“The Seed is in the Ground” is acrylic on canvas and took shape over Lent in the spring of 2022. It grew out of prayers asking what was being planted in a wilderness season of my own life. As happens in the garden, it began with the seed in the ground, and it wasn’t until after Easter that the flower itself took shape. The snowdrop was the last element added, after the work tending to everything else had been done. The image depicts flourishing in the wasteland, what might grow from the barren soil if we are patient and tend to it gently and slowly, at the speed of a seed in the ground. Its title is a reference to Wendell Berry’s poem by the same name.
“The Seed is in the Ground,” 8” x 10”, Acrylic on Canvas, Lent 2022 48