PHUNK! © L.S. JAMES 2021 Oil on canvas 100x130cm (a tribute to Les Demoiselles d'Avignon created in 1907 by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso)

 

DIEGO (self-portrait) No.3 © L.S. JAMES 2021 Oil on linen 45.5 × 47.5cm AVAILABLE

 

ZION (no.3) ©️ L.S. JAMES 2021 Acrylic on cold-pressed paper 56 × 75cm AVAILABLE

Synopsis: “Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.’ (Isaiah 49:16 ESV) With Israel cupped in the hand on God against the evil eye of its enemies, the Hebrew has thus prevailed over the ancient Canaanites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, etc. that have altogether dissolved in the annals of history. This life or Chai according to the system of gematria  is a set of Hebrew letters that adds up to 18 that makes a toast [chaim] to life.

ZION - Σιὼν (Siōn) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 4622: Zion, the hill; used for Jerusalem or heaven. Of Hebrew origin; Sion, a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church.