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Life Giver
encaustic/ beeswax on panel 18 x 18 inches ( in a black floater frame)Embedded papers and transferred images reference Michaelangelo's "Creation of Adam." God the Father gifted His Son to the earth to be The Life Giver (Hebrew text and eggs). The God who created the stars became flesh and blood and walked among us so we could fly- see references to wings! -
Psalm 19 /Day To Day. . .
12 x 12 inches oil and wax on canvas Both day and night reveal the glory of God. "Day to day pours forth speech and night to night reveals knowledge." -
oil and cold wax on panel12 x 12 inches2013 We are "Dawn Treaders!" Like the metaphor C.S.Lewis uses in his book by the same name, this painting reminded me of our pilgrimage towards the Dawn , the "sunrise from on high."
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10 x 10 inches oil and gold leaf on book board During the Last Supper, Jesus' last discourse before his death, he tells his disciples that he is the way, and the truth, and the life. " No one comes to the Father except through me," Jesus says as he points to a door and a small gold square. The vultures are gathering on this night of his betrayal.
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In The Theater of the Heart
12 x 12 inches oil and wax on panelThe human heart is theater unless redeemed by the God who gives one "a heart of flesh for a heart of stone."
Left to its own devices the human heart is deceitful and dreadfully wicked. In this painting a heart is being monitored on a cell phone. But who can really judge the heart and the thoughts of a man? Only the God who knows our thoughts before there is a word on our tongue. Psalm 139: 4. This painting also brought to mind a panel of judges reviewing a heart. No need to see your personal doctor. The medical jury is having it watched.
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We See As In A Mirror Dimly
oil and wax on panel 18 x 18 inches 890.00 We see only dimly the glory that awaits for those who know sacrificial redemption wrought by the Incarnation. -
"We Are Going," They Said, "To the End of the World" II
13 x 17 inches oil and wax and gold on panel This title, taken from Dana Gioia's poem by the same name, is the second painting with this title. My narrative abstract artwork concerns the Biblical theme of pilgrimage and teleological travels. The God who created the world knows our end from our beginning. Our days are in his hands and are progressing towards eternity. -
Trinity / Seed Series
12 x 12 inches oil and wax and gold in black floater frame The figures in this painting describe the Triune God -- God the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. God the Son is shown as the seed-like figure in the earth below. He came to die like a seed to bring the new creation, new life! The text across the bottom reads, " I have found the one who my soul loves." -
These Three Bear Witness
12 x 24 inches oil and wax and gold leaf on canvas This painting is from my series "One Who Came on the Waters of Time." It explores the biblical understanding of the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. "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." -
The Mountain of the LORD
12 x 12 with black floater frame oil and wax and gold on panel The Mountain of the LORD is where God meets and dwells with his people. In the Old Covenant, Moses the mediator was necessary to stand between holy God and sinful man, but in the New Covenant, Jesus has become the Mediator between God and man.“And it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains and all the nations will flow into it.” (Isaiah 2:2ff)
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Psalm 19 / Day to Day Pours Forth Speech
12 x 12 inches oil and wax and gold on panel Psalm 19 is a doxology of praise to the Word of God. "The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork. . . .The law of the LORD is perfect . . . more to be desired that gold!" In this painting I am also considering the "line that has gone out through the earth and their words to the end of the world." Line/voice may refer to sound/frequency and God's Word creating and holding all things together, Col.1:15ff. -
The Pillars of Heaven Tremble
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Ascension - Into Thin Air
12 x 12 inches oil, wax, gold, newspaper on panel This small painting framed in a black floater frame references The Ascension (of Jesus) and compares it to man's attempt at ascension to the heavens -- the Space X launch and the story, "Into Thin Air" of scaling Mt Everest. -
A Sacrifice / The Burghers of Calais
12 x 12 inches oil, wax. gold, and newspaper on panel (black floater frame) A golden port city image was the base for this painting about sacrifice. When the port city of Calais, France was besieged by England, in exchange for lifting the siege, the city sacrificed six of its citizens. Rodin memorialized this historical event in "The Burghers of Calais." The red above their heads indicates this sacrifice and the gold vertical edge suggests a glimpse into the eternal city and the sacrifice of Jesus. -
"Behold, I Make All Things New" One Who Came On The Waters of Time Series
12 x 12 inches oil and wax on panel / black floater frame The God who breathed the world into being through water entered time and space to redeem his creation for his bride.
