Salvation (Acts 4:12), 2007

Acrylic on wood panel , 64 ½ × 48 ¾ in. (164 × 124 cm)

The text of this painting comes from Acts 4, in which Peter and John stand before the Temple elite, who accused them of healing a disabled man through unholy powers: “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied, ‘Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man—by what means this man was healed—let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone. Salvation is to be found through him alone, for there is none in all the world whose Name God has given to men by whom we can be saved.” The artist has singled out that last sentence, rendering it in tightly proportioned cursive lettering. More precisely: he has rendered the space around, between, and within that lettering as a field of undulating, cascading color.