I've created a rough draft of the Lenten painting using Photoshop so I can move the elements around more easily. The crown of thorns are represented by barbed wire. The wheat is represented by a lone wheat stalk. The color purple is in the color of the sky. Preparation, the most difficult to represent pictorially, is represented by a winter field and a sunrise.
Now I'll start painting soon and, inevitably, the act of painting will reveal surprises, and possibly take the painting down unforeseen avenues.
Now I'll start painting soon and, inevitably, the act of painting will reveal surprises, and possibly take the painting down unforeseen avenues.