Seen Image License (1 Samuel 1:1-18)
Seen Image License (1 Samuel 1:1-18)
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FOR ONE-TIME LICENSE
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Seen
Digital painting with mixed media collage
By Lisle Gwynn Garrity
Inspired by 1 Samuel 1:1-18
From our “I’ve been meaning to ask…” collection.
Order includes:
high-res image file formatted for print
high-res image file formatted for web/projection
A PDF of the Artist's statements & scripture reference for the visual
A visio divina Bible Study Guide for you to use this image in a group study session that incorporates the ancient Benedictine spiritual practice of "divine seeing."
Credit Info:
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Artist's name | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
From the artist:
“When I first started creating art for this series, I began by painting a collection of small abstract pieces using acrylic paint, pastel, and graphite. I cut small squares of canvas, taped them down to my art table, and began painting—moving intuitively from one piece to the next. My goal was to capture the emotional landscape of courageous conversations. The colors represent moments of warmth and connection, as well as dissonance and contrast. Like our voices, each hue bleeds into the next. The marks and textures evoke the rhythm of dialogue—rambling, sputtering, persuasive, bold. In these visual orchestras, I see fluidity and possibility. After I took photos of each painting, I used my stylus and iPad to digitally draw imagery inspired by each scripture—placing my subjects in the midst of these emotional landscapes.
In Hannah, I see a woman who has been mocked, shamed, diminished, and ignored. However, she refuses to be silenced. In the presence of her pain, she grits her teeth, pours her heart out before God, and insists that we see her: ’Just look at my pain and remember me!’ (1 Samuel 1:11) I decided to render her body as fading into the scene to symbolize the invisibility she feels, and also the vulnerable transparency she exudes.
When I look at this image, I remember when I have been Peninnah. Whose pain have I mocked? I remember when I have been Elkanah. Whose pain have I questioned? I remember when I have been Eli. Whose pain have I dismissed? And then I remember when I have been Hannah, and I look for who is screaming in my own midst.
Where does it hurt? When I ask this question, I’ll remember to also say: ‘I see you.’”
—Lisle Gwynn Garrity
