Eric Nykamp says about his artwork, “My paintings are the footprints of my walk with God.” Eric describes his art as his personal prayer language “speaking with God through the vocabulary of paint.” He has been painting these spiritual self-portraits for many years, though in recent years he has been deeply impacted by expressing his faith through the aesthetic language of his wife’s native Chinese culture. He and his wife, Yee Lam, live in Grand Rapids, MI with their three young children. Eric is employed as an inpatient social worker at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services and is the president of the Grand Rapids affiliate of the international organization CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts.
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