Epiphany/Baptism of Christ
Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 3:13-17
Baptism
of Jesus *
BONNELL,
Daniel
Savannah,
Georgia
United
States
1999
http://www.bonnellart.com/thumbnails-of-paintings.html
Original
in Saint George’s Cathedral
Jerusalem,
Israel
https://dwellingintheword.wordpress.com/2011/03/
The art of Daniel Bonnell is found in
private collections, cathedrals and churches around the world. He holds a
B.F.A. from the Atlanta College of Art and an M.F.A. from the Savannah College
of Art and Design. His major online gallery is found at www.BonnellArt.com.
Artist Statement
To me painting is not about what I see, it’s
about what I don’t see. This view is contained within my perception that
philosophy, religion and art
are essentially transforms of one another. My
interests lie within the beauty of ambiguity held within painting that pursues
a sacred direction within the realm of Christology. Following the path of using
a monastic discipline of Lectio Divina approach to my paintings allows a
process of reading, reflecting, meditation and transformation to occur from my
creation of the work itself, to its own development and creation and
back to me through a transformation or element
of kenosis. I see an important aesthetic within that which is considered poor,
both as in poverty as well as in spirit.
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bonnell.html?tab=about
Everybody
is a genius.
But if you
judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will
live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
~ Albert
Einstein
You can have no greater or lesser dominion than the one over
yourself.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own
opinions.
~
Leonardo da Vinci
Toasting
Vicki Hall last Sunday for her continued positive attitude while she is
undergoing
her chemo treatments.
At
Chew and Chat on Thursday, Sondra Kellogg and her granddaughter, Amelia,
gave
each of us some of the pizzelles they made that morning.
Marcia
Walsh welcomed new member Dale Schlinsog to Rotary on Friday morning.
We
also were happy to watch the sun rise after our snowy days.
There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure,
but I don’t know many of them.
~
Sylvia Plath
January 8, 2017 First Sunday after Epiphany - Baptism of Christ
* I
love how Bonnell depicts both the baptism and the crucifixion in this painting.
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Isaiah 42:1-9
Psalm 29
Acts 10:34-43
Matthew 3:13-17