Portfolio > The Serpent Handler Group

“Blurring the line between art and religion, Monroe reminds us
that both hold out the promise of spiritual transcendence,
and both may cost their practitioners more than they expected.”
-Eleanor Heartney

Miracle of the Triplets
Chalk and charcoal on paper
60” x 48”
1997
Shorty Takes Up Serpents
Chalk and charcoal on paper
60"x 48"
1998
The Anointing of Miss Hopi
Chalk and charcoal on paper
60" x 48"
1999
Meeting At the Brush Arbor
Chalk and charcoal on paper
60"x 48"
1999
The Ecstasy of St. Columbia Gay Elkins of Jolo
Chalk and charcoal on paper
58"x 58"
2001
The Vision of Free Pentecostal Sherman Lawson of Path Fork KY
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
60” x 72”
2004
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Barbara Elkins of Jolo WV
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
76"x 49"
2005
The Death of Sister Melinda Brown of Parotsville TN
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
82"x 47"
2006
The Assault of Sister Glenda Darlene Collins of Scottsboro ALA
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
59"x 59"
2006
Saint Lydia Elkins of Jolo Receives The Holy Ghost
Chalk and charcoal on paper
45” x 32”
2006
The Daughter, 1938-1961
Chalk, pastel and pigment on paper
36” x 22”
2006
The Grandmother, 1915-1999
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
30"x 22"
2007
The Death of Brother John Wayne Punkin Brown of Parrottsville, Tennessee
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
60" x 72"
2010
The Granddaughter: Prophetess Lydia Lynn Hollins
Chalk, charcoal and pastel on paper
30” x 22”
2010
Arthur Reaches Into the Deep Light
Chalk and charcoal on paper
60"x 48" 1998-2018