Recent work for my church's advent sermon series, (Highrock Northshore); My pastor asked for a “Dickensonian” feeling illustration of Christmas Carolers singing to a person clearly down on their luck, but who has a smile because they are uplifted by the music and hope that the season offers.
I did a couple of sketches. One was a literal interpretation of the subject, the second was a more symbolic representation of the spirit of the season.
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| Sketch 1 |
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| Sketch 2 |
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| Final Art Alternate |
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| Final Chosen Art |
The second, more literal and complex composition
was the one chosen.
The sermon series description is here:
The Weary World Rejoices: stories and songs that remind us to sing
Oh how weary we can be at this time of year.
Weary of mounting bills, mounting debt, mounting inboxes, mounting anxiety about all manner
of things. Weary of the to-dos that never end and the holiday calendar that’s too full. Weary of
the friends who disappoint, the heroes who fall, the leaders who sacrifice principles for
power. Weary of the woes of aging bodies, troubled minds, restless souls—the fallenness of all
things. Oh how weary we often are.
But into all this comes Christ: the once and future Savior who resolves every tension and rights
every wrong. The One who brings justice at last, who makes all things new, and who brings a
light that overcomes all darkness.
For this thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.
It’s for good reason that during the weariest and dreariest days of the year, we would sing the
most memorable songs ever written — songs that dare us to hope, call us to love, invite us to
rejoice.
And so we invite you to join us this Advent as we take a close look at some of our most
cherished seasonal stories and songs — stories that remind us of the God who is with us and
songs that remind us to sing.
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