Silent
35cm (W) x 35cm (H)
Oil on Linen
Oil paint was built up heavily, partly dried then rubbed back. This allowed texture to show through within the work.
But gratitude transforms the torment of memory into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as a thorn but as a precious gift deep within, a hidden treasure of which one can always be certain.
[1] Metaxas, E, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet Spy’, Tennessee, Thomas Nelson, 2010,p 37