Watercolor Wednesday: The Transfiguration of Jesus

Over the summer, I sat down with my dad and grilled him about some of his paintings. I’m so glad I did, for I love knowing what’s behind creative ventures.

I didn’t give this painting much thought before I knew what it symbolized. It’s my dad’s take on the transfiguration of Jesus (see Matthew 17:1-8), when he and  Peter, James, and John go up a mountain and Jesus is changed, his “face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light” (Matthew 17:2, NIV) and Moses and Elijah come to visit him. The painting, done with acrylics, is my dad’s imaginings of the mountain without the figures – the light that came and surrounded Jesus and the disciples. I love all of the textures and the colors.

How might God transform you today, bringing light and color into your life?