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Bread can speak to abundance and the power to provide but it’s only temporary. It doesn’t answer the supreme hunger of life: transcendence.

Broken for you, acrylic & glue on panel, 66 x 63 inches (SOLD)
Shed for you, acrylic & wine on canvas, 66 x 63 inches
Temptation No. 1 (stone to bread), charcoal on paper, 34 x 20 inches
Communion No.1, lithograph, 11 x 14 inches, edition of 12
New Covenant, acrylic on lithograph, 15 x 15 inches, edition of 12
Four Holy Gospels, lithograph, 20 x 20 inches, edition of 12
Communion No.2, screen print, 24 x 24 inches, edition of 10
Gospel of John, Gold leaf on bar mop, 12 x 12 inches
Bread of Life, screen print, 24 x 24 inches, edition of 11
New Covenant, acrylic on canvas, 44 x 44 inches
The Body of Christ, graphite, acrylic, & gold metal leaf on table card paper, 36 x 36 inches (NFS)
Temptation No. 1 (stone to bread), acrylic on canvas, 60 x 37 inches
The Lord is my Portion, acrylic & gold metal leaf on paper, 18 x 45.5 inches (SOLD)
Daily Bread No.1, monotype, 9 x 8.5 inches
Daily Bread No. 6, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No.5, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No. 9, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No. 7, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No. 8, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No.2, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No.11, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No.10, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Daily Bread No.12, monotype, 8.5 x 9 inches
Miracle No. 4 (Feeding the 5000), monotype, 25.5 x 22.25 inches

Bread series
"What oxygen is to the body, the bread of life is to the soul. Without that bread all other hungers will be improperly perceived. In fact, in like manner, the absence of that bread over a prolonged period makes the bread itself seem worthless. Life is meant to be lived in fulfillment of the one need that defines all other means of fulfillment and the one love that defines all other loves."
-Ravi Zacharias (Empty Stomachs and Broken Lives)

Breaking bread together unifies us. Eating at the same table can create a sense of equality amongst us. Fellowship takes place. We celebrate with food, find pleasure in food, and our body receives nourishment from food. However, there are things food can not do and our life is full of other hungers.

Life is not about us. It's not about me. It's about God. When the focus is set on the King of all kings, our participation becomes a satisfying joy. For instance, the practice of holy communion sets the elements of bread and wine apart from common use to represent God's promises to us in Christ Jesus.
 Christ set up the temporary in a way to remind us of the eternal. What is ephemeral? What is eternal? The difference is quite possibly a matter of the heart.

This series is bread in biblical contexts with contemporary references: The first temptation of Christ, the last supper, manna in the desert, the feeding of the 5000, etc.  This work revolves around the question of hunger and what bread can and can not do.  Bread can speak to abundance and the power to provide but it’s only temporary. It doesn’t answer the supreme hunger of life: transcendence. The way bread is referenced through Christ in the gospels is fascinating. The victory over a temptation to turn stones to bread illustrates the potential violation that comes with the power of provision: materialism. Such triumph points to the fact that we are more than what we eat. The feeding of the 5000 speaks to the power of provision through compassion. The Last supper speaks to Christ himself being the sacrifice for our sins that gives us all eternal significance and a reunited relationship with our creator now and beyond death.

"Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty." (John 6:35 NIV)

- Craig Hawkins
To view the presentation by Craig Hawkins for the Indiana Wesleyan University Division of Art click here

All images on www.craighawkinsart.com © Craig Hawkins 2007
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  • WORK
    • Available Work
    • Tree Symbolism
    • Square Halo + Rabbit Room Press
    • Cosmos in Chaos
    • Beautiful
    • Emmaus Road
    • Bread series
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      • Hymn Series
      • Superventions
      • Box series
      • Notice series
      • Birds
      • Color Code
      • Rendered
      • Other work
  • CV
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