President's Christmas Card 2010

Every year, our Art Department selects one art student to create an art piece for the Concordia President's Christmas Card.  This year, I was the selected student for the assignment and this is what I came up with. 

The meaning of the drawing is found in the colors and the gestures. 

A simple, symbolic image of Mary and Joseph embracing the new born king, Jesus. His glory illuminates the dark atmosphere and shines on their faces.  Their multi-color garments brighten up with the light and everything comes together in an expression of worship.

"We Have Seen His Glory"

Soft pastel and Charcoal on Paper

Senzelumusa Khumalo

April 2010

"We have seen HIS GLORY, the GLORY of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." 

(John1:14)

Worship

Everything has its own source. 

And my source is God, the Living God. 

When the sun seems to go down on me, 

He lifts my soul from darkness and fills me up with floods of Joy. 

Kim Walker, in her song How He loves us, she says: "If grace is an ocean, then we're all sinking."

That ocean of Grace is what keeps me alive and I draw from it everyday, all day. 

Worship is my deepest passion. 

More than art. More than life. 

That one passion transcends my human desires and ambitions. 

It's the deepest, most amazing thing that God has given me. 

It's that one thing that I want to do forever....in this life and the next.

Worship gives me life. 

Being able to pour out my deepest affection on God is the most amazing thing in my life! 

And being able to open my mouth and share that life-giving experience with other people is what I live for. 

It's my greatest joy.

So this peace was just about that. That moment of total worship. 

Pouring my heart out to God and Him filling me with His divine joy and peace. 

"Worship"

Oil on Canvas

Senzelumusa Khumalo

April 2010