"Driftless: Reed's Creek" is the first in a series of works exploring landscape as a place evoking memory, responsibility, and the serenity found in God's creation. This painting is based on a photograph my husband took while meandering through a field at sunset. It captures The Driftless Area in Wisconsin on a comfortable day in July. We explored the land and water, leaving it as good or better than we found it.

The work recalls the calm and peace found in a Midwest moment. It represents a well-cared for environment. And it stirs up a fond memory for myself, and anyone else who prays and walks the streams and fields.

John 7:38 (NIV): "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them."

Water is life and represents the Holy Spirit. Whenever my husband looks at this painting, he says he experiences God's peace. It is the same peace and refreshment that the Holy Spirit gives he and I when venturing through the streams, woods, and fields.

Jake N. Bates

$1500
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I create paintings, mixed media work, and limited edition prints for sale and exhibition. Contact me (the artist) through jenniferlynnbates.com to purchase.