Golden Hills Art Ministry

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Intro: Ecclesiastes

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Welcome to the Audio Tour for Ecclesiastes: A Collection of Works. The artwork in this collection is created by individual artists in their chosen medium. Every piece is unique and personal to the artist, while the collection of artworks together tells the larger story of Ecclesiastes and the wisdom it holds for us today. There is much to ponder and discover within intentionally chosen brushstrokes, words, musical notes, and other expressive elements. As you look, listen, and contemplate these

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1:26

Karen Hinds

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Light Show Have you ever had that one thing in mind that you knew if you just had it, then you’d be happy? Solomon literally had it all, and in Ecclesiastes counted it all as “hevel”- vapor, meaninglessness. He also says that God has put eternity in our hearts—a sense that there is more, something we are missing—and God’s gift is to eat and drink and take pleasure in all things. “The Light Show” is God’s love reaching into our hearts through Jesus, to satisfy our search and bring meaning and

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5:08

Stephen Foster

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Chasing ShadowsPartly inspired by C.S. Lewis’ “The Great Divorce”, Chasing Shadows explores the idea of expecting the vapor of this world to satisfy an eternal longing for God. Punchy percussion and brutally honest lyrics invite both the listener and the performer into self-examination. Pop-inspired synthesizers, layered vocals, and rock guitars push toward the edge of “over-production”, mirroring our tendency to over-invest on finite things. The contrast between bright, energetic music and cynical

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3:30

Noshua Nunley Jr.

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Mrs. FollyInspired by Ecclesiastes 2:11, Mrs. Folly explores the idea that her worth isn’t in her Wealth and status. In the portrait Mrs. Folly is surrounded by the color blue consuming her ability to be happy, Also surrounding her, the light of the sun and the flow of wind leading to the dove of his word. Mrs. Folly isn’t happy though she has what she wants, she had seen what she needed but wasn’t willing to stand up and grab it.

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1:43

Amy Wadleigh

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Everything and NothingWithout God, you will never have true contentment, and you will be forever searching. Centered, a man stands hunched with his eyes fogged and hope lost. He is a prisoner to his life that surrounds him. He seems to have everything… a wife, child, wealth, power, a home, yet he is miserable - “Everything and Nothing.” As believers we know all those things that are said to fulfill us mean nothing without Jesus. As this man’s story blazons, you can have everything you hope for in

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1:48

Makali Barrera

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Nothing SatisfiesIn this Art piece, it portrays a teenager in a chair, who is bored, tired, and unsatisfied, where everything around him in his room doesn’t matter to him. He has everything he could possibly want as a teen. He has all the latest technology, he has comics for his leisure, and he has the newest Lamborghini, but he feels empty inside. In the first chapter of Ecclesiastes, king Solomon says in many ways how everything is vanity. In Ecclesiastes 1:2 it says “vanity of vanities, says the

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2:00

Isabelle Lopez

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Gold For The Belly, Folly For The Heart An emaciated king looks up at the viewer, clutching his tattered robe. Everything that surrounds him is known but unclear. There is a feast uneaten, gold unspent, and wisdom unknown. The lack of line work evokes a sense of impermanence in his surroundings. The contrast between his detailed body and the undefined background cements the idea that these things cannot ultimately satisfy. He looks up; will there ever be something more than gold for the belly and

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Hayden Acosta

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Out of the Darkness I chose this style of art because of the rich colors and how deeply the emotion could be captured due to color schemas.

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2:19

Matthew Wadleigh

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

ReverenceThe mango-yellow backdrop evokes truth, hope, and the call to fear God. Some may conceive light breaking apart darkness or a tomb. A fading sun-like feature recalls the Preacher’s refrain that all beneath the sun is vanity. To the right, forms may suggest endless labor, cultivated fields, and water vanishing into the air—echoes of humanity’s striving apart from God. Eternal truth contrasts with worldly ambition. The woven net symbolizes our longing to capture what forever slips away

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2:12

Matt Campbell

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Under the SunThis illustration is pretty simple and speaks for itself; a man tilling soil with a rod under the sun. What is unique about this piece is that the words of Solomon are being illustrated by four faces of his ancestors 3,000 years later.

