2023 HOLY BIBLE 【11 works】
2023 HOLY BIBLE
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1) Catalog Entry｜作品条目
中文
作品名：HOLY BIBLE 002——看见真理（See the Truth）
媒材：纸上丙烯
尺寸：12 × 9 英寸
签名：Sherwin｜07252023
日期：2023/07/25
地点：Temple City, CA, USA
English
Title: HOLY BIBLE 002 — See the Truth
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size: 12 × 9 inches
Signature: Sherwin | 07252023
Date: Jul 25, 2023
Location: Temple City, CA, USA
2) Visual Analysis｜视觉解析
中文
画面由一块块垂直与水平的色域拼接而成，像砖墙、窗格或圣殿的壁面。主色为洋红、深红与橙金，间或嵌入蓝紫与青蓝冷调，使热度中出现“冷的深度”。最关键的是色块之间的浅色“缝”——像砂浆、像光从结构里透出，既分隔也连通。下半部的竖向深色笔触像人影、柱廊或祷告中的站立，使整幅画从“墙”变成“门”，从“材料”变成“道路”。
English
The painting is assembled from vertical and horizontal blocks, reading like brickwork, window grids, or a sanctuary wall. Magenta, deep red, and orange-gold dominate, while blue-violet and teal punctuate the heat with cool depth. The essential element is the pale “mortar seams” between blocks—like light leaking through structure—separating yet connecting. In the lower half, darker vertical strokes suggest silhouettes, columns, or the posture of standing in prayer, turning the image from “wall” into “door,” from “material” into “path.”
3) Creative Intent｜创作意图
中文
“See the truth”在这里不是一句口号，而像一次视觉操练：真理并不总以整齐的句子出现，它常常在层层叠叠的生活结构里、在热与冷的拉扯里，被一点点辨认出来。你用“砖”的方式去组织色彩，暗示真理不是飘浮的灵感，而是可建造、可倚靠的根基；而那些发光的缝隙提醒人：真正的照明不是来自我们涂得多亮，而是来自神让光穿透结构、进入心里。
English
“See the truth” is not a slogan here but a practice of seeing: truth doesn’t always arrive as neat sentences. It is often recognized within layered structures of life, within the push and pull of heat and cool. By organizing color like masonry, you imply truth is not a floating idea but a foundation—buildable, dependable. The glowing seams suggest illumination comes not from our brightest paint, but from God letting light pass through the structure and enter the heart.
4) Technique Notes｜技法笔记
中文
你以半透明叠涂与块面覆盖并用，让色域内部保留纸纹与层次：红与洋红处呈现湿润的晕化与渗透，像火焰的呼吸；蓝紫与青蓝更像冷却后的阴影，压住过热的情绪。浅色缝隙可能来自刻意留白或边缘不完全覆盖，形成“内发光”的效果——像被光照亮的砂浆线。整体边缘略有柔化，使“砖墙感”不僵硬，反而更像有温度的经文页。
English
You combine translucent layering with solid block coverage, retaining paper tooth and depth within each field. Reds and magentas bloom and seep like breathing flame; blue-violets and teals cool the temperature like shadow after heat. The pale seams appear through reserved ground or intentional under-coverage, creating an inner-glow—like mortar lines lit from within. Slightly softened edges keep the masonry feel from becoming rigid; it reads more like a warmed page of Scripture than a hard wall.
5) Spiritual Reading｜属灵解读
中文
这幅《HOLY BIBLE 002》像在说：真理不是用来赢辩论的，而是用来照亮与建造的。红与橙像热心、渴慕与圣灵的火；蓝与紫像敬畏、安静与省察——两者并存，使信仰不偏激也不冷淡。那些明亮的缝隙像“道的光”：并非把人生所有砖块拆掉，而是在砖与砖之间开出可透光的线，让人知道下一步往哪里走。看见真理，常常不是忽然全懂，而是先在心里被照亮一小段——足够你转向、悔改、继续跟随。
English
This HOLY BIBLE 002 seems to say: truth is not for winning arguments, but for lighting and building. Reds and oranges evoke zeal, longing, and the Spirit’s fire; blues and violets suggest reverence, stillness, and examination—together keeping faith from turning either aggressive or cold. The bright seams resemble the “light of the Word”: not demolishing every brick of life, but opening luminous lines between them so you can see where the next step is. Seeing truth is often not instant total understanding, but a small interior illumination—enough to turn, repent, and keep following.
6) Wall Label｜墙签文案
中文
**HOLY BIBLE 002——看见真理（See the Truth）**以红、洋红与橙金构筑如墙如窗的色块结构，蓝紫冷影穿插其间，使热度获得深度。色块之间的浅色缝隙如同光在结构里行走：分隔却连通，遮蔽却照明。作品把“真理”呈现为可建造的根基，也呈现为穿透心墙的亮线——引人从观看走向归正。
English
HOLY BIBLE 002 — See the Truth builds a wall/window-like structure from red, magenta, and orange-gold, threaded with cool blue-violet shadows that give heat its depth. Pale seams between blocks read as light moving through structure—dividing yet joining, revealing within concealment. The work frames truth as both a buildable foundation and a luminous line that pierces the heart’s wall, inviting the viewer from seeing into realignment.
Keywords｜关键词
中文：真理之光、经文、砖墙/窗格、内发光、根基、火与冷静、引导、归正、结构中的恩典、圣殿感
English: light of truth, Scripture, masonry/grid, inner glow, foundation, fire and stillness, guidance, realignment, grace within structure, sanctuary tone
✨ 属灵解读 | Spiritual Interpretation
中文
这幅画象征着耶稣在十字架上受死时圣殿中“从上到下裂为两半”的幔子（马太福音 27:51）。幔子原是隔绝至圣所的屏障，象征人与神之间的阻隔。而如今，借着耶稣的血与牺牲，那幔子被撕裂，人可坦然无惧地来到神的面前（来10:19-20）。
这幅画不只是描绘一个“裂口”，它是在见证救恩之门的打开，是一幅默祷的图像，呼唤我们进入神荣耀的同在。
English
This painting symbolizes the veil of the temple that was torn from top to bottom at the moment of Christ’s death (Matthew 27:51). The veil, once a barrier separating the Holy of Holies, represented the distance between humanity and God. Through Jesus' blood and sacrifice, that veil was torn—signaling the open access to God for all who believe (Hebrews 10:19–20).
This work doesn’t just depict a tear; it bears witness to the opening of salvation. It is a visual prayer, calling us to enter into the holy presence of God.
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