Reclaiming A Child-Like Faith
"An Encounter With Christ and Renewal of Trust"

Reclaiming the Child-like Faith is a series of semi-abstract portraits of Jesus Christ exploring innocence, trust, and spiritual renewal. Combining expressive colour with flowing subtractive lines, these works balance reverence with a sense of playfulness and immediacy.

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The series reflects Christ’s invitation to approach God with child-like faith and openness. By presenting Jesus through a contemporary visual language, the portraits seek to create a personal and accessible encounter that speaks to both believers and non-believers alike.

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The canvas becomes a visual narrative where the sacred and the secular converge, offering a reflection of the diverse ways in which Jesus continues to impact and inspire.

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Owen Barfield once said “The trouble with insects is that they are like French Locomotives, they have the works on the outside.”

 

The portraits within this series are a reflection of our time, combining contemporary artistry, such as digital manipulation, print and mixed medias, echoes the idea of mechanical footprints, in both its production and the philosophical stance in which it supports.

 

I strive to create a body of work that highlights Jesus’ notion of acceptance and peace. On one hand we are told, by  orthodoxy, to embrace mercy by accepting God’s sovereignty, yet on the other, we have become socially conditioned to seek acceptance through personal performance and outward works, a kind of industrial conveyor belt of production, which is present in the institutional mind-sets of "to-be-of-use" for the greater good of society.

 

My intention is to adapt to the intrinsic affirmation that presents itself through acceptance as a singularity, thus rejecting my own efforts throughout its process. ‘Life degenerating into mechanism’. 

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