The collection
What is hanging now
Six works, printed at 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17 inches and framed by hand in Hamilton, Ontario. One of them is a triptych whose three panels hang together. Every placard names the passage the picture comes from, and every passage on this page links to its full text, so a scene can be read against the words it came from.
A set of three
Even to Your Old Age
One road, one light, one hand held, at three ages of a single life. The panels are made to hang in this order across a wall and are sold as the set they were made as. Isaiah 46:4 is where the title comes from: even to old age, even to grey hairs, I will carry you.
The child
The woman
The elder
Even to Your Old Age
Isaiah 46:4, triptych of three panels, each 11 × 17 in
Single pieces
Hung on their own
Each of these holds a wall by itself. The scenes run from a storm crossed on foot to a morning road walked with a lion.
Walking on the Sea
Matthew 14:25, 17 × 11 in
The Crown of Thorns
John 19:2, 17 × 11 in
Jonah
Jonah 1:17, 17 × 11 in
A Little Child Shall Lead Them
Isaiah 11:6, 17 × 11 in
The texts
Which passage is each piece from?
Every reference links to the full passage in the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. A picture that will not tell you where it came from is decoration; these are signposts.
| Piece | Passage | What it pictures |
|---|---|---|
| Send this to my Churches | Revelation 1:11 | The Son of Man among seven golden lamp stands, which Revelation 1:20 says are the seven assemblies, under eyes like a flame of fire. |
| Even to Your Old Age | Isaiah 46:4 | A triptych: the same road and the same held hand as a girl becomes a woman and then an elder with grey hair. The promise in the verse is to carry her the whole way. |
| Walking on the Sea | Matthew 14:25 | The fourth watch of the night, seen from the waterline: bare feet on storm water, a lantern-lit boat ahead. |
| The Crown of Thorns | John 19:2 | The plaited crown and the scourged shoulders, from behind, with soldiers and a cross in the smoke. |
| Jonah | Jonah 1:17 | The moment before the fish: a man in heavy seas and the shape rising behind him. |
| A Little Child Shall Lead Them | Isaiah 11:6 | The peace of the coming kingdom, as a child and a lion walk the same morning path. |
Fitting the wall
Which size fits which wall?
11 x 17 is the across-the-room size. Over a desk or a dresser, above a workbench, on the wall facing a doorway: anywhere the piece is read from six feet or more, the larger print still reads as a scene instead of a postage stamp. One of them alone holds a wall.
8.5 x 11 is the arm's-length size. Beside a monitor, along a hallway, in a pair or a trio on a stairway, on a bookshelf lean. Two in matching frames make a stronger grouping than one oversized piece squeezed where it does not fit.
Wide scenes hang their size turned sideways. Walking on the Sea, The Crown of Thorns, Jonah and A Little Child Shall Lead Them are the print rotated, so they measure 17 x 11 on the wall and want a wider space than the portrait pieces.
The triptych needs a run of wall. Three 11 x 17 panels side by side with a hand's width between them comes to a little over four feet. Above a sofa or a bed is its usual home, and because it reads as a sequence it wants to be taken in left to right in one glance.
Both sizes are standard North American frame sizes, so any piece can be re-matted or re-framed years later without custom work.
Getting a piece
How do I get one?
Ask. Every piece is printed and framed by hand, so availability, price and delivery are a short conversation rather than a checkout.
Email [email protected] with the name of the piece and the size you want. You will get a real reply from the studio: what it costs, what is in stock, and whether collecting it around Hamilton or Niagara or having it sent makes more sense for you. The triptych is quoted as the set.
There is no cart on this site yet, and no piece is listed at a price that has not been quoted to you honestly first.