From the Cross Grows the Vine of Christ
by Ann B. Rhodes
(Oil on canvas, 2005, 20" x 16")
All Saints' Church - Atlanta, GA
abrhodes@bellsouth.net
 

 
I am always drawn to forms which express the power of the natural world to recharge the environment, season after season, recycling abundant growth.
 
From the Cross Grows the Vine of the Church
I was thinking of the vine specifically as representing the church growing from the cross symbolized by the trunk of the vine.