The images provided here are free to use with the following copyright statement —Dove Descending [#] © 2022 Bethany Besteman, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. They can be downloaded from the resource section.
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Dove Descending 2 |
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Dove Descending 5 |
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Artist Statement
These monoprints were made using a gel plate and acrylic paint. The series is inspired by the biblical description of the Holy Spirit's manifestation at Pentecost as "what seemed to be tongues of fire" and a line from the poem "Little Gidding" by T.S. Eliot: "The dove descending breaks the air / With flame of incandescent terror." The liturgical color of Pentecost is red and that along with gold are the colors that unite the series.
