Soli Deo Gloria

by Carol McCall

Description
A Quadrapartite of Collages Depicting Humanity and Sin This project developed by virtue of the creative components that God included in the soul of this artist. The knowledge of God and the expansion of that knowledge is her purpose for attending seminary at all. Expressing her love for her Maker through the arts is her passion. May the work here glorify God and be innocent, instructive and enjoyable for its viewers. Impressions and inspirations from a course at DTS named Angelology, Anthropology and Sin prompted the production of this suite of four collages. The materials used include gouache, pure powdered gold pigments, iridescent medium, cut paper from magazines and newspapers, flowers the artist pressed twenty or more years ago from Europe, Texas and New Mexico, glues, ribbon, cording, handmade papers, retired seminary library books, other books, mica from New Mexico, foil wrappers from chocolate candy coins, pens, brushes, blades, and the artist's heart and eye. Christus Victor depicts the history of the perfect plan of salvation on a clear blue field, using pieces from a book of days from the 14th century, and images of the Nativity, the Lamb, and the Crucifixion. Antique price tags recite the price He paid. Here is the pure perfection gift to us. Curvum Crudelis depicts the incurvature of the soul, two men with bazooka aimed at a pastoral scene of the village church, tightly coiled wire, an icy silver moon because the men have turned their back on God. Here there is little hope and much sin enumerated. Lux Cursus has a feeling of "middle earth" where perhaps, there is neither bright light nor sheer darkness. The people here might be attempting to become uncurved and come out of their sin state. Bosch's Hell is there in contrast to Pilgrim, who walks up towards the cross and his redemption. Here there is the beginning of hope. Soli Deo Gloria is all hope, all rejoicing and dancing, reaching and striving for God, all brilliant and bright. His peaceful loving light bathes the figure, who is standing on the undulating blood of Christ, having come through it to her direct access to beloved God the Father.

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