Description
Genesis 21 gives us one of Scripture’s hardest images. Hagar is sent into the wilderness with bread and a skin of water. When the water runs out, she sets her son under a bush and sits a bowshot away, because she cannot bear to watch him die.
This canvas holds that hour. The water skin lies overturned at the lower right, already empty. The scrub behind her has gone bare to the branch. In the upper corner, sun and moon share one sky, folding a full day of walking into a single frame. The well that saves them is only a few verses off. She does not know that yet, and neither do we.
Painted in a fractured cubist idiom with heavy black contour and a muted earth palette. The piece rewards a long look, and new details keep surfacing weeks after it goes on the wall.
Details
• Matte finish on cotton-poly canvas, low glare, brush texture preserved
• Stretched on a 1.25” radial pine frame from renewable forests
• Non-toxic, UL-certified Greenguard Gold latex inks
• Rubber support dots and back hanging hardware included, ready to hang on arrival
• Slight size tolerance of ±1/8”
Care
Dust gently with a clean, damp cloth.
About the work
Original art by Jordan Vale. Part of an ongoing series reworking biblical scenes in a cubist style. Every piece starts with the text.
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