Sanctuary

 

Sanctuary I

Total Image Area: 39"x39"
Oil on Canvas and Wood
$2200

 

 

Sanctuary VIII

Total Image Area: 33"x54"
Acrylic Collage and Wood
$3500

 

 

Sanctuary X

Left
Middle
Right
Image: 7.5"x10"
Frame: 11.5"x14"
Mixed Media
$600
Image: 7.5"x11"
Frame: 11.5"x15"
Mixed Media
$600
Image: 7.5"x10"
Frame: 11.5"x14"
Mixed Media
$600

Buy the entire set for $1250

 

 

Sanctuary XIII

Image: 22"x30"
Frame: 31"x38"
Acrylic Collage
$2200

 

 

Sanctuary XIV

Image: 22"x30"
Frame: 31"x38"
Acrylic Collage
$1400

 

 

Sanctuary XII

Image: 42"x60"
Oil and Wood on Canvas
$3500

 

 

Sanctuary III

Image: 22"x30"
Frame: 31"x38"
Mixed Media
$1400

 

 

Sanctuary II

Image: 22"x30"
Frame: 31"x38"
Mixed Media
$1400

 

 

Sanctuary V

Image: 8"x8"
Frame: 18"x18"
Monotype
$265

 

 

Sanctuary VI

Image: 8"x8"
Frame: 18"x18"
Monotype
$265

 

 

Sanctuary VII

Image: 8"x8"
Frame: 18"x18"
Monotype
$265

 

Artist Statement
Sanctuary Series

There's a place I'm drawn to. The trees jut up from a bank where floodwaters cut away the dirt exposing their root systems. The roots are wrapped around many rocks, some boulders, some pebbles. Still one tree in particular grows to be the tallest in the forest.

One day it occurred to me that I loved this place because it was a sanctuary to me. Everything about it represented something meaningful to my life. The trees themselves are a home for animals; provide wood to build a home for me. They are essential to my life, even as much as serving to purify the very air I breathe. Of course, to the believer, the tree is symbolic of the cross, also essential to my life.

I began to realize the roots and rocks too were symbolically important. Liken to life, the rocks represent barriers, problems. Some of our problems are boulders, some are pebbles, but if we allow God to wrap our roots around them, we too can grow to be tall and strong. This is most noticeably revealed when the floodwaters come and expose our roots.

I reveal my roots in these paintings.