Official Website of Author & Artist
The Art of the Spirit: An Artist's View of Knowing God
in Living Color
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Have you ever wondered if God is still speaking — and whether you could learn to hear Him?
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Through 28 original oil paintings and the powerful true stories behind them, artist and author Brenda Harrington shows that He is. With warmth, humor, and honesty, she opens a window into the Holy Spirit who is personal, present, and still moving in everyday lives — including her own.
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Stories like Brian "Head" Welch of the Grammy Award–winning band KORN, who has witnessed miracles firsthand — even on the road with his band. And Brenda herself, spray-painting a portrait of Jesus at age 65 in a local graffiti park — becoming, as she laughs, "probably the oldest woman to ever try graffiti."
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Whether you are searching for faith, returning after time away, or simply longing for more — this book was written for you.
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An invitation to know the Holy Spirit personally — not just believe in Him.
My Story
Brenda began creating art as a child and has worked in nearly every paint medium, though her first love has always been oils. One of her first oil paintings, at the age of fifteen, was taken from a verse in the Bible, a theme that still inspires many of her paintings.
After receiving a degree in Commercial Art from Middle Tennessee State University, Brenda worked as a graphic designer for TSC. While raising her family, she designed CD packaging as a freelance designer. Her passion for creating keeps her experimenting with every medium from sculpture to interior design. In 2009, her interior design work was featured in Nashville Lifestyles magazine.
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Her love of painting was put on hold for thirty years but in December of 2009 she had a vision from God which led her to take up oil painting again. She received her training as an oil painter at SouthGate Studio in Franklin, Tennessee.
Brenda and her husband, music photographer Russ Harrington, make their home near Nashville, Tennessee. They met in the photography lab while in college and continue to collaborate both professionally and personally.
Through her art and writing, Brenda continues to share a message of hope, renewal, and the transforming power of the Spirit of God.
LINDELL COOLEY
Pastor of Grace Church: Nashville, Author, Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Producer/Arranger and Worship Leader of the Brownsville Revival.
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“MORE THAN A COLLECTION of art, More than a collection of stories. “The Art of the Spirit” is an invitation to see beyond the obvious into the beauty of the spirit.”
BRIAN "HEAD" WELCH
Co-founder of the Grammy Award winning band Korn.
New York Times best-selling author of Save Me From Myself
"IT WAS AN HONOR to be included in The Art of the Spirit by the talented Brenda Harrington. I know it will impact many lives to come. God obviously invented "the arts," and I hope The Art of the Spirit inspires other people to use their talents in unique and creative ways to spread the love of Christ”
