Richard's Mission Story

I was taking a walk one morning by a beautiful pond and the sunlight was streaming through the trees, the green hazy world around me shimmered like a gift carefully crafted to give me joy- and remind me of deeper, unseen joys.  I drank in the scene and asked my unseen friend and Lord 

"what do you want me to do with my life?"

two words instantly presented themselves to me but not through my eyes or ears,

appreciate                    beauty.

At first I was taken back because that wasn't a calling I had considered worthy.  I was looking for a way to actively make a difference in my world.  

After thinking about it I realized that out of passive contemplation comes response.  Often that response is to share what you have come to appreciate, and often that connection of sharing can bring a moment of healing to another person, or a breath of wholeness and renewal to a community.

The Mission of A Midsummer's Mural is to appreciate beauty, respond to beauty with quality art and craftsmanship, and bring wholeness and renewal to others through that response.

We believe that quality art requires a spirit of openness and discovery.

We believe that quality craftsmanship is having high character and high competence.