How has God used you today?

I just had a Bible study with members of the CLA, and Mark Anschutz told a story he remembered about Marxhausen. Reinhold used to tell his students that they were tools in God's hands, and he'd ask them "How has God used you today?" If an artist has a good tool, he uses it a lot, to the point the tool becomes well-worn and very familiar. A tool is not made to just sit in a toolbox, ready to work, but not being used.

House in Oil

Oil
16" x 16"

Landscape in Oil 1

Reinhold Marxhausen

This particular painting touched a cord with me as I browsed through Marxhausnen's oils. The green seed shape is a distinct center of interest. Marxhausen illustrated the Parable of the Sower in other works and the same parable may have inspired this painting.

Book Review in SCI

This article is a book review printed in the Seward County Independent on July 24, 1985. I was given a copy last year when I visited Marxhausen's studio. Just this week, I discovered a copy of the book reviewed here at Link Library.

In addition to a collection of videos produced by Marxy, Link library has these resources as well: a book entitled Seeds from the Sower: Responses to the Parables of Jesus which includes art by Marxhausen and several other CUNE art faculty; Seward Drawings by Karl Marxhausen, which also includes a note thanking his dad; and a vinyl record of the sounds created by sculptures by several notable artists in the field, including Marxy.

Urban Landscape in Oil 1

Reinhold Marxhausen

Still Life in Oil 3

Reinhold Marxhausen
Oil
18" x 24"

Portrait in Oil 3

Reinhold Marxhausen
Oil
24" x 18"

Portrait in Oil 2

"Meiser Bran"

Reinhold Marxhausen
"Meiser Bran"
Oil
17" x 21.5"
1947
'My first painting'

Photogram 1

Reinhold Marxhausen

12" x 14"

Photograms are created by placing objects on photo-sensitive paper. Essentially, a photograph made without a camera. Man Ray is a notable artist associated with this technique.

Portrait in Oil 1

Oil
26.5" x 28.5"
Created: 2-14-1947

Marxhausen in the Broadcaster

The Broadcaster is CUNE's official magazine. The 2010 Winter issue featured a story on the event honoring Reinhold Marxhausen. It has great photos and a description of the event. You can view it online at the school's website. The story is on page 34. Here is the URL:

http://www.cune.edu/about/publications/broadcaster/broadcaster-winter-2009/

Still Life in Oil 2

Reinhold Marxhausen
Oil
28.5" x 35"

Updated info on Burnt Wood

Many of Marxy's mosaics, including the one hanging in the Janzow campus center, feature burned pieces of natural wood. These five pieces show Marxhausen's experiments with burning wood.

Reinhold Marxhausen
"Landscape"
Burnt wood

Reinhold Marxhausen
Burnt wood

Reinhold Marxhausen
Burnt wood

Reinhold Marxhausen
"Growth #6"
21.25" x 21.25"
Burnt wood and plaster

No artist name (presumably Marxhausen)
"Spring #2"
Burnt wood and plaster

Notes on the Paintings

These paintings, watercolors, and other works were scanned or photographed by the inestimable Amber Konz. I'm uploading the photographs as well as any information on the works' titles, sizes, or years created. Konz got this information from the Marxhausen Gallery located on CUNE campus.

Still Life in Oil 1

Reinhold Marxhausen
Oil
20" x 16.5"