New Painting: The Revelation of St. John

It took a full year. The earliest drawings I have as I was putting the composition together are from early June of 2024.
 
I probably spent a week assembling verses from the book of Revelation that depicted the imagery of John's vision. Once assembled, I had to figure out how I was going to organize all the information, which of course could only happen once deciding what to include. I recall saying to my theologian husband, that after studying only into chapter 4, I was already overwhelmed, and there were 22 chapters!

Once I decided what I wanted to include, I had to design the complicated composition. That preparatory drawing took weeks. 
 
 The Revelation of St John-The Vision on Patmos (center panel)

I began with John himself, in the center panel, with the cities behind him.
The next panel I painted was the left panel, which depicts the Tribulation. Since I decided to go from darkness to light, the panel was placed in the beginning of the story at the far left.

The Revelation of St. John- The Tribulation
 

 The third panel I painted depicts the heavens, with the Tree of Life, the 24 elders around the throne. (Lots of elders!) The Creatures with all the eyes, and the Lamb. This painting is at the far right of the entire composition.

The Revelation of St John - The Heavens

 
Each of these 3 panels are 4' x 4' canvases. Because there are so many symbols and images, I will take apart each one with explanations of the works in 3 blog posts over the next weeks.
 
Thank you so much for reading! More is on the way!
 
Rosemarie Adcock