Gold

Gold

I am loving focusing on one color at a time, with the added color note choices already made. It is making me work hard at my composition and creative choices. This gold painting was challenging because the materials kept changing as I worked! I wanted a similar composition to the other paintings in this series, and the accent color is green. Of course, I didn't want "Christmas Green".

The fourth color in the Wordless Book (please go the first page of my series to learn more about the Wordless Book) is gold. Gold represents spending eternity with the GOD Who loves us. Scripture tells about buildings and pavement of gold and precious materials. Here are several verses that influence the golden painting:

Revelation 22:1-5 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 21:18-21 The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

John 14:1-3 “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. 

different lighting

11" x 14" acrylic on watercolor paper

image size 12.5" x 9.125"