Dive In Print (The Ethiopian Eunuch) by Lauren Wright Pittman
Dive In Print (The Ethiopian Eunuch) by Lauren Wright Pittman
Dive In
By Lauren Wright Pittman
Inspired by Acts 8:26-40
Museum-quality poster made on thick, durable, matte paper. Unframed artwork will arrive rolled up in a protective tube.
Framing option available.
Print Details:
- Museum-quality posters made on thick, durable, matte paper.
- Paper is archival and acid-free.
- Unframed prints arrive rolled up in a protective tube.
Frame Details:
- Alder, Semi-hardwood frame
- Black in color
- .75” thick
- Acrylite front protector
- Lightweight
- Hanging hardware included
- Made in the USA
From the artist:
I struggle with this image I created. I think I struggle because compositionally the image doesn’t seem to have a focal point. The more I look at the image, however, I realize that what I was most drawn to in this text was the water. The focus ended up being the background of swirly, energetic waves of water.
In this text we meet a eunuch who is a court official of the Queen of Ethiopia. I imagine the eunuch is surrounded by opulence in the comforts of his chariot, but within this space he is wrestling and confused. His eyes wander through the theological quandaries of Isaiah—the prophecy, the metaphor, the language, the words, the letters, the punctuation—and he invites Philip to join him in this questioning space. What does it all mean? He asks Philip questions and Philip answers them, but the point of clarity comes when the landscape shifts. Instantly, the eunuch moves from questioning to a sense of awe, excitement, wonder, and maybe even a bit certainty. “Look there is water! What is to keep me from being baptized?” (Acts 8:37). The answer is nothing—not his status, not his questioning, not even his position in society as a sexual minority. Absolutely nothing keeps him from the water, and it seems as though he knows this truth deep into the very cells of his existence. Nothing holds him back from baptism. Courageously diving headfirst into a wonderfully mysterious and certainly uncertain life of following Christ, the eunuch emerges from the water drenched in the truth that nothing will keep him from the love of God.
—Lauren Wright Pittman