This picture was taken at 2 am in the morning...worked nearly all night to finish it for the PARABLES EXHIBITION in Dallas..SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST STICK WITH A PAINTING FOR HOURS ..SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO STOP AND RELAX. i DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THING IS...BUT I KNOW AS I WAS PAINTING DEEP INTO THE NIGHT, I FELT CLOSER AND CLOSE TO THE HEART BEAT OF THE FATHER...THE HEART BEAT OF JESUS, AND ALSO FEELING SO SAFE AND PEACEFUL AT HIS CHEST.
My new friend Noreen from the Vineyard Tyler just texted me a scripture that she felt goes so well with the painting: "May the beloved of the Lord dwell in security by Him. Who shields him all day, and he dwells between his shoulders." Deuteronomy 33:12

This a real King James Bible from approx 1650.
It is opened on Psalm 23 and Psalm 27:4... "To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord." That is what i try to communicate with nearly all of my paintings. Let me know if you have any other ideas.
Thank you Ben Adkins for hand crafting the beautiful wood frame for this painting, and also being willing to model for the fathers hands. You and your dad truly follow in the footsteps of The Carpenter.
Angelina, our sweet grandchild, may your angelic wings cary you in higher realms of the Spirit.