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Ship of Fools
giclee on rag paper image size- 18" x 18" This painting shows a masked figure (the vessel) and the plague doctor. It describes the human condition. We are all fools aboard this vessel, but the God of the universe is with us. -
The Lamb 10 x 10 inches embellished with 23 K gold leaf This small gem is reproduced from the painting ,"The Lamb of God." Jesus is both the Lamb of God and The Shepherd of His Sheep! He intersects heaven and earth! The original was featured on Biola University's Lent Project 2023.
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giclee on rag paper 18 x 24 inches This charcoal is named from the poem, Sunday Service at The Home for the Incurables, by Suzanne Underwood Rhodes, which is written in the piece. It toured the US with a juried show entitled Heal Touch Anoint A companion piece called "Touch Me, My Gargoyle Heart, And Make Me Crow" can be found in Early Work
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Light Walker
giclee on rag paper 10 x 10 inches Walking towards the incarnate God who is Light and who came to us in time and space. -
REDEMPTION Heaven / Earth
giclee embellished with gold leaf14 x 26 inches". . . a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth." Redeemed from the dark thorny nest that is "home" on earth and covered in the white robes of Christ's righteousness. A ribbon of red holds a suspended egg, a symbol of new life. Each print is hand embellished with gold leaf cross -
giclee on rag paper embellished with gold10" x 10" rag paper 175.00
36" x 36" on stretched canvas- 1250.00 The painting Until Shiloh Comes sold in '93 at the Asheville Art Museum "Christmas Invitational." I have it reproduced in the sizes above. Christ is the Lion and the Lamb. He is the King and the Shepherd. His Incarnation is the subject of Christmas. In this painting a nativity scene is heralded by angels and a rending veil. The scepters / shepherd's crooks reference The Lion of Judah, who holds a scepter of justice and The Shepherd who guides and protects His sheep. The scepters are high-lighted in gold on the giclee prints making each reproduction unique. (The scepter shall not depart from Judah until Shiloh comes... Genesis 49:10.)
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Replacement Headgiclee and gold leaf12" x 12"2010The text "replacement header" on an original blueprint inspired this piece which deals with art history "heads." A Dutch Renaissance head of Christ replaces Da Vinci's Renaissance man of perfect proportions and Durer's perfectly proportioned head.
I have hand-applied a gold leaf over the man's heart. The text reads "...but we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God." -
giclee with hand-embellished gold pastel8" x 10"1993This bowing figure was inspired by my early "Seed Series" and later used as a cover image for Christianity Today for issue about the "Prodigal Son." (See the full 8 x 10 inch image below and the original painting in Archives.) http://gracecarolbomer.com/portfolio-items/weep-for-the-wiping-of-grace/?portfolioCats=115
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Worthy to Open the Scroll
oil and cold wax
12 x 18 inches giclee on Hahnemuhle rag paper2013 -
12 x 12 inches giclee on Provence rag paper Elementary dead reckoning is the process of estimating one's position on the earth's surface. Birds unlike humans do not need this navigation method to determine their position during a flight.
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12 x 12 inches giclee on Provence rag paper The title Air Corps refers not only to the golden navigation plans on which the birds are painted but also above them we see the angels of God.
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12 x 12 inches giclee on Provence rag paper with 1 1/2 inch border Birds are God's navigators. A blue bird and and other navigators are perched on the golden air navigation charts embedded in the surface beneath them.
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The Great Circle Course
12 x 12 inches giclee on Provence rag paper Birds are God's navigators. In this painting, they prepare for take off on the "Great Circle Course," a reference to a flight plan from the airplane navigation plan in the text beneath them. -
"He Has Prepared A City For Them" 7"x 7.75" (matted size -18 x 18 inches)A manipulated giclee print --each print is enhanced with hand-applied gold leaf and graphite. Therefore each print is a unique one-of-a-kind print. The artwork alludes to our future hope, "a city eternal in the heavens" (Hebrews 13:14), which is part of the text at the bottom of the image. Like Millet's Gleaners, we work diligently in this world, but our hope is depicted in the gold sky above. The title is taken from Hebrews 11:16.
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14 x 19 inches giclee with gold leaf This crucifixion references I John 5:6. "This is he who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree."
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manipulated giclee (hand- applied gold leaf) on canvas 36 x 36 inches This giclee on canvas was reproduced from a mixed media painting of torn canvas on a 48" x 48" panel. It was part of my Christmas Invitational at the Asheville Art Museum and part of my Torn Veil series. Each giclee print is unique with hand-applied gold leaf. The fiery torso that descends into our darkness is a covering of glory, a robe of righteousness. It was inspired by and takes its title from the Advent poem by Suzanne Rhodes.
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giclee on rag paper10.5" x 14" This reproduction from a painting depicting God, who is the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God- The king and ruler of all and the sacrificial Savior. The title is taken from Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
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mixed media9" x 12" Sarah laughs when she hears she will have a child in old age. She is listed in the Hebrews heros of faith along with her husband Abraham whose seed will number more than the stars of heaven. Sarah's laughter of unbelief is turned to joyous laughter. She sings in the parched desert.
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giclee on rag paper embellished with gold leaf 12" x 13" image size (paper size 18 x 19) The architect's words on the blueprint, "Dead-lock, Adam's Rite," brings to mind the human condition. Adam's shaved head is a symbol of captivity and exile from Eden. He is captured by the Second Adam, whose sacrificial death ( bowing figure below) unlocked him from his captivity. A lighted cross intersects his eye.
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14 x 19 (image size) giclee on rag paper The words on the blueprint read "Alternate Plan" referring to God's eternal plan of redemption. A waterfall separates the naked figures of Adam and Eve, appropriated from Reformation artist Lucas Cranach. Fallen mankind is naked and alienated from each other and from God.
But Second Adam's covering robe flows through the waterfall symbolizing the washing of the water of God's Word. A door on the original blueprint reads "major entrance." It intersects the figure's neck. A crossbeam behind him and small symbols of The Lord's Supper, a cup and a table,suggest restored communion. -
giclee on rag paper embellished with gold leaf15 x 15 inches The Hebrew word for the Old Testement Scriptures is the Tanak, which is embellished in gold characters. The Word of God is eternal in the heavens. It is the foundation for all words.
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9 x 10 3/4 inches giclee on rag paper (Also available in a larger size 18 x 22 inches) Here a man mourns the loss of his collapsed home. Sadly we worship our temporary castles of sand. Above the God who rules the heavens and the earth, whose name is I AM, knows our sorrows and bids up look up. Whatever is seen is temporary; whatever is unseen is eternal.
