Tree Rooted in Sacrificial Love
Canvas 24” x 36”
Time: Approx. 3 hours
Cost: $1,500
Artist Statement
John 12:24-25 (The Message Version)
“Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you’ll have it forever, real and eternal."
Image: I started the painting with a forceful hand pushing downward symbolizing our natural instinct to control. Midway through the sermon Doug began contrasting the world’s way of taking ‘power over,’ with God's illogical ways of mercy and grace--’power under.’ At this point, I flipped the painting over and began transforming the hand into a tree, rooted in His sacrificial love (literally His blood), it grows and provides shelter and supports life--life that never ends.