word picture: christ calming the storm

word picture: christ calming the storm

This horizontal composition features a line drawing of a person on their side, with their arm pointing upward toward a yellow circle with black rays. To the left of the yellow circle there are line drawings of two faces with disembodied hands above them. To the of the larger figure's hand is a black and blue semi-rectangular object mimicking waves. To the left of that there is inscribed text, which continues to the bottom of the image, wrapping around the semi-rectangular object encompassing the person laying on their side. A red abstract shape fills the space to the left of the person's head. Text is also written on the bottom of the garment the person is wearing and below that, an abstract shape of blue with light black line mimicking waves.

inscribed: WHEN CHRIST EMBARKED / IN THE BOAT OF HIS CHURCH / TO CROSS THE SEA OF THE WORLD... / THE WAVES OF KINGS / WERE FOAMING / THE BILLOWS OF THE MIGHTY / SEETHED / THE RAGE OF SUBJECTS / RESOUNDED / NATIONS SWIRLED LIKE WHIRLPOOLS / SHARP ROCKS OF INFIDELITY CAME INTO VIEW / GROANS RESOUNDED / FROM CHRISTIAN / SHORES / THE / SHIPWRECK / OF / THE / FALLEN / ALWAYS / WERE / DRIFTING / ABOUT / AND / THERE / WAS / ONE / CRISIS / ONE / SHIPWRECK / OF / ALL / THE / WORLD / AT PRESENT CHRIST IS ASLEEP IN US / LET US AWAKEN HIM BY A FULL GROAN FROM OUR HEARTS BY OUR VOICE OF FAITH / AT LENGTH HIS MERE COMMAND CONTROLLED THE SEA / SO THE DISCIPLES / CAME TO THE LORD / AND WOKE HIM / SAYING / LORD SAVE US / WE ARE PERISHING / BUT HE SAID / TO THEM / WHY / ARE YOU / FEARFUL / O YOU / OF / LITTLE FAITH

1956

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23 x 17 1/2 inches

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