About 20 years ago I first began attending the Rescue Baptist Church where you will find my wife and I most every Sunday morning. In addition to our Lord’s Gospel being preached there faithfully each and every time the pulpit is taken up, there is peace that has always prevailed there, both spiritually and visually, for me. In 2009 I commenced painting this very special place for me with the hope that I might capture the peacefulness that I found and felt there.
I began “The Church House” without telling a soul, … somewhat concerned that I might fail to be able to portray something beyond the image alone. Therefore I told no one of my undertaking. But peace did emerge for me from my canvas as I painted it, and I therefore completed it as a gift to all those who regularly attend there. The original painting hangs today (my gift to the church) within the foyer of the church house, and you can find it reprinted regularly on the cover of every church bulletin.
Once it became known that I had painted it, and folks consequently came to view it within my studio, I found there was an interest for people to own a copy of it individually… therefore it became my very first Giclee Limited Edition offering.
BUT, WHY DID I NAME IT … “The Church House” ?
The building is sheetrock and shingles, cement and lumber, and a place that requires constant cleaning and maintenance. The Lord’s Church are those that He has made absolutely pure and perfectly justified forever, and they therefore require nothing more than what He has already provided them with, …. Himself! The building then is a house where they come to worship Him, while they themselves are His Church; …a building NOT made with hands! So, I named the painting, “The Church House”.
DETAILS
Original work: Oil on Canvas Board
Original size: 18” x 36”
OFFERED IN GICLEE LIMITED EDITION
Edition size: 300 Regular and 25 Artist Proofs (AP) Except Miniatures.
Giclee Image Dimension: 26” x 13” (or contact the Artist)
Archival Mat or Stretched Canvas
Pricing: Archival Mat $120.00 + Shipping and Handling
Stretched Canvas $225.00 + Shipping and Handling
(Add $15.00 for Artist Proofs when offered) (Tax where required)
Fine Art by Mike Loveless 
HI Michael, I am so blessed you called my name out at Lowes today…could not miss your voice and knew it was you, before I turned around. We have catching up to do. Oh how I remember that Rescue Church. The Church House painting. That is how I remember it. A peaceful place during turbulent times for me. I am so glad you saw me in the store. I will call. Monte