"The mountains and hills will burst into song before you / Berge und Hügel sollen vor euch her frohlocken" // Original painting on canvas, 10"x10"
Title: "The mountains and hills will burst into song before you / Berge und Hügel sollen vor euch her frohlocken" (2025)
Medium: Acrylic ink, marble dust, acrylic, and gold foil on canvas
Size: 10"x10x1.5"
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For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,
so my word that comes from my mouth
will not return to me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do.”
You will indeed go out with joy
and be peacefully guided;
the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up,
and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up;
this will stand as a monument for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
–Isaiah 55:10-13
Longing is one of the vital aspects of human experience. We long for joy, purpose, justice, love, beauty, and for these things to last forever. Longing is one of the primary experiences that changed me from a skeptic to a person who believes. My whole life, I’ve been filled with longing for experiences of beauty because of the profound transcendence and depth of truth I found there. In the presence of a great work of music or art, I couldn’t deny the existence of something greater than all of humanity.
I came to a turning point years ago when I realized that all earthly beauty is slowly passing away and just a shadow of the real thing that waits behind the veil of the unknown region beyond this life. I realized I was longing not just for beauty, but for God. I was even more stunned to learn that God longs for me as I long for him, and that, like the father in Luke 15, he had been waiting expectantly for me to come home. He has inaugurated the process of fulfilling all his promises to humanity, and he will freely pardon all our shortcomings, if only we will come into his presence, home at last. One day, all our thirsts will be slaked, and all creation will be saturated with an everlasting joy.
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ARTWORK INFORMATON
Original canvas collage painting in scarlet (orange), blues, purple, and gold.
All artwork is signed on the back. Can be signed on the front at collector's request.
Keep in mind that paintings can look slightly different in person. I paint using a lot of texture, so they are even better when you can see them in person - it is hard to capture here!
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COPYRIGHT
Artwork is protected by copyright. All images displayed are property of Kelly Kruse. The sale of original artwork does not include the sale of copyright, including rights to reproduce or license imagery. All rights reserved.
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SHIPPING & HANDLING
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