Carbon streaks cascading down colourless
a charcoal rendering of an ancient hill
Storm clouds draped across grey
the horizon’s shoulders heavy and bowed
under weight as the sun’s fleeting rays fell short
Ruddy speckles like teardrops
tracing a lonely trail up from below
A sketched dale enshrouded in a moment of inaction
People in a community of voyeuristic abandon
Sullen faces captured in silhouette
as blackened spikes allow a trickle of rouge
to slowly cry its way meandering down
Covering those watching souls
like an eclipse’s fading light
with a corona roseate and sorrowed
A portrait of sacrifice before
the spectacle on grievous display
3:26 pm
19 April 2011
I have had this image of a pencil sketch on a canvas. A hill, rock covered and rough-hewn, set against a grey cloud backdrop. This black and white image is stark to me. The concept of the upcoming crucifixion before Christ being hoisted up on the cross. The ultimate portrait of salvation, hung up for everyone to see.
