Ross Boone
(artist name: Raw Spoon).
I battled doubt even as I built up thriving careers in product design, illustration and writing.
Now I use art (images and words) and apps to share my creative answers with others who struggle too.
I choose to live a monk-like lifestyle (see video below) so I can focus on hearing from God, and sharing what I hear in compelling ways. I purposely don't own a house or many material things, and I trim out activities that take away from my mission, so I can churn through the hardest questions of our faith, and master the craft of art, story, and app building to convey these answers to the world.
Degrees:
B.A. in Mechanical Engineering (Colorado School of Mines)
B.A in Industrial Design (Metro State College of Denver)
M.A. Theology (Columbia Theological Seminary)
Worked for:
Hayes Co, Southern Patio --> AtLeisure (outdoor decor), Crux Retail (designed retail displays), Mand Products, L.L.C (my illustration business), Adam Aircraft (Airplane interiors designer).
Written for:
Boundless.org (Focus on the Family)
YMI.today (Our Daily Bread)
BioLogos: Web platform about science and faith. founded by Francis Collins
Done art or product design for:
I've done Graphic recording (through The Sketch Effect) for: Chick-fil-A, Delta, Coca-Cola, Nike, Women's Soccer Olympic team, Accenture, PwC, Amazon, and tons of others.
I've done product design for products that ended up in CostCo, Ace Hardware, and Home Depot and more.
Featured in:
Tardan Media (1)
I was interviewed by Dennis Tardan, who has been interviewing people for over 40 years. We cover why is there hell, and suffering on earth. Here's part 1.
Tardan Media (2)
Part 2 covers astrophysics and explanations of Dark Matter and how it relates to heaven, and entanglement might be an explanation for miracles.
Movie Talk
I was invited to Tampa to give a talk on Faith and Art. I spoke about the power of movies to help us hear God's secret thoughts. here's the 2 minute teaser:
And here's an edited 40 minutes of the main part of the talk
Olympic Soccer Team
I got to do Graphic Recording (through The Sketch Effect) for the Women's National Soccer Team to support their olympic performance!
Know Why Podcast (1)
(part 1) Liberty McArtor hosts the Know Why Podcast, exploring the 'why' behind folks who play in the area of art and faith.
Know Why Podcast (2)
(part 2) in the continuation of the episode we talk about finding your mission, and the potential of turning hardships into purpose
Shoutout Atlanta
Article about some of my endeavors.
Share Life Podcast
Jason Montoya interviewed me on his podcast about inspirational ways of living.
The Professor's Bayonet
Jason Michael Dew's inaugural Podcast on The Professor's Bayonet was about my book, "Squire and Daniel." A kids book about loss.
Paper Plane Pilots
Conrad De Vries hosts a podscast where he asks guests and he himself explores how to help us rise to be our very best. He interviews me mostly about my model of finding your mission.
Gabriela Handal
Gabriela is an fine artist who has a thriving podcast. In our interview we share out thoughts. I get to share how beauty is one of the reasons I believe in God.
Voyage ATL
Voyage ATL is an online magazine featuring Atlantan residents doing activities they deem noteworthy.
Signify.Solutions
Signify Solutions does marketing to help companies with a cause. They wrote up 29 orgs (including mine) who pivoted to survive in COVID. I'm one of them!
J-Sheetz
J-Sheetz is an artist with a thriving YouTube audience. I was his first interview for his podcast!
Angie Austin
Angie Austin is a radio show host in Denver. She interviewed me about my kids book about grief, "Squire and Daniel."
Sermon Sketchnotes
Raven Henderson runs an online group and podcast called "Sermon Sketchnotes Community. I got to talk to her about doing sketchnotes!
Gainsayer
Gainsayer.me is an online magazine featuring creatives. They did a write up on me!
What Are You Reading
What are you reading is a fun interviewing project by Timothy Rhodes. He asks people he finds interesting about what they are reading.
Armory Publishing
Armory publishing sponsored this book signing for my book published by them!
News-Press.com
New-press.com is part of the USA today network and featured an article about the mural of my Modern Last Supper I installed in Ft. Myers, Florida.
Hello Southwest Florida
HelloSWFL.com is a news media outlet which featured my Modern Las Supper mural.
Blog
Interview
Podcast
Interview
Splash Damage (#1)
Splash Damage is a video gaming blog/podcast by four of my friends. They invited me on to talk a couple times about video games as art.
Splash Damage (#2)
Christ Global 360
Christ Global 360 is a worship event at which I present live artwork.
Plant with Purpose
Plant with Purpose is a fantastic organization working to help the world's farmers. We partnered together to display a few of their core values visually on merchandise.
Shepherd Heart
Shepherd Heart provides emotional resources for pastors. I got to write a short article about God's solution to OCD.