Christianity and the Visual Arts
Psalm 139, Gouache stencil painting on black Stonehenge paper, 71cm x 71 cm
Where streams of living water flow (Psalm 145:2, a paraphrase of Psalm 23), Gouache stencil painting on black Stonehenge paper, 62cm x 44.5cm
Psalm 23: He leads me beside still waters: Girraween, Gouache stencil painting on black Stonehenge paper, 40.7cm x 30.5cm
Psalm 121: I Lift my eyes to the hills: Meteroa, Gouache stencil painting on black Stonehenge paper, 40.7cm x 30.5cm
Song in the Darkness, Acrylic, 51cm x 41cm
Psalm 42:8b “…at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.”
Acrylic, each 30cm x 30cm
From Left to Right top Row: Poplar Grove, Winter’s Peak, Radiant
From Left to Right Middle Row: Burst, Granite, Deep Water
From Left to Right Bottom Row: Sunset Gum, Ribbon Dance, October
New Spring: Psalm 98:4, Oil on Canvas, 50cm x 70cm
Psalm 98:4 “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music”.
The map of Australia, as a faded background, with the Syrian apricot blossom say that we came here, and we brought Life with us. As every human has the grace of God and the ability to give and create, and as the trees when the find fertile soil they yield abundantly, so we are in Australia as in a fertile soil.
Inspiration, Oil on canvas, 100cm x 140cm
Beautiful music has a powerful way of bringing us to memories of discovery. A song can transform a mundane day into something extraordinary and memorable. It can uplift us. When we allow God’s blessing through music to come into our lives, expect to be inspired!
The blast of God’s Breath: Psalm 18:15, Oil, 52cm x 62cm
Psalm 18: 7-8, 15-19
7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
8 Smoke went up from his nostrils,
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
…
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O LORD,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
16 He reached down from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of mighty waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
and from those who hated me;
for they were too mighty for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity;
but the LORD was my support.
19 He brought me out into a broad place;
he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Psalm 107: 33-35, Oil on Canvas, 90cm x 100cm
Psalm 107
v33: He turned rivers in to desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground…
v35: He turned the desert into pools of water and parched ground into flowing springs.
Lent to Easter
A Visionaries Exhibition
Work: New Spring (based on Psalm 98:4) by Murhaf Obeid
Artists: Lindsay Farrell, Marcelien Hunt, Marion McConaghy, Murhaf Obeid, Jenny Phillips, Sharon Roberts, Cees Sliedrecht, Gabriella Veidt-Wiedmer, Geraldine Wheeler.
Open Hours: 11am – 2pm Monday to Friday (except public holidays)