Some verses feel like they belong together. When I started thinking about this triptych, I kept coming back to three: Matthew 28:6, Isaiah 53:5 and John 14:6.
“He has risen.” “By his wounds we are healed.” “I am the way and the truth and the life.” Read side by side, they tell the whole gospel in a few short lines. Jesus is who He says He is, His wounds bring healing, and the tomb is empty.
I wanted a set that would hold all of that without feeling heavy. So I chose a quiet mountain landscape in teal, blue, sage and grey, with a simple cross standing on the hillside of each print. The mountains run from one print into the next, so when you hang them together they feel like one long view, and the cross is always there, steady and unhurried.
The verses are written in a hand writing script across the hills, almost as if the words were part of the landscape. I like that, because the truth of the gospel isn’t separate from everyday life. It’s the ground we’re standing on.
It’s an Easter set, of course, but I’d love to see it on a wall in January too, or in the middle of a hard week in August. The hope in these verses isn’t seasonal.
If you’re looking for Christian wall art that tells the story of the cross gently, I hope this triptych is one you’ll love living with.