The Nearness Of Fig Leaves, 2024

House paint, oil, pastel, crayon, pencil on canvas applied to wood

Framed in cherry stained maple

31.5” x 41.5”

Historical References

Matthew 24:32-35, Mark 13:28-31, Luke 21:29-33

≈ 33 AD

“And learn ye the parable of the fig tree. When his branch is now tender, and the leaves be sprung, ye know that summer is nigh; so and ye when ye shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, in the gates.”