This painting was conceived while reading Colossians 1:15-20: He is the image of the invisible God. After studying the passage, another came to mind; Mark 1:10-11: Your are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.

I chose to depict a quiet moment while Jesus was in the Jordan River to be baptized by John. I wanted to focus on Christ alone, looking to his Father in heaven, as he fulfilled God’s promise to send a Savior. His reflection in the water extends forward, reaching out to us, the viewers, as does Christ himself with his immeasurable gift of salvation.

My prayer is that this painting will not only proclaim the Deity of Christ, but that it will provoke the viewer to answer the question that Jesus asks of all mankind: Who do you say I am? (Matthew 16:15). - MW