Gethsemane

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Powerful painting, Andrew, and an original perspective on Gethsemane...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Fri 10 Apr 07:02:28

Thank you Jan; yes, I couldn't find any painting at all of Jesus in Gethsemane looking towards Jerusalem, but it's difficult to believe he wasn't at least looking in that direction; peace and love; God bless and Happy Easter for when it comes, Andy x

Posted by Andrew Smith on Fri 10 Apr 07:06:39

Indeed a powerful depiction of Jesus in Gethsemane..

Posted by Linda Ann Wilson-Barker on Fri 10 Apr 07:27:33

Thank you Linda; God bless and Happy Easter for when it comes, Andy x

Posted by Andrew Smith on Fri 10 Apr 10:55:37

A most powerful and stunning piece of work, Andy. Absolutely overpowering.😍

Posted by Jacqueline Bartram on Fri 10 Apr 16:40:22

Thank you Jacqueline fro that lovely feedback; peace and love, and Happy Easter for when it comes; God bless, Andy x

Posted by Andrew Smith on Fri 10 Apr 17:05:44

For those who not been to Gethsemane, a lovely, simple garden of ancient olive tree are tended by monks from a local monastery; we don't know what it was like in Jesus' day except that since olives are one of the trees that thrives in the arid south of Israel, it's likely that there would have been these wonderfully shaped and gnarled trees adorning a place that was attactive enough to be described as a 'garden' in a time and country where all land needed to be productive to support not just the people of Israel but the occupying Roman army

Posted by Andrew Smith on Tue 12 May 12:19:13

Thank you for your comments on this piece; its always tricky when the subject matter can be a little disturbing so all the more appreciated to get your feedback on it; love and God bless, Andy x

Posted by Andrew Smith on Mon 18 May 14:31:44

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09/04/2020

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Especially for Maundy Thursday evening, I painted this scene, unlike any other interpretation that I am aware of, focused not on Jesus' face, but on where his gaze would have surely been, on the just visible Father's House, the temple in Jerusalem

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Andrew Smith

I’ve always loved water, its movement, its colour, its power. I had the privilege of working as a hydrologist for nine years before ordination, necessarily but enjoyably observing the movement of water in full flow or even in floods. That was thirty years ago but my love for moving water has not…

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