Flame of Truth

Today I surprised my Husband with an early 35th Wedding Anniversary gift. The "Flame of Truth" painted by the Russian Artist, Victor Bregeda.  On our 30th Anniversary we had purchased our first piece of Art by this Artist, titled "Leonardo's Dream".  We were inspired and drawn to his paintings when we walked into an Art Gallery in Hawaii where he first started showing his art in the United States.  All of his works  depict the Christian faith through the collage of surrealism elements and techniques.  However he believes his style is Meta Realism.  It doesn't really matter to me what his technique is.  I just love how his creative expression is so freely composed in a dramatic way that just spurs the person looking at his art to be seeking. 

"In this painting, Flame of Truth, the artist reflects of the journeys people take to find truth.  The books are a symbol of high culture and religion.  At the bottom are two large books: the Old and the New Testaments.  The old Testament is impressively large and ancient.  It is the book of life.  The New Testament is open, and Jesus  appears from the pages.  The pages form His hair.  His shinning face looks at us from the heavens. The books along the side frame Christ, and people live in these books. On the left are the older texts, representing the past.  The people living in these books have taken ownership of their religion.  On the right, there are newer texts and only one house, showing the modern trend of less involvement with religion.  The people are busy at work, working at religion but not seeing the truth.  We all live with books and aspire to learn the truth from them.The man in front who is the flame has seen the truth and lights up in prayer to Jesus."


I hope you have enjoyed reading about this painting and have been enriched by it.
Blessings,
Carol