The Road to Redemption

It's time! Packing, wrapping, transport and hanging. Many paintings that were finished over the course of years are now gathered in one exhibition ready for public view; And it's now time to open the doors.

The moment you step into the gallery, you face Adam Naming the Animals and the Appearance of Eve, 60 x 72 inches, then move down the line with the Expulsion From the Garden of Eden, and others that follow in their historic order. The Old Testament, the Prophets, the New Testament, the Birth and Death of Christ, and the lives of the Apostles up to Pentecost. 

In one way this exhibition seems like a comprehensive overview of the Scriptures. In another it seems to me almost a skeletal overview, as between each painting there must be a hundred stories yet to paint to fill in the narrative. There it is, waiting for more pieces, still so much more for me to paint; But there it is.

The largest of the paintings on exhibit is the Arrival of Jonah at Nineveh, at 72 x 84 inches. The smallest are the two representations of Psalms, a set of 24 x 48 inch oil paintings that hang at the very end before the exit. These two Psalm paintings serve as a reminding conclusion that the songs of ancient people are told with the same human experience, but many centuries later. We are in that way attached to these people who lived centuries before us, yet with the enormous exception that what they saw unfolding, we see unfolded. What they saw unresolved, we see explained. How blessed we are for the full understanding of the work of Jesus Christ and the grace of God who does not leave us as orphans, but invites us into His family.

I hope you will be able to make it to Peoria and see this exhibition in person to see the very large scale of the art and view all the nuances of color, all in one location. We are grateful to God for all He has done, really, His work on display through my hands.      Rosemarie Adcock 

The Road to Redemption Exhibition 
February 26-April 19, 2020
The Foster Gallery
116 N Perry, Peoria IL 61603

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