The earth made in seven days—could this be?
A loving God imagined and longed for me?
At one time or another, we all ask ourselves about the Genesis account of creation. How we view creation, and how we understand the lessons in Genesis, deeply affects how we view our lives and our faith. Through original poems, artwork, and photography, In Seven Days?, by author and artist Roslyn Gatts Alexander, presents a fresh, positive outlook on God’s creation of the universe and offers new understanding of the Bible account for readers old and new.
Alexander’s bold and beautiful illustrations enhance our journey through the first seven days, and her lyrical verse provides a playful, modern retelling of the creation story to which we all can relate. Also included are Original Sin, God’s plan for our redemption, and a celebration of His light and glory. God desires relationship with us, and by personally seeking Him we return his admiration and walk in his everlasting love.
Roslyn was born in Columbus Ohio, as the middle child of five children.
She holds a Board of Governor degree with a minor in fine art from Eastern Illinois University and has an Applied Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois. Over the past seventeen years Roslyn has worked with children and adults with special needs teaching and equipping her clients with skills for everyday living, fine motor skills for handwriting and arts and crafts.
Roslyn and her husband Greg are now church planting in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada. Roslyn has been involved in the local church and collegiate ministry along side her husband of 36 years. Greg and Roslyn raised two children and have three grandchildren that have been an inspiration for her books. Roslyn also studied art at Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas and Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. Roslyn stated that in 1974 her father Robert Roswell Gatts, Dean of Mechanical Engineering at Kansas
University, told her that some day she would be able to make art on the computer. After taking a Photoshop workshop in 2001 at the University of Illinois, Springfield she started creating digital art. Starting in the year 2002 Roslyn showed and sold her work at a variety of venues in Springfield, Illinois. In 2008 she composed the books In Seven Days?, and Blue Earth, with some of her first digital art pieces. Blue Earth is now a digital track anyone can view on line or download at
roslynart.com
Roslyn has also published Bread of Presence, Jesus has always been with us.
Lovingly written and the illustrations were brilliant. This was the perfect gift for my grandson's Christian baptism and 10th birthday.
D.J. Fricke
This is a beautiful, visually and lyrically stimulating invitation to enter into the magnificence of the Creation process, a journey that is both exhilirating and intimate. You will be touched, as I was, to see the Creator and the Creation in a new light . . . and enjoy the heart of a Father for His Children as the story unfolds.
Mo Thomas
Excellent work! Images and words converge beautifully and delivers true message of God's working hand!
James Lee