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THE
CROSS
(variations)
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Three-in-One
40" x 30"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: $1,140 |
The dove, shown jointly above the waters
at creation and at Jesus' baptism in the River Jordan, represents the
Spirit's active involvement at each. Likewise, the cross, symbolizing
the Son, marks His working at both points of history. The Father, although
not represented in symbolic form here, is also present in our mind's
eye as He speaks at both events. It is a vivid picture of the eternality
of the Triune God.
"In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was
formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
Spirit of God was hovering over the waters."
(Genesis
1:1-2)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all
things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made."
(John 1:1-3)
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Between
Thieves
30" x 40"
Acrylic on stretched canvas
2000, adapted from a finished work of 1993
Price: SOLD
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Bensko Collection
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The colors swirl - paradise and condemnation,
good and evil, repentance and pride...meet at the cross.
"Therefore
I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils
with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was
numbered with the transgressors."
(Isaiah 53:12)
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Let
The Nations Be Glad
48" x 48"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: SOLD -
Ochoa Collection
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Christ,
triumphant over all the nations!
"Let
the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations,
'The LORD reigns!'"
(1 Chronicles 16:31)
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Innocence
Condemned
40" x 30"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: $1,140 |
The
dove motif here symbolizes purity, meekness, modesty humility and innocence.
The cross surrounds, envelops, as sin is cast upon Him.
"God
made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become
the righteousness of God."
(2 Corinthians 5:21)
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Introduction
40" x 30"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: $1,140 |
The
descending dove, the coming of the Holy Spirit, introduces the Son whose
purpose was cast before time. The cross looms in the near future.
"And
the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice
came from heaven: 'You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.'"
(Luke 3:22)
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Pierced
40" x 30"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: $1,220 |
A
mockery crown...symbol of humiliation and suffering, plaited by the soldiers
and imposed upon Jesus, entering into his brow. Nails...driven through
the Savior's hands and feet, symbols of the poignancy of his physical
suffering.
"But
he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds
we are healed."
(Isaiah 53:5)
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Crown
of Suffering; Nails of Selflessness
60" x 48"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: $2,220 |
Pain
and humiliation. The instruments of degradation and torture in the executioners'
hands. Christ freely gave himself over to their torment and affliction
to purchase a place in heaven for us.
"And
then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They
put a staff in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him.
'Hail, king of the Jews!' they said."
(Matthew 27:29)
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Therefore
Go
40" x 30"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: SOLD -
Matyas Collection |
The
crowned cross of victory, stretching across the globe and the heavens.
ALL authority is present. The command is given...ALL peoples.
"Then
Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has
been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."
(Matthew 28:18-20)
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Tree
of Life
60 " x 48"
Acrylic on stretched canvas - 2001
Price: SOLD -
Messer Collection |
We see the Tree of Life (eternal life) in both the opening chapters
of Genesis and the last chapter of Revelation. After the fall, man was
forbidden to eat of its fruit because of being under sin's control.
Here, the Tree is represented with three branches, each with three leaves,
symbolizing the Trinity. Within its trunk is the cross, another "tree
of life" upon whose timbers eternal life was purchased for us.
Through the acceptance of Jesus' shed blood, believers of every people
group are promised to eat freely of the Tree's fruit within a secure
eternity with God.
"On
each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops
of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree
are for the healing of the nations."
(Revelation 22:2)
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PETRAGLYPHIC
EXPRESSIONS SUB-GALLERIES
The
Vine |
The
Cross
(Traditional) |
The
Cross
(Variations) |
Ichthus/Other
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