8×10″ pastels on paper
January 17, 2013
The Chi Rho is one of the earliest forms of christogram, and is used by some Christians. It is formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters chi and rho (ΧΡ) of the Greek word “ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ” =Christ in such a way to produce the monogram.
Although not technically a Christian cross, the Chi-Rho invokes the crucifixion of Jesus, as well as symbolizing his status as the Christ.
8×10″ pen and pastels on paper
January 16, 2013
Part of a series on the season of Epiphany and inspired by the following biblical passage:
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Consider the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
Matthew 6:25-27
8×10″ pen and chalk pastels on paper
January 16, 2013
Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Adela Cathecart:
“What has she to tire her?”
“If she is tired inside first, everything will tire her.”
8×10″ charcoal on paper
December 7, 2012
Inspired by the following passage from Diary of an Soul by George MacDonald:
Love me, beloved; Hades and Death
Shall vanish away like a frosty breath;
These hands, that now are at home in thine,
Shall clasp thee again, if thou art still mine;
And thou shalt be mine, my spirit’s bride,
In the ceaseless flow of eternity’s tide,
If the truest love thy heart can know
Meet the truest love that from mine can flow.
Pray God, beloved, for thee and me,
That our souls may be wedded eternally.
8×10″ colored pencil on paper
December 24, 2012
A drawing of my best friend’s son reading to my daughter, and part of a larger series on books and reading.
