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Painting-A-Day: April 22, 2014

4/22/2014

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Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 2" Birch Sides, 24x24", Ready to hang!

Alpha & Omega. The first and the last, the beginning and the end. I decided to meditate on the Alpha and Omega for my last interpretation from the narrative, The Story. I moved to the abstract in this interpretation from Revelation, where "the apocalyptic hopes of the early Christian community find their clearest and most complete expression."  I've never really studied the book of Revelation in depth, as it is rather daunting in its symbolism. But as an artist, I find it fascinating. Perhaps going deeper will also be fascinating. So many rich images.  You may notice that I am using the primary colors of red, blue and yellow. This seems appropriate to me as I consider this question...What is the point here? What is the primary message of this library of ancient texts? For me, its purpose is to simply point to God, Yahweh, I Am.  A God who wants to be in relationship, a God who loves, who seeks justice and shows mercy. The beginning and end is how we think of time on a linear scale, but I think God is beyond time, in the way we think of it. So Alpha and Omega for me is about the eternal, time with no beginning or end, but in God.

This painting is one of 31 works of art by eight regional and national artists and  is the last of my five paintings for an exhibit on the biblical narrative at Crossview Lutheran Church Art Festival, Edina, MN running April 27-May 25, 2014.
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