Crown of Creation

Crown of Creation . . . . . .

Erika Hydeen . . . . . . .

Acrylic on canvas . . . . . . .

Feb 2006 . . . . . . .

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Collection of Jon Magnus Etnan . . . . . . .

Oslo, Norway . . . . . . .

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Artist Notes

I will declare the Lord of creation and we are his crown, his passion. He gives us that passion. Man and woman were made in his image and to be joined together to complete the task of God's kingdom to come.

In this painting, the figure in the right bottom portion is a dual portrait of a man and a woman. They are sharing the image and the complete form of who God is an will be. We are all given different gifts and use them to an acceptable potential, but we must not believe that we were not 'saved to something'. The male (the right half of the image) is given the passion and the dreams from the mouth of the Lord (represented by the fire and the close arm toward the sky and the intimate communication with God). The woman (represented by the left half of the image) has a cooler tone and also has reaching out arms or branches which in this case represents how a woman is in a community and a family. As the man receives from the Lord and as a match for the woman, she is able to communicate that to the world with her outreaching arms of love and embrace.

She is a tree. He is a fire.

The tree has biblical representation as well as character relating to God. The color of the passion (the fire) extends from God to the male, then through the woman--to the people (seen on the far left side of the painting--the long verticals reaching down). These are people that are unsaved, or just others who have been searching, or are trying to ignite a dwindled passion. We are to love our neighbors as ourselves and encourage them. We are to extend the passion we have from God through the help of those with spiritual giftings and reach the suffering. We must extend our branches of passion, for He deserves it all.

This is a painting about creation.

We are the crown of that creation.