Joel Schoon-Tanis strives to view the world through a childlike lens—full of color, whimsy, and honesty. His work helps others unlock a sense of childlike wonder about God’s world. For over thirty years, Joel has been a working artist in Holland, Michigan. He has written and illustrated a handful of books (recently 40: The Gospels, At Psalms School, and Lulu and the Long Walk), painted murals around the world (including in Kenya, Zambia, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Mozambique, Palestine, and northern Wisconsin), and painted nearly a gazillion paintings in his career. His work is in churches, children’s hospitals, schools, restaurants, businesses, and many private collections. In 2016, one of his images was presented to Pope Francis. In 2017, he joined international artists in Leipzig, Germany, to create art around themes of social justice in conjunction with a gathering for the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation.

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