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DouglasRamsey — Pilgrim's Progress: Unburdened
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Acrylic on illustration board, 20” x 24”
“He ran till he came to a small hill, at the top of which stood a cross and at the bottom of which was a tomb. I saw in my dream that when Christian walked up the hill to the cross, his burden came loose from his shoulders and fell off his back, tumbling down the hill until it came to the mouth of the tomb, where it fell in to be seen no more.”
- John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress
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Love this scene that you drew from the Pilgrims progress story. Keep up the great art work Douglas. Peace
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gorgeous and true to life... Praise God for His work of redemption!
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hay una cosa que no entiendo antes de que Scott creara five nights at freddy's creo largometrajes animados de historias de la biblia y ahora creo un juego siniestro me pregunto que fue lo que lo cambio
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I've never read the book, but I've heard of it, definitely. 
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I definitely recommend the book, especially since so many reader-friendly editions have been recently released. If you're interested there's a good selection available at wtsbooks.com which you can find here:
search.wtsbooks.com/?FullText=…
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I will consider.
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can I use this image for personal use? Ken_mcintosh@mail.com
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I'm not set up to license things digitally but prints of this piece are available at fineartamerica.com/featured/un…
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Great work!
Just some random ideas from me about Christian's burden.
It's especially interesting that Christian received the burden when he started reading The Book, that is, The Law.
It was The Law which caused him to have guilt and that's why he feared he would sink to below the grave.
It also explains why no one could take the burden off.
At the cross the burden fell down. Christ forgives and we are as such guiltless.
Yet if he hadn't read The Book he wouldn't have known he was sinful.
I think it was Paul who said that he did not know sin but by the Law.
Anyway, I love your Pilgrim's Progress art!
God bless.
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Yeah, I think you've got it. Thanks much!
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i like this 0-0...you've portray the scene very well 0-0.....
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Thanks very much.
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Wonderful rendition of the iconic scene, and very emotive of how I felt when Christ saved me.
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That was the goal so if you feel that way I'm very pleased.
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I only have one word for this amazing piece..... WOW!!!
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Thanks, that's really kind of you to say.
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I love the texture on the ground. That was an awesome quote to illustrate. 
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Thanks so much. Texture is often easier to actually create than to draw but I'm not sure if this piece doesn't need some more shadow or dappled light or something. The values are a little darker than they should be (for now) because this was done as a VBS promotional poster. I definitely recommend the book which you can find at pretty much any library, but if you want your own copy Westminster Bookstore www.wtsbooks.com has several great editions.
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Well, now that you mention it I guess that it could use some shadows. VBS is very fortunate to use your art.
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That's kind of say. Actually any church should be able to purchase copies of these paintings for their VBS once I have them up at fineartamerica.com
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