St. Augustine in His Study

11×14″ acrylic on canvas
February 7, 2013

Inspired by the following passage from Augustine’s Confessions (11.2.3):

“Lord, perfect me, and open those pages to me. Behold, your voice is my joy, your voice is above a flood of pleasures….

Do not forsake your gifts, and do not despise this your plant which thirsts for you.”