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0:43

Jessica Firkins

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

ListeningThis is a page from my sketchbook, the result of contented hours of sketching while listening to audiobooks for our study of Ecclesiastes. Evidence of the creativity always bubbling below the surface. Drawing flowers, not from reference but from memory and imagination. Created by the drag of a pencil against the texture of paper. Thinking how we are always operating under the distortion of personal perspective and often persistent waves of external pressures. Then there are the flowers—just

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1:05

Pearl DeCew

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Up in Smoke Ecclesiastes 12:14 – one verse is all it took to summarize this books’ message. I know there are more messages in this wonderful text. Still, I am weary of textbook knowledge and wondered about my heart. What do I really know of God? This 18x24 piece is made with paint and fabric. It is so inadequate to the story I want to share. All I know is that God is on one side of the divide and I am on the other. I am a weary, gathering fool with no claim except Jesus. For this I praise God. For

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2:16

Marianne Watson

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

An Endless CycleInspired by Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, this piece was created to reflect the emptiness of riches and war, and how all people seem to want “more time” most of all because everything around us is fleeting. The ships above demonstrate the war of flesh against spirit, with the faint glow of the masks creating 3 crosses behind the right ship, and the sail represents the veil being torn for us to be in God’s presence through Jesus Christ; whilst the shark beneath seeks to devour and destroy as

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2:19

Ashley Kenney

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

A Time to be BenevolentThis piece was created in reference to Ecclesiastes chapter 3. For my musical pieces I like to create a music score for the passage in The Bible that we have been currently studying. In my years of school I studied film composition so I love to create music that you would hear in a film. In this piece I created it based off of the words from the passage of Ecclesiastes 3, which includes, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be

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1:58

Peggy Wunderly

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

TimeWe all feel the endless pull of time. Our lives are shaped by clocks, calendars, deadlines, and the longing for play and rest. Ecclesiastes names this tension and reminds us that nothing in this world can truly satisfy, that it is all absurdity. Yet in Christ, the struggle is transformed. We no longer have to be enough, or strive for enough, because He is enough. He is making all things beautiful in His time, freeing us to receive life as His gift. This piece reflects the tension between

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1:28

Vanessa Zakas

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

The Honor of KingsHave you seen meaning in the murmuring of the birds? Have you heard the whisper of truth in the flutter of their wings?The search for wisdom in a fleeting world is like grasping at meaning in the chaos of birds in flight. Wisdom is vanity without control, and there is no controlling the wind. And yet, there is order in the midst of chaos, order in the flight of the birds synchronized with harmonies carried on the wind. There is order and meaning, but control is only divine.

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4:24

Brian Joksch

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Teach Me Your Ways LordThis song communicates the active struggle of a Christian who constantly strives to do better and trust in their own strength, yet God invites us to become weak and find our strength in surrendering to Him. The striving becomes vain when it leads worldly pleasures, where Ecclesiastes gives wisdom and direction to fear the Lord, obey his commands, and please Him alone. "Teach Me Your Ways Lord" is a song of surrender and asking the Lord for his help in teaching us how to fear

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2:15

Heather Kenney

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

Our Toil, His Sun The strawberries in my yard are more dead than alive. I thought that if I did enough research, bought the right soil, and watered them often, they would grow, but that wasn’t the case. Humans almost always try to control the outcome of our work. “If I just try harder” or “if I just put in more time” are things we might think because we think our efforts are what sprout the fruit. Without full reliance on the Lord, all we really can manage are some rotten berries in the planter

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2:07

Valeria Martinez-Yela

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

A Season of StillnessEcclesiastes reminds us that “there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” This piece reflects the importance of recognizing the different seasons of life and finding meaning within each moment. The calm lake, distant mountains, and isolated figure in the canoe all add onto this peaceful landscape, reminding us to appreciate the beauty of God’s creations. Often, moments like these go unnoticed or are taken for granted because we become

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1:43

Lisa Bramblet

Golden Hills Art Ministry ·

2026/09/25

FeastingSmall Bites to Nourish and Delight.

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