Sanne Beavin's Expressionistic Art for Good Friday

NEWS TRIBUNE
By Rosemary Ponnekanti

"The Cross-Way" by Sanne Beavin

WASHINGTON - Gig Harbor, Washington artist Sanne Beavin has created eight painting-tableaux for Lent and Holy Week at her church, Harbor Covenant, as a spiritual meditation for parishioners and visitors. Asked by pastor Michael White, Beavin painted one work of “The Cross-Way” for each week of Lent, with two more for this week (Holy Week). The paintings, highly-colored expressionist works detailing each of eight Stations of the Cross (scriptural points on Jesus’ journey to crucifixion) are surrounded by a tableau of symbolic props and a second panel, some wrapped in barbed wire, some pounded with nails, and accompanied by a scriptural verse and meditative words. All will be on view this week through Good Friday at the church, including an Evening with the Artist on Thursday. The paintings have been highly popular at Harbor Covenant, where Beavin has been asked to reproduce them for sale. [link]