Sandi Hester

Paintings by Sandi Hester

Month: November, 2008

November 10, 2008

Trinity – The Spirit

This is the third painting for my systematic theology paper.  The third Person of the Trinity, the Spirit, was painted on the smallest envelope.  I made the Spirit the smallest because He’s always in the background, it seems, in scripture and we know the least about the Spirit.  I am placing the Spirit envelope inside the Son envelope (and the Son envelope inside the Father envelope) to symbolize how the Spirit submits to the Son and to the Father.

Instead of placing Scriptures about the Spirit on the background, as I did in the other two paintings, I decided to cut my pictures out of the Scripture that they symbolize to tie the different symbols of the Spirit together.  The symbols I decided to use (I was limited because of space since this was the smallest envelope) are the dove (Luke 3:21-22 when the Spirit descended on Jesus like a dove), fruit (Galatians 5:22-23 for the fruit of the Spirit), and gifts (I Cor. 12:1-11 that lists the spiritual gifts of the Spirit).  I photocopied these scriptures out of my bible, and for example, you can see that the gifts are made out of the paper that has the scripture from I Cor. 12:1-11 on it.

The names of the Spirit I used are Counselor, Spirit, Helper, and Comforter.

On the back I put two hymns – one to represent the Trinity and one that represents the Spirit.  I also made a seal out of wax for this envelope because Scripture tells us that those who believe are marked with a seal that is the Holy Spirit.  I made two different seals and couldn’t decide which one to use so I just put both of them on there – I worked forever on those things :).  I also completely sealed this envelope – it cannot be opened – to further symbolize the sealing of the Spirit.  I placed some important scriptures on the back about the Spirit: 2 Cor. 5:5; John 14:16-17, 26; Isaiah 11:2; Acts 2:4; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; Eph. 4:30.

Well that’s my project!  It took MUCH longer than I thought it would – but it was a lot of fun.  I hope you enjoyed it too!

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November 5, 2008

Trinity – The Son

This is the second painting for my systematic theology paper.  The second Person of the Trinity, the Son, was painted on a smaller envelope than the Father to symbolize the submissive relationship the Son has to the Father (John 8:28-29; John 6:38; I Cor. 11:3).  I will be placing the Son envelope inside the Father envelope to further symbolize this aspect of the Trinity.

The scriptures I placed in the background in gold are all prophecies of Jesus’ birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and His second coming (Gen. 3:15; Psalm 22:14-18; Isaiah 9:6-7; Isaiah 53; Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 40:1-5; Psalm 16:10; Isaiah 7:14; Psalm 110:1; Isaiah 50:6; Micah 5:1-2; Isaiah 11; Isaiah 61:1-3; Revelation 21:1-7).  These would be great to save and read during the Christmas season to reflect on Christ and what He did for us.

The names of Jesus I used were: Jesus, Savior, the Light, Lamb of God, Redeemer, Emmanuel, King of kings, and the Word.  The picture I painted was the cross to represent what He came on this earth to do for us – die for our sins.  I placed a red flower on the places where His wounds would have been on the cross to symbolize that it’s by His wounds we are healed.

On the back I put two hymns – one to represent the Trinity (Holy, Holy, Holy) and a hymn about Jesus that I just recently heard in class (we sing a hymn together at the beginning of each class) for the first time and I fell in love with it (Tell Me the Story of Jesus).  I also added one of my all time favorite quotes – it’s by Oswald Chambers and says, “All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning.”  

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