Christ Saving Peter
by Suzanne Schleck
(Egg tempera and golf leaf, 2002, 21" x 17")
Christ Church - Toms River, NJ
seschleck@hotmail.com
 

 
By definition, painting an icon is an encounter with the Spirit of God, often as manifested in the lives of his saints. This is necessarily an experience of growth.
 
The icon of Christ extending a saving hand to Peter shows that God's self-appointed work is to save us, even though we're drowning ourselves.