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!""
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