Atonement
by Cassandra Barney
“I was listening to a talk in church about the Atonement. It’s
something I’ve heard about my entire life, but never really tried
to understand. As used in the scriptures, ‘to atone’ is to suffer the penalty for sins, thereby removing the effects of sin from the repentant sinner and allowing him or her to be reconciled to God. Jesus Christ was the only one capable of carrying out the Atonement for all mankind and did so.
“I had a moment of clarity and while I thought, I drew in my sketchbook. I did a sketch of pure white petals falling from the sky like a gift. The petals are mallow which is a symbol of gentleness. As they touched the figure they took away her impurities, leaving her clean and perfect. The red petals symbolize the blood that Christ spilt for us . . . and all the figure had to do was look up and accept the gift.”
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée
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limited to 125 s/n.
17"w x 26"h.
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The Yellow Rose
by James C. Christensen
“When I painted The Yellow Rose I had just come back from
a trip to Italy. Everywhere we went there seemed to be
another centuries-old building adorned with yet another breath-taking fresco. There was such a lost and found quality to discovering these works. Most carried a religious theme, but there was also a sense of high romance in them as well. That is what I tried to capture here,” says Christensen. “The woman has a halo, but I’m not quite sure that I meant her to be a saint. She definitely is instilled with divine grace. The yellow rose is symbolic of light and warmth, as opposed to a red rose which is more often associated with love and lovers. I also focused on taking a much more painterly approach to this piece. I wanted it to have the built up and layered textures like those frescos I had seen in Italy. An astute observer will notice that this is the same model that I used for The Beggar Princess and the Magic Rose, but that painting was actually inspired by this one.”
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Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée
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limited to 50 s/n.
20"w x 40"h (unstretched).
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limited to 250 s/n.
12"w x 24"h.
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