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The Birth of Christ
Oil and Tempera Painting, The Mische Technique
2005
Not for sale
Joseph ... went up from Galilee into Judaea, from the town of Nazareth to
the town of David which is called Bethlehem - for he was of this house ... to
enregister himself together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And
it came to pass that while they were there she completed the days of her
delivery and brought forth her first-born son; and she swathed him round and
laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:4-7
The symbolism of the tree continues - the tree being a mediator between
heaven and earth. In this painting the tree forms a circle which represents the
universe, with the Christ child at the center. All the elements, all the
animals, birds and fish bow before him and Mary and Joseph kneel in awe.
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