Pearls Before Swine
"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet."
The pearls to which Jesus refers, in this quote, are the truths of the gospel; but there are lesser pearls (good books and music, democracy, even fine cuisine) to which a certain piggish mentality responds with irrational fury and the urge to destroy. If it is beautiful or fine or ennobling, there are creatures who will hate it for that reason.
I cannot understand such people; but I have known them and worked with them, and so have you. In this humorous but unpleasant picture, I depict them in all their self-loathing and bestial cruelty.
I cannot say what sort of houses these three little pigs call home, but I suspect (to employ another biblical metaphor) that they are built upon sand.
This picture is one of my personal favorites. In painting it, I created a special digital brush that would paint in digital pearls.
30"H x 36"W
Price:
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Pearls Before Swine
The pearls to which Jesus refers, in this quote, are the truths of the gospel; but there are lesser pearls (good books and music, democracy, even fine cuisine) to which a certain piggish mentality responds with irrational fury and the urge to destroy. If it is beautiful or fine or ennobling, there are creatures who will hate it for that reason.
I cannot understand such people; but I have known them and worked with them, and so have you. In this humorous but unpleasant picture, I depict them in all their self-loathing and bestial cruelty.
I cannot say what sort of houses these three little pigs call home, but I suspect (to employ another biblical metaphor) that they are built upon sand.
This picture is one of my personal favorites. In painting it, I created a special digital brush that would paint in digital pearls.
30"H x 36"W
Price: Contact Artist
Artspan is Contemporary Art - Digital Art