“Forbidden”. Oil paint on gessoed wood panel framed with found wood. 14″ x 24″.

“It is for Freedom that Christ has set us free.”

Galatians 5:1

Contrary to how I thought when this picture was made, before I genuinely believed, Christianity frees me to be whom God intends me to be. What I thought were unfair or unreasonable restrictions, actually are healthy boundaries that enable me to flourish.

Painted while attending a graduate painting program at the Maryland Institute College of Art 1985-1987.