Monday, December 31, 2012

"Here I am. Send Me!"

Isaiah 6:1-8 Describes a vision of the prophet Isaiah as he is in the presence of God in the throne room of the temple.  The passage describes an angel (seraphim) with 6 wings, two covering the face, 2 covered his feet and with 2 he flew.  In the presence of God Isaiah falls to the ground "Woe is me for I am ruined!  Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the lord of hosts."  (verse 5) Then in verses six and seven the angel takes a coal from a fire with tongs and touches Isaiah's mouth with it saying, "Behold this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away your sins are forgiven."  I have struggled for years to pictorially describe the angel in this scene.  I do not feel I have solved the artistic problem of drawing an angel with six wings, just done the best I can for now.  Another major problem was how to draw the throne room of heaven.  In this I went for Jack Kirby-Esq energy attempting to create more a sense of vast power than anything too specific.  I went with pen and ink and then decided that I would experiment with color.  I at first began with colored pencil but was not happy with it.  I then went over it with art markers that my Mom had gotten me a while ago.  Verse 8 is one of my favorite Bible verses "Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?"  Then I said, "Here am I.  Send Me!""