The True Vine explores Christ’s metaphor of the vine and the branches as a reflection on dependence, identity, and spiritual growth.
The winding vine moves through the composition, connecting the branches, leaves, and fruit into a single living structure. At its center, the grapes represent the fruit that comes from remaining connected to the source of life. Behind the vine, the geometric forms and flowing blue patterns create a tension between structure and movement—suggesting the ordered world we inhabit and the mysterious forces that move beneath it.
The work is inspired by Christ’s words in the Gospel of John: “I am the vine; you are the branches.” Rather than portraying the passage literally, I wanted to explore its underlying question: What are we rooted in?
We often understand freedom as independence—as the ability to exist entirely on our own. But the image of the vine suggests something different. A branch does not become less itself because it is connected to something greater. Its ability to grow and bear fruit depends upon that connection.
The True Vine invites the viewer to consider the things that sustain them, the roots from which their own lives grow, and whether what we depend upon is capable of giving life.
The True Vine explores Christ’s metaphor of the vine and the branches as a reflection on dependence, identity, and spiritual growth.
The winding vine moves through the composition, connecting the branches, leaves, and fruit into a single living structure. At its center, the grapes represent the fruit that comes from remaining connected to the source of life. Behind the vine, the geometric forms and flowing blue patterns create a tension between structure and movement—suggesting the ordered world we inhabit and the mysterious forces that move beneath it.
The work is inspired by Christ’s words in the Gospel of John: “I am the vine; you are the branches.” Rather than portraying the passage literally, I wanted to explore its underlying question: What are we rooted in?
We often understand freedom as independence—as the ability to exist entirely on our own. But the image of the vine suggests something different. A branch does not become less itself because it is connected to something greater. Its ability to grow and bear fruit depends upon that connection.
The True Vine invites the viewer to consider the things that sustain them, the roots from which their own lives grow, and whether what we depend upon is capable of giving life.
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