ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
Artist and illustrator
David Hayward has a Master of Theology, Diploma in Ministry with over 30 years professional pastoral experience. "In 2010," he writes, "I left the professional paid clergy after almost 30 years of ministry. I am still passionate about how people can find and follow their spiritual path with courage and joy, as well as in how people can freely gather and form the community in healthy ways." Creating under the title the "
Naked Pastor," his art, cartoons, writings, and books can be found around the world including the collection of the Alpha & Omega Project for Contemporary Religious Arts.
The overall theme of "Let Them Eat Cake" is the generous love of Jesus. His crown of thorns is surrounded by a halo, and one hand is outstretched offering the viewer to share a generous bite from the same-sex couple's wedding cake. Using symbolic colors of Gay Pride (e.g. red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple), Haywood frames the occasion of a gay wedding as a time of celebration for all but especially for leading Christians to remember that “God is love" (Matthew1 John 4:16). David Haywood was inspired to create this work from 2016 news stories of bakers who refused to make cakes for same-sex weddings for religious reasons.
