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The Canaanite Woman's
Prayer
Acrylic and
mixed-media on Plexiglass
Statement:
Jesus traveled to the north of Israel, over
the border into Phoenicia. A woman came to Jesus, she called
out: “Have mercy on me, my daughter is plagued by an unclean
spirit!” Jesus ignored her. Eventually he answered: “I have
come to rescue the lost people of Israel.” Still she cried
out: “Lord, help me!” Jesus said: “It is not good to give to
the dogs the bread that was meant for the children.” She
answered: “Yes, Lord, but the dogs may eat the crumbs that
fall from the table.” Jesus responded: “Woman, you have great
faith, and her daughter was healed.
We see in the centre, a red table shape that represents God’s
love, and on it is a broken loaf of bread. Below we see the
desperate woman but also faintly a dog, attentively waiting
for breadcrumbs. Jesus came to save Israel, but his love
stretched much further, even to Phoenicia, so both are white
colored now.
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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