Art

I recently was given the true gift and opportunity to create an art piece for a friend of mine to represent her recent trip to Zambia, Africa.

anytime i create an art piece i work really hard to make sure the art represents the person it is being created for and is true to the original pictures.

for this piece i wanted the canvases to represent her journey- so i took 9 10"x10" canvases and laid them out as you see. they are connected going down- 3 canvases.

i took her pictures and laid them out and then when looking at them the words to the old hymn "rescue the perishing" came to mind....so those are the words that cover the art piece. you read canvas to canvas- left to right then down to next row.

i chose to use gold and silver paint to represent two precious metals that have to be refined by fire. just like God refines us by the fires of life. i know that this trip for her was a time of 'refining' of her heart...so i wanted the journey of the art to truly represent that.....this was one of my favorite pieces i have done to date. i will post my past art pieces soon.