Jesus tells us to become “fishers of men” in Matthew chapter 4. An ancient fisherman repairing his net in preparation to fish symbolizes how we need to prepare ourselves as Christians before we go out and “fish.” I did a little research and tried to best depict how ancient fishermen would repair their nets. The end result is a suspended net and almost an inspection of each section.
I searched for as many names for Jesus as I could find and incorporated them into the “paragraph” – the more words used, the more detail I could show. Once the first, grueling step was completed, I used contrast layers to show the images of…
Another representation of Moses, this painting references when Moses approached the burning bush. Now maybe one day I’ll painting the burning bush itself, but I have always keyed on the part where God commands Moses to take of his shoes when reading the story. Obviously…
Jesus Christ is referred to as the Lion of Judah in multiple places in the Bible, so many artists have depicted Jesus along with a lion or some kind of lion imagery. The vast majority of these artworks depict the lion at eye level, but…