Back on September 10th, after our church service, the congregation as a whole walked or drove the few blocks from the church, through the Leiper's Fork business district - which is just a few stores - and down the road to the Leiper's Creek swimming hole where we also have creek baptisms. Pastor Betty baptized two people - first a woman and then a man. I am not using their names in consideration for their privacy. In my photograph, I made sure that no faces were shown. I took several photos. This one was my favorite:
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Baptism in Leiper's Creek (Leiper's Fork, TN), September 10, 2017
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So my next goal was to paint the scene. I love to paint scenes that mean a lot to me. Here's my painting and poem (a haiku) for this baptism painting:
Baptism in Leiper’s Creek, #1
In a muddy creek
A soul repents; God blesses
A new
life begins
As I have done a lot recently, I posted the painting on my Facebook page, and two different people asked about buying it. So I painted the scene two more times. Now I have three similar baptism paintings. I love all three of them. There are differences, of course, between them. You can't exactly duplicate a painting. I will keep one copy because it is probably my favorite of all the paintings I've done thus far.
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