Burnt Offerings
A series of contemporary symbolic egg tempera paintings with gold, silver and copper leafing on handmade paper inspired by recent
current events and
"The Parable of the Old Man and the Young"
By Wilfred Owen
and
“The Story of Abraham and Isaac”
Genesis: Chapter 22
"Burnt Offerings" 11" x 14" 2002 "Ram of Pride" 11" x 14" 2002
The Story of Abraham and Isaac
And they came to the place which God had told him of;
and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order,
and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad,
neither do thou any thing unto him:
for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns:
and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis: Chapter 22 Verse 9-13
"Ground Zero" 11" x 14" 2002 "Nine One One" 11" x 14" 2002 "Sacrifice" 11" x 14" 2002
"The Parable of the Old Man
and the Young"
So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spoke and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,
And builded parapets and trenches there,
And stretched forth the knife to slay his son.
When lo! an angel called him out of heaven,
Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
Neither do anything to him.
Behold, A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;
Offer the ram of Pride instead of him.
But
the old man would not so, but slew his son,
And half the seed of Europe, one by one.
Wilfred
Owen
1893-1918