This piece was painted on a considerably smaller canvas than the rest. It is intended to be placed above the door frame at the front door on the inside of a house. Not my normal look, but this painting was created to meet the specifications of a very important person in my life. It is the second painting that has English lettering and the first to hang over my mother’s front door.
An optical illusion at the top of the tower in the painting makes the stairs appear to always ascend but never move higher is inspired by M. C. Escher’s 1960 “Ascending and Descending” lithograph. The illusion is created with a play on perspective that is…
The horrors of Hell cannot be perceived by our human thoughts. The Bible describes Hell as a place where there is much, “crying and gnashing of teeth.” Eternal damnation is total separation from God. I imagined Hell as a dark place where God’s light is…
An attempt at an optical illusion, the stairs can lead either up or down. The perception of a flight of stairs leading down would mean the light causing the shadow is above and separate from you. If the stairs lead up, the shadow is also…
