Brian Matthew Whirledge and his wife, Rebekah, live in Goshen, Indiana, USA. He paints icons with the blessing of Bishop Anthony of Toledo and the Midwest, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Brian is an ordained reader, and serves as Protopsaltis and choir director at St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Goshen, Indiana. Pursuing the visual arts his entire life, he has painted traditional Orthodox Christian icons since 2007. His icons are found in churches and homes across North America. He teaches high school art as well as several iconography classes each year.