HE SPOKE

This 36” x 36” painting started as a black square with a white rectangle at the center. Painted frisket obscured the painting beneath. The white rectangle was there only to allow me to show a bright red form at the center of the painting. During the service, the Earth as a formless mass, the waters above and below, and light were painted abstractly to illustrate some of elements of Genesis 1. After people had a little time to view the finished abstract painting, the frisket (and abstract painting) was removed to show the Earth, as we know it today.

HE SAVES

This 40” x 75” painting started with the orange-yellow color down the sides leading to the bottom of the painting which showed a darkly painted head of a downcast person. The central area of the painting from the top down to the head was painted white or with light values. During the service a large, rusty Roman nail, representing Christ’s suffering, was painted toward the top of the painting. A narrow stream of red (blood) was painted down from the tip of the nail toward the downcast head. A drop of red separated from the stream and headed down toward the head. Toward the end of the service the congregation sang the song entitled, “Jesus Paid it All.” The refrain for that song is: “Jesus paid it all, 
All to Him I owe; 
Sin had left a crimson stain, 
He washed it white as snow.” As the refrain was being sung, the frisket was removed from the top and bottom of the painting to reveal a smiling Christ and a person in praise with outstretched arms – He Saves.

Acrylic Painting for Monteluz Christian Retreat Center

This is my most recent painting. It is an acrylic painting (3 feet x 6 feet) on canvas. It was a gift to the Monteluz Christian Retreat Center, near Valencia, Spain. The painting reads from left to right. The theme of the painting is "for you" (PARA TI). Jesus suffered "for you" (cross and crown of thorns), conquered death "for you" (white area showing a risen Lord), and now lives "for and in you" in times of difficulty (green and dark blue images), in times of joy (red and light blue images), and in everyday life (gold family image). The jagged white area showing a risen Lord also refers to the tearing of the temple curtain at the moment when Jesus died on the cross.