Episcopal Artists in new Baptism exhibit

Mary Drastal's painting, Baptism and the Trinity

My painting, Baptism and the Trinity, is a portrait of one of my former students. She was a refugee from Europe. Her family settled in St. Louis to make a life for themselves in a safe community where they were respected and free from violence. I taught Nancy for two years

In my painting, I surrounded her with three doves symbolizing the trinity. I placed a dove perched in her hand to signify humanity as a host for justice and peace. The dove taking flight symbolizes our entry into the living Christian community through the initiation of baptism. The dove ascending upward over her shoulder illustrates that baptism brings a person out of sin and into everlasting life.