a PAINTING a day: Not your regulare Bible page

By Sarah Santarsiero


I like this painting for three reasons:

First, it's a trickster. Your first impression would be "oh I did this when I was at the kindergarten." But you wish. Just stare at it for a few minutes, and you will be mesmerized by the harmony of colors, space, and shapes.
Second, because of the title of it: "The progression of civil war." The power of making a piece of art political just by giving it a political name. Yet it doesn't say which civil war. So gives a lot to your imagination. That's brilliant.
Third, she is using a page from the Bible. This can explain its title considering that she sees religions as an identity issue that caused many conflicts within and between nations.

I hope she reads this and gets back to me on my comments.