Jesus’ father was Joseph who worked hard for a meager living, and Jesus more than likely inherited his father’s work ethic. I was lucky enough to have a father with a high work ethic. The arms in this painting could belong to Joseph or Jesus or your own father or father-figure. I did try to cross the tools in the background though.
We live in a secular world that is in the process of perishing. If we put our trust, our devotion, our focus on worldly things, we will fall like the red and purple paint dripping down in the background. As Christians, we align ourselves with…
After the praying man in this piece was completed, I spread a thick layer of black over the entire painting to symbolize the darkness of sin. I then squeezed a sponge brush saturated with diluted red dye onto the blackness. The red dye, symbolized the…
I painted this one for my mother as well, and on the same size canvas. Normally, I use 3 to 4 different paint brushes for my paintings, but, for this one, I had to use a very fine, very small brush that held a small…
