Burning Bush

Description

This artwork draws inspiration from one of Scripture’s most arresting moments: an ordinary landscape interrupted by holy fire. Moses, tending sheep, moves through familiar ground when he sees a bush ablaze—burning, yet not consumed. The miracle lies not only in the fire but in the invitation that follows: turn aside and see. This painting captures that threshold moment. The tree stands rooted in darkened earth, its branches illuminated by flames against a field of radiant orange and red. Here, fire is not destructive; it illuminates, revealing presence rather than erasing form. This reflects the language of theophany in Scripture—God making Himself known through created elements: fire that speaks, light that calls, glory that does not annihilate what it touches. Surrounding colors intensify the encounter. Deep purples and shadowed ground suggest the weight of ordinary life, routine, and obscurity. Above and around the tree, the sky burns with urgency, as though heaven itself has pressed close to earth. The bush becomes a meeting place—a thin place—where the divine interrupts the mundane. In the biblical account, Moses is not summoned by spectacle alone but by attention. When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the bush. Revelation follows willingness. Calling follows stillness. Burning Bush invites the viewer into that same posture. To pause. To turn aside. To look long enough to recognize that what appears ordinary may be aflame with presence—and that holy ground is often discovered only by those willing to stop and see.