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Hannah's Prayer
(1 Sam.
1:1-19)
Acrylic and mixed-media on Plexiglass
Statement:
Elkanah lived in the hill country of Ephraim. He had two
wives: Hannah and Peninah. Peninah had many children, but
Hannah was barren. Each year they went to Shiloh, to the
tabernacle. Peninah often made fun of Hannah because she had
no children and it made Hannah very sad. When Hanna was
tormented by Peninah again, she went into the tabernacle by
herself. There she pleaded with God: “LORD, please will you
take note of my misery. Please give me a
son! I am overwhelmed
with sadness; I’m crushed under a heavy weight of sorrow!” (Her
strong, deep longing is pictured by the arms reaching up to
heaven. The red colour intensifies this expression of deep
emotion. God saw Hannah’s sorrow and heard her prayer. (This
is shown by the impression of an embryo between the
outstretched arms.)
The portrait of Hannah expresses the intense cry unto God’s
mercy in her desperate need.
Bio:
Dutch artist Anneke Kaai trained at the Gooise Academie for
fine arts before joining the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in
Amsterdam. Since then she has largely concentrated on
developing her unique style, which she describes as ‘abstract
and symbolic.’ Inspiration for her means being breathed into
by the Holy Spirit. She painted the series: The Creation, The
Apocalypse, The Ten Commandments, The Apostolic Creed, The
Psalms, Bible Words, Relations with God, Biblical Women, and a
series about Prayers. All these series are in print, also in
the English language. The book of the Bible Words “In a Word”
has a text special written by Eugene Petersen, the book “She
shall be called Woman” about Biblical Women, has a special
text written by Mary Mikhael, Beirut, Lebanon. |
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