations on every continent. The open-air market runs every Saturday (8:30 am – 3 pm) year round and features 300+ stalls of Tasmania’s finest arts, crafts, woodwork, local produce, wines, etc. as well as local buskers and entertainers.