"Silent Consent" Religious art. Painting by artist John Robertson
50" x 72" acrylic on unstretched canvas
Different people have emailed me and have asked where I show my paintings. Previously I posted a blog post showing my work in a gallery/frameshop window. Here is this photo a church allowed me to put up the religious painting "Silent Consent" in front of the church. The next photo down is another painting that they did not allow be to hang. "Blood Acre". As you can imagine there are not a lot of places willing to put up a religoious painting. This photo gives you an idea of how the work was shown.
The painting is in reference to Acts 54-60 where Stephen is dragged out of the city and is stoned. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. And Saul (later to become Paul) watches passively, And Saul approved of his execution, "consenting unto his death"
I will let you lookup the passage this painting refers to.
3 comments:
I am working on several mixed media pieces that have crucifixion themes. It is strange, I am Jewish but fascinated with the power of the crucifixion symbolism. I use olive wood, barbed wire and sand that I have brought with me from the west bank in the Palestinian territories.
What did you mean with the title "silent consent"
...sorry, read on and received an answer...
Daniel: I would like to see the art you are making.
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