The Word Made Flesh is a digital painting created on an iPad with an Apple Pencil in an abstract, paper cut style.
Expressing deep maternal emotions are a frequent theme in my art. Familiar to me as a mother of sons, I never tire of visually exploring nuances of Mary’s role as the mother of Jesus.
In this artwork, she is filled with the newness and joys of motherhood. Thirty years of her son's growth and maturity await her, shrouded in mystery. Tasked with the responsibility of nurturing that growth, she never grasped that the fruit of her labors would culminate in His journey to the cross.
There, I imagine her watching in anguish, as her beloved son’s body is marred beyond recognition. At the cross I feel her pain as only a mother can, experiencing its horrors, without yet understanding its ramifications. Although hours were spent lovingly caring for Him while “pondering” the divine words spoken to her, their full beauty was only revealed upon His resurrection.
Biblical symbols, precious and familiar to us who believe, are tucked into the work to contemplate and explore those connections as they pertain to our own lives.
Divine words, spoken centuries before, find their fulfillment in this union—mother and son, divine and earthly, flesh and spirit, death and life—mysteries that will take a lifetime to understand and enjoy.
The pages of the greatest book on earth, the Bible, lie open as an eternal invitation to experience Jesus, the Word made flesh.

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:14

"But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart." Luke 2:19

"And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him." Luke 2:40

The Giver of the Gift of Art, my Lord and Savior, Jesus.

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