The Fall by Ron DiCianni | Christian Art - Christian Framed Prints

The Fall

SYNOPSIS:

It is easy to pass judgment on Adam and Eve for bringing sin into the world. But before we get too comfortable with the thought that they caused all the discomfort we now have to live with, we must ask ourselves, “Would we have done any better?” Probably not. The Fall shows the angel guarding the entrance to the garden and the tree of life with his flaming sword as God behind him weeps through the waterfall because now His children know both good and evil and must suffer under the pain of the evil that God had shielded them from. Genesis 3

ARTIST NOTE:

I put footprints at the bottom of the painting signifying Adam and Eve leaving the Garden of Eden. A strong angel (a cherubim) is blocking the entrance back to the garden with a flaming sword. Flashing back and forth, the sword is independent of the angel providing a double line of defense to insure that they will not be able to turn back. In making the background look like the paradise it was, I put foliage, birds and flowers to show the beauty it must have been. I began to put waterfalls in the background, which I felt inspired to come from the eyes of God to make the more poignant statement of the piece – that every time we choose to sin there are two who get hurt –the heart of God and us. If you take another look at the sword, you will see it is in the shape of a cross. After all, Jesus paved a way back in to the garden!