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Private
Prayer
(Matthew 6:6)
Acrylic and mixed-media on plexiglass
Statement:
Jesus teaches us how to pray. “Do it honestly, not like
hypocrites, who pray to be seen in public, in the synagogues
or on the streets. But when you pray, go to a private place,
and there talk to your Father who you cannot see. And he, who
sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” The right place
to pray is in private—it can be in a room in your home or in a
peaceful spot in nature; it can also mean to retreat into
yourself, or a combination of these. (The mystery of this
communication is presented here. The ‘inner room’ has been
shaped after one of the chambers of the human heart. Its door
is closed. The movement created by the interplay of vertical
lines and the pastel shapes in the background, expresses how
we make real, living contact in prayer through speaking and
listening to our Father in heaven.)
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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