ECVA - Ruth Tietjen Councell - Praying the Hours

~ CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS ~

Mel Ahlborn 1 · Julie Christian Bender 1 2 3 · Barbara D. Bennett 1 2 · Sally Brower 1 2 3 · Alisa E. Clark 1 2 3 · Ruth Tietjen Councell 1 2 3 · Anne Cameron Cutri 1 2 3 · Elizabeth de Sherbinin 1 · Ann James Massey 1 · Joy Jennings 1 2 3 · Chris Odom 1 2 3 · Margaret Adams Parker 1 2 3 · Heather Sisk 1 · Claudia Smith 1 · Jeanne H. Weaver 1 · Marion Williams 1

Ruth Tietjen Councell

Illumine

Watercolor, ink, handmade paper
mounted on board

Artist Statement: “Illumine this Night with your Celestial Brightness”
From a Collect for Compline, page 133, Book of Common Prayer

What an image! Heavenly light showering down, surrounding, engulfing, infusing the darkness with all the beauty of cosmic creation.

Bio: Ruth Tietjen Councell has worked in a variety of media over the years, including children’s book illustration, graphic design, botanical art, liturgical hangings, illuminated letters, and oil and watercolor painting. She studied art at the University of Redlands (California), and at UC Santa Barbara. She also studied Botanical Art at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois, and at the New York Botanical Garden in NY City. She taught art for a time at Trinity Episcopal Academy in Trenton, New Jersey, and at the Arts Council of Princeton for 13 years. Ruth currently lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan where she enjoys making art with her granddaughter.