Another simple concept, “Noah” shows the first drop of the rains that attributed to the great flood. I tried to make the hand of Noah to look both rough and weathered and very, very old. Noah was 500 years old when he began construction of the ark. After spending years constructing an enormous vessel and seeing all the animals board it, a huge first drop falls right near Noah’s hand resting on the rail of the ark. A powerful moment in time.
The first painting of 2012 depicts the account of Elijah challenging the 450 followers of baal from 1 Kings chapter 18. Elijah and fire from heaven seem to collide quite regularly. I wanted to emphasize just Elijah and the fire, but the challenge was not…
This piece depicts the slain Egyptian and the feet of Moses standing over his body, and a Hebrew word meaning “to change” is written in the sand. Although this event in Biblical history is not a summary of the book as a whole, I feel…
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…