01. Parshat Bereishit

$90.00$175.00

Giclée print on canvas

Impression giclée sur toile

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Sizes:

SMALL: 30 x 42cm plus light blue coloured border.

LARGE: 50 x 70cm plus light blue coloured border.

Description

Biblical Art for Sale.

I offer this piece of Biblical art for sale after inspiration by a favourite painter from Brasil. The scenery is based on an idealized place with a manicured lawn, a stream flowing by, and rolling hills and mountains in the background. Peaceful animals populate the garden, but Adam and Eve are just about to be beguiled by the serpent in the tree.

:וַיְצַו יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים, עַל-הָאָדָם לֵאמֹר:  מִכֹּל עֵץ-הַגָּן, אָכֹל תֹּאכֵל

:וּמֵעֵץ, הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע–לֹא תֹאכַל, מִמֶּנּוּ:  כִּי, בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ-מוֹת תָּמוּת

And God the Lord commanded man, saying, “Of every tree of the Garden you may freely eat. But, of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil you shall not eat. For on the day that you eat of it, you shall find your death.” – Genesis Ch 2

Further resources on Genesis

You can see a lecture by Jordan Peterson, who gives dissection of this passage from a psychological point of view, at the link here. (Go to 1hr, 09mins approx). The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks gives another of his beautifully tailored sermons here. (It’s about Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and the theme of personal responsibility). All of my Genesis artwork from this series is at the following link here.

A Perfect World.

The garden of Eden is, among other things, all about a vision of perfection, before it gets ruined by man’s drive to know everything. That feeling of perfection is what I wanted to convey in this painting. It was originally painted in oils, and was a “welcome to the world” painting for our son when he was born. That’s why it’s a little different from most of the other Biblical art in this series.

Biblical art for sale: illustrated Torah portions, Bible art, Old Testament art, The Garden of Eden in an idealised and manicured version, in a naive style, with a Rousseau tiger!

All Images Copyright © Darius Gilmont 2024. Unauthorised use is prohibited. To request permission please email me.

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Stretched / Rolled

Rolled, Stretched