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"The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned." Matthew 4:16 "...for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared for all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel." Luke 2:32 |
This project began as a personal challenge. I hoped to set aside time every day during the advent season (4 weeks leading up to Christmas) to meditate on the beauty of our Messiah's coming. Every year during this season our family walks through the lineage of Christ, as recorded in Matthew and Luke, in order to consider and remember the promise of God. But in 2018, on the first day of advent, I wanted to create as I considered the Scriptures pertaining to His coming. I pulled out a clean 24x24 canvas and began working on Day 1, the Beginning - "In the beginning, God..." After a few hours, I wondered what it might be like to wake up every day for the next 26 days and do the same thing.
I didn't have 27 canvases and honestly I doubted I could fully carry out the challenge. So the next day I woke up, took the very same canvas I had painted the day before and worked right on top. To cover the previous day's work under the beauty of a new focus and set of Scriptures became both an offering and a sacrifice. I wasn't worried about meeting someone's expectation or coming back to rework it later. I was simply conversing with the Lord over the truth of His Word in those wonderful moments on that particular day. Every day I created upon the same canvas, but with a new layer holding the next part of the story, worked out in paint, paper, and pastel.
I didn't have 27 canvases and honestly I doubted I could fully carry out the challenge. So the next day I woke up, took the very same canvas I had painted the day before and worked right on top. To cover the previous day's work under the beauty of a new focus and set of Scriptures became both an offering and a sacrifice. I wasn't worried about meeting someone's expectation or coming back to rework it later. I was simply conversing with the Lord over the truth of His Word in those wonderful moments on that particular day. Every day I created upon the same canvas, but with a new layer holding the next part of the story, worked out in paint, paper, and pastel.
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On Christmas morning, I had 27 layers of Advent — 27 layers of the Messiah's beautiful story — all on one canvas.
These are the photos of those 27 layers. Each day's artwork corresponds with the study our family follows during the Advent season. The daily devotionals are published in my book The Branch of a Christmas Tree.
These are the photos of those 27 layers. Each day's artwork corresponds with the study our family follows during the Advent season. The daily devotionals are published in my book The Branch of a Christmas Tree.
* As a bonus, look for parts of the previous day's work in each layer.*
