Artist’s Statement: The biblical story of Noah's Ark has always been a popular subject in art. There are countless paintings depicting the subject, but the vast majority of them only feature the beginning and end of the story, meaning the pairs of animals marching into the ark, and then the ark sitting on a mountain under a rainbow. But what about the storm itself?
Also, a lot of the images that depict Noah's Ark are in the category children's art, which bothered me, considering that the storm must have been wild, scary, and chaotic. So I wanted to draw a scene depicting the beginning, middle, and end of the story, and on top of that, I wanted it to have no semblance to "children's art."
The mass of circles represents the pairs of animals, the scene surrounding the ark represents the turbulent storm, and the rainbow circle at the top of the image has a dove in it, referencing the end of the story.
