Cherubs, 2021

9" x 12" Watercolor on Paper; unframed

Cherubs subverts the familiar icon of innocence, presenting angelic beings as unsettling, volatile, and unfinished. Their clustered faces and distorted bodies suggest not purity, but proximity to raw creation—beings closer to force than morality. These are not guardians of comfort, but witnesses to overwhelming truth, embodying the terror and awe that sacred presence once inspired. The painting recalls older theological visions where angels were not gentle intermediaries, but manifestations of divine excess.

Daily Painting #20. January 25, 2021.