Spacious Collection
Inspired by Psalm 18:19—"He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me"—
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Spacious is a contemporary contemplative collection exploring freedom, rest, delight, belovedness, and becoming.
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Created through layered abstraction, open compositions, airy color palettes, and intuitive mark-making, these works reflect a personal journey away from fear and striving and into resting and abiding in God's expansive love.
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Each painting invites viewers into a place with room to breathe, be free, dream, rest, wonder, and become.
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My prayer is that these paintings offer a sense of openness, peace, and renewal, creating a little breathing room for the soul and inviting viewers to slow down, rest, and simply be.
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— ChanMi Jung Pyles
The following poem emerged alongside the Spacious collection and reflects many of the themes explored throughout the paintings.
Spacious
— ChanMi Jung Pyles
In Your triune,
spacious,
spacious love,
I finally found
a spacious,
wide-open field
that You prepared for me.
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There I found
heaven-breathed freedom
birthed from divine delight
that sets me
truly,
truly free—
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to live,
live abundantly,
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to breathe,
breathe deeply,
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to dream,
dream God-sized dreams,
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to create,
create with all colors and textures,
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to dance,
dance without reservation,​
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to sing,
sing with my whole being,​
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to run,
run like a child,
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to rest,
rest soundly in green pastures,
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to abide,
abide in the delight of the Father,
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to love,
love without fear,​
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to be,
just be—​
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as unmistakably chosen,
carefully crafted for a beautiful purpose,
dearly, deeply beloved,
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to dwell now and forever
with my Savior.