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“Sweet
Little Jesus Boy”
Cheryl S. Harrison
Oil on Canvas
This painting was inspired by a spiritual song written by the African-American
musician, Robert MacGimsey. In this painting, I have tried to capture
the sweetness, the innocence and the humanity of the tiny baby who had
come to save us all. If you look carefully at this painting, you will
see in the middle of this peaceful scene, the shadow of a cross falling
across the infant, foreshadowing the pain and sacrifice that would be
in his future. Like the song says, “The world treat me mean, Lord;
treat you mean too, but please sir, forgive us, Lord, we didn’t
know it was you.”
Cheryl S. Harrison - "I
have always been an artist, but for a while, I took a break from being
an
artist in order to go to veterinary school and then to practice veterinary
medicine for a short time. That didn’t work out too well, and only
made me miserable, so I went back to doing what I should have been doing
all along, being the artist that God made me to be. About 6 years ago,
I was invited to join a small group of artistic people at my church to
form a committee and brainstorm together for ways that the arts could
be used to glorify God in our church. Since that time, I haven’t
looked back. I have been on fire with a passion to be a Christian artist,
to support other Christian artists, and to promote the arts as a vehicle
for the work of God’s spirit in people’s live and in their
relationships."
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