Christ and Earth
by Carleton Bakkum
(Acrylic on layered wood, 1999, 23" x 15")
Grace Episcopal Church - Yorktown, VA
cbakkum@gracechurchyorktown.org
 

 
These images arise in me and because I have no training in either painting or woodwork and because I do them in the garage, I call them “religious garage art.” They all feature a Christ who is at once “cosmic” and aching to touch and heal earth and those who live here. Ours is to respond and to “grow up into him.